Mark is in a relationship with..

August 16, 2010

Yes.. I know this is one of her way to relieve herself. She just broke up with her boyfriend, she said to me. And me, her best friend, is here to rescue. I hope this is true. This is the thing that I always wanted to happen - "us", not only as best friends, but more than that. I'm still far away from her. I wanted to go back home, this isn't just the right time. I hope, one day.. this will really be official. I still hope that it's still not too late. But looking at the situation, her situation and mine.. I'm really hanging by a thread. I'm still holding on. 

12 days from now, we'll be celebrating our 7th year that we become best friends.. I'm planning to make a video for her.. 

New Facebook Homepage sucks

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - – Legions of Facebook users united in protest, demanding that the world's most popular social-networking service undo recent changes to its home page.

A "Change Facebook Back to Normal" group at the website claimed slightly more than a million members as once again, Facebook's penchant for change triggered ire among users that prefer things remain the same.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," a Facebook user with the screen name Carlos Deleon wrote on a protest group chat page.

On Friday, Facebook modified its news feed feature to let members of the world's leading social-networking service catch up on tidbits they may have missed while away from the website.

Facebook now lets members switch between getting real time streams of news or activities taking place, and highlights of what friends have shared online in the preceding 24 hours.

News Feed picks re-cap stories based on factors including how many friends have liked and commented on them.

The Live Feed option funnels updates and news about online friends' activities to Facebook home pages as the information surfaces.

"When we redesigned the Facebook home page last March, we heard from millions of users whose feedback was gathered and considered in developing News Feed and Live Feed," Facebook said in an email response to an AFP inquiry.

"Whenever we launch new products, we listen carefully to our users about what specific changes we can make to improve their experiences on the site."

Some Facebook users on Monday posted instructions describing a way to reset the former news feed mode to home pages by making "status updates" a default option.

"We encourage people to continue to send us constructive, detailed feedback and are committed to using it to inform how we build and improve the site for everyone," Facebook said.

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20091027/ttc-us-it-internet-facebook-0de2eff.html

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My thoughts:

Yes.. I'm starting to hate this new facebook. I'm not getting the live updates from my friends. The loading is so slow. Most of my friends are no longer sharing videos.

Bring back the old Facebook please!!!

Are you a Facebook addict? - Yahoo! Philippines News

Are you a Facebook addict? - Yahoo! Philippines News

"Like most activities, moderation and integration are key. Those that may seriously label and treat FAD as a behavioral addiction will clearly need to use context in determining if a behavior has become demonstrably harmful to overall social, work, or face-to-face interpersonal efficacy," Fenichel added.

You are a Facebook addict if...

According to Joanna Lipari, a clinical psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles who was interviewed for a CNN report, here are some signs that you are addicted to Facebook:

1. You lose sleep over Facebook. When using Facebook becomes a compulsion and you spend entire nights logged on to the site, causing you to become tired the next day.

2. You spend more than an hour a day on Facebook. Lipari said it is difficult to define how much is too much when it comes to Facebook usage, but that an average person need only spend half an hour on the site.

3. You become obsessed with old loves or exes you reconnect with on Facebook.

4. You ignore work in favor of Facebook. This means you do not do your job in order to sneak time on Facebook.

5. The thought of getting off Facebook leaves you in cold sweat. If you try going a day without Facebook and it causes you stress and anxiety, this means you need help.