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The Pope Wants to be Your Facebook Friend
4:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Internet| Religion| Twitter| Uncategorized| social networking · 1 Comment
25 May 2009
You might think the Vatican would be busy lately, what with all the denouncing of sex crimes against children in Ireland they should be doing. But they don’t appear to be too busy to waste all of our time on dumb shit. One example is pope2you.net, a lame attempt to get younger people into the Pope’s fold.
You won’t get an email saying Pope Benedict added you as a friend and you can’t “poke” him or write on his wall, but the Vatican is still keen to use the networking site Facebook to woo young people back to church.A new Vatican website, www.pope2you.net, has gone live, offering an application called “The pope meets you on Facebook,” and another allowing the faithful to see the Pope’s speeches and messages on their iPhones or iPods.
I can’t poke the Pope? How lame is that? How about kicking him in the shin with my pointy boots for what he said about condoms spreading AIDS? Joking aside, if the Vatican wants to appeal to “young believers”, why not learn how the technology works and really use it to its full potential? A favorite blog of mine, ReadWriteWeb, reports that they’ve tried out the app and its pretty much snoozeville:
The Facebook app, which is currently loading very slowly, is also not exactly the most groundbreaking app either. Facebook users will be able to send and receive 20 different virtual postcards of the Pope, with texts available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish (with Latin being conspicuously absent here). According to the app’s description, installing it will allow you to “Spread friendship with the Pope and become a witness of Christ in the world through the web.”
Sounds exhilarating.
What’s next? The Pope on Twitter?
Via /WashPo and ReadWriteWeb
Bebo Goes Latino
12:47 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Internet| Marketing| social networking · Comments Off
9 Mar 2009
Do you use Bebo? Wait…I mean, have you even heard of Bebo? I had (but since I write about this kind of stuff I have to know) but I personally don’t need another social network, what with all the time I already spend waste on Facebook (ed. note: why not join us?), but Bebo hopes the rest of you are not like me:
AOL-owned social network, Bebo, announced Monday that it has launched a U.S. site for Latinos. According to the company executives, they decided to open a version of its site catering to the Latino community after enjoying success in offering a similar experience to those in the U.K., Ireland, Poland, and elsewhere.Along with the launch of the new site, Bebo also announced that it has partnered with Hearst Magazines Digital Media and AOL Latino to incorporate offerings from both companies into Bebo. Hearst will be providing interactive content syndicated from its MisQuince Magazine and AOL Latino will give users access to music and entertainment. The new site is live now
Did you say AOL? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
I’d be interested to hear what you guys think about Bebo and its new Latino encarnation (when the link to the site actually starts working — WTF? Not very good sign to be broken on launch day…). Will you use it? Why or why not? Would you be more inclined to use a unique Latino social networking site rather than a general market one “adapted” to supposedly fit Latino needs? Let us know what you think.
Via / WebAware
Facebook Thinks My Tetas are Obscene
27 Dec 2008
Facebook is deleting users for having obscene user photos. What’s so obscene? Well according to the social networking site, mamis breastfeeding is obscene, especially if there is nipple involved.
“We agree that breastfeeding is natural and beautiful and we’re very glad to know that it is so important to some mothers to share this experience with others on Facebook,” writes Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt in response to queries about the site’s policy on breastfeeding photos. “We take no action on the vast majority of breastfeeding photos because they follow the site’s Terms of Use. Photos containing a fully exposed breast (as defined by showing the nipple or areola) do violate those Terms and may be removed. These policies are designed to ensure Facebook remains a safe, secure and trusted environment for all users, including the many children (over the age of 13) who use the site. The photos we act upon are almost exclusively brought to our attention by other users who complain.”
Seriously? Is my teta more offensive then say the presence of an anti-immigrant ass on Facebook’s Board of Directors? I would rather my daughters see breasts than racism, after all , one day they will have them, and yes while tetas are fun and sexy, they are also functional and a healthy , portable way to feed your kid.
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