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The Social Protocol For 8/12/09: If Facebook Couldn't Get Any More Annoying

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Facebook has made a lot of noise in the last few days, with the acquisition of FriendFeed and their assault on Twitter because of that acquisition to create a real time search. And now, Facebook today will introduce Facebook Lite. Oh boy. Facebook’s clearly up to something big. Facebook acquired Friendfeed. Facebook rolled out realtime search. And now, it looks like “Facebook Lite” is coming, because thousands of Facebook users have been chosen to test out Facebook Lite, But it has some bugs And just as quickly, the message disappeared. What it is exactly…we’re not quite sure. Here’s the full text you see on the homepage if you were selected: “You have been selected as a beta tester for Facebook Lite! We are building a faster, simpler version of Facebook that we call Facebook Lite. It’s not finished yet and we have plenty of kinks to work out, but we would love to get your feedback on what we have built so far. Check out Facebook Lite now at http://lite.facebook.com.” The link doesn’...

The Daily Open Thread For 8/5/09: The One and 0nly Chuck Grassley

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Chuck Grassley's Debt and Deficit Dragon www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Spinal Tap Performance Zune has stepped it up with Zune HD I wonder what the number will be in America in comparison to this. One of the stupidest articles I have seen on health care ever , including this one I t comes down to a simple comparison and an obvious verdict: Privately run care offers choice and is cheaper. Government-run care denies choice and is more expensive. This is one of the craziest things I have heard in a long, LONG time. Too funny. And fun times in Grand Rapids, yes . Slip-n-Slide-inspired More to come later in the day.

Yes, Someone Really Does Need To De-Tweet That Guy

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The amicable Daily Kos front page writer Susan G says it right : Twitter is a tool that can produce some sad, sad results in the wrong hands. Witness Chuck Grassley over the weekend, via Think Progress: Who is Chuck Grassley? Some crazy young staffer? A disgruntled voice? Someone who works on Fox? No, here's one of Iowa's two Senators, acting like as Josh Marshall said, a 13 year old. Sad.