http://iquitfacebook.com Stories and tales from the survivors of Facebook Wed, 07 May 2008 08:57:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What would life be like without Facebook? Sort of. (Via Tom) http://iquitfacebook.com/the-real-facebook/ Oh dear. Is Andrew Lloyd Webber really considering a musical based on Facebook? According to Lucie Cave someone from Heat Magazine in the UK is in talks with Andrew Lloyd Webber to bring Facebook to the stage. It gives me the shivers just thinking about it. Ugh Meanwhile, someone else has ... http://iquitfacebook.com/facebook-the-musical/ If you're getting on a bit but want to keep up with the kids, you might not be able to register! OK, it's unlikely they have many members in their 90's but even though the registration page allows a new user to indicate 1910 is their birth year but they are ... http://iquitfacebook.com/facebook-accused-if-being-ageist/ The Irish tax service are searching the Facebook profiles of business people they're investigating. TJ correctly reports that this is not a privacy issue. What is more worrying is that Facebook profiles are hardly a reliable source of information. Will Revenue really believe that I have a mansion in the country, ... http://iquitfacebook.com/the-taxman-searches-your-facebook-profile/ Tom asks, Are you experiencing FaceBook fade? Several interesting comments follow, most agreeing with him. I think if we can hook a social networking system into a decent publishing system we'll have a pretty sweet ecosystem. Rashmi Sinha posts some great ideas for how WordPress.com could use some of the ... http://iquitfacebook.com/toms-losing-the-facebook-glow/ Jim points out that the Facebook terms of use give them almost free reign over any of the content uploaded to their site. That includes your holiday photos, family snaps, artistic works, poems, songs, writing, your blog posts fed by an RSS feed even. That picture of you in the bar ... http://iquitfacebook.com/facebook-stealing-your-photo-rights/ I'm still not sure why I don't delete my Facebook account. I don't use it for anything! http://iquitfacebook.com/why-do-i-stick-with-facebook/