Talk:Facebook: Skillnad mellan sidversioner

Cleanup of this page

This page has too much content. Probably needs some clean up. There are sections on this page that 'talk' not about the wikipedia page on facebook, but about the facebook website. I understand the general wikipedia practice on talk pages is to not delete previous conversation, since it's a 'talk page'. But 'out-of-topic content', is a valid alibi to remove such discussion. Any content not referring to wikipedia page on facebook, like requests about facebook itself, facebook complaints, off-topic verbal fights/clarifications, should all be removed. Atif.hussain (talk) 08:28, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

User base

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/facebook-f8-media-features.html Change member number to 800 million according to this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.164.60.201 (talk) 22:57, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Graph

The user base increase graph is difficult to follow for the small numbers in the initial periods. The graph needs to be replaced with a log scale on y-axis. Atif.hussain (talk) 08:28, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Accessability in Vietnam

The wiki article says that facebook is banned in Vietnam, but this is not true. My wife lives in Vietnam and I have visited this country and let me assure you it is alive and very well in Vietnam! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.5.234 (talk) 12:23, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

I visited Portugal one time but I couldn't find a McDonalds there. I will update the McDonalds article shortly detailing it's ban in Portugal. Also, I have a Brazilian wife and she's never even heard of McDonalds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.5.13 (talk) 22:43, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

The citation in the article speaks of the possibility of a blackout in Vietnam, it does not state that one has taken place. Unless a reliable source can be found that states that FB has actually been banned in Vietnam, that should be removed from the article.--Rollins83 (talk) 13:48, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 16 March 2012

76.91.137.154 (talk) 09:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC

You've lodged an edit request but have not told us what you'd like changed. Please write below if you have an idea about how this article can be improved. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 10:40, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

ب — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.229.163.69 (talk) 12:32, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Privacy concerns?

Interesting USA Today article about how Facebook tracks people on the web whether they are logged into Facebook or not:

Can someone please find a spot to add this to the article. Thanks in advance. Ottawahitech (talk) 14:23, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

• ...and how about this:

"Employers asking job seekers for Facebook passwords"

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/03/20/employers-asking-job-seekers-for-facebook-passwords/QxviQzYrVRxW8UVFw1MGRI/story.html Ottawahitech (talk) 17:59, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Example photos

Are the example photos of the different Facebook formats from real accounts? If so, how is that at all legit? It seem like a pretty blatant privacy invasion -- even if the owners of the accounts are the ones who posted them here as there are also other people's names and comments included in the photos. 67.233.247.41 (talk) 07:12, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Privacy concerns are for those who fears the results of their actions, be it right or wrong. But it’s not for those open minded people who are willing to serve the community for good. We can’t always live in fear, isn’t?? Up to my knowledge those example photos are legit. Robin Mathew Rajan 10:55, 3 April 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robin Mathew Rajan (talk • contribs)

International headquarters

The infobox lists Facebook international HQ as Menlo Park, California, which is incorrect - the international headquarters is in Dublin, Ireland. "Facebook is reportedly looking to more than double the size of its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland." Barry McGuiness (talk) 11:58, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

somebody changed my password

a About 1500 4/8/12 I lost facebook and cityville and then about 2200 someone requested to cityville and it was not me Ilost it all about 1500 and I want it back if I can't get it back I will find some other way to pass time — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.129.118.245 (talk) 03:57, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

This page is for discussion of the Wikipedia encyclopedia article about Facebook. For help with Facebook itself, you will need to find a help page at www.facebook.com. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:22, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Instagram is a subsidiary

I just completed a series of updates to Instagram to reflect its acquisition. Since IP editors aren't allowed to edit this article, perhaps someone could ensure that any coverage here or at List of acquisitions by Facebook reflects the fact that Facebook intents to keep Instagram independent, an unusual step for Facebook, particularly given the fact that the billion dollars they paid comes with only 13 people. Check out the refs I cited if you need to. 72.244.200.165 (talk) 21:33, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

• Someone added the line "in April 2012 Facebook bought the application Instagram for one Billion dollars." just like that. I almost thought it was vandalism until I came here, but now I'm thinking it's merely really poorly written. So, yeah, I'll try to improve it once my account is "confirmed". Barren167 (talk) 18:25, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Wrong information ref. Key people of Facebook - Chairman is not Mr Graham, but Mr. Zuckerberg

Hi. Please correct this error: Mr. Zuckerberg is the Chariman of the board for Facebook, not Mr. Graham - as the Wikipedia page indicates.

Source Material for this can be found at SEC.gov: http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000119312512034517/d287954ds1.htm

((Table of Contents > MANAGEMENT))

(OBS: A lot of people is confusing the Chairman position due to the bad-layout at Facebooks page, found at : http://newsroom.fb.com/content/default.aspx?NewsAreaId=22)

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Partin007 (talk • contribs) 12:48, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Fixed. Trivialist (talk) 13:02, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Facebook Board of Directors.

A new section (business) must be added, containing the following info about the company: Board Members Mark Zuckerberg, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Facebook Marc Andreessen, Co-founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz Jim Breyer, Partner, Accel Partners Donald E. Graham, Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company Reed Hastings, Chairman and CEO, Netflix Erskine Bowles, President Emeritus, the University of North Carolina Peter Thiel, Partner, Founders Fund

This is important, given the recent IPO — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahen23 (talk • contribs) 06:54, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

What "Impact on philanthropy"?

The "Impact on philanthropy" section says nothing specific about Facebook, just other companies. None of it belongs in this article. 70.58.10.111 (talk) 23:58, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Please delete the "Impact on philanthropy" section unless there are sources which say something specific about Facebook as opposed to other companies. 70.58.10.111 (talk) 04:17, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. elektrikSHOOS (talk) 21:41, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

This article gets 80,000 views per day, and the request was here on the talk page for four days (at about 140 views/day) without discussion. How long does it need to go with one proponent and no objections before you would call it a consensus? 71.215.64.125 (talk) 03:08, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

You do have a point. The section is primarily about other companies, with Facebook being mentioned as an indirect comparison. If the off-topic material were stripped out, there wouldn't be much left. I've added a {{off-topic}} notice to that section, so hopefully your concern will be addressed. Regards, RJH (talk) 14:19, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Saw this one - had a read - have to agree. The section does not reference facebook, except obliquely. it does not address facbook and its Impact on philanthropy - it addresses philanthropy in the shadow of. This article "Social media's impact on charitable fundraising: Does it work?" may be a starting point for refs to correct the deficits. In fact looking widely - all sections on impact need to be addressed due to WP:WORLDVIEW - lack of. will add to me hit list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Media-hound- thethird (talk • contribs) 21:01, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

How to contact the independent privacy auditor?

I would like to read more about the specific terms of the FTC privacy settlement, in particular, how can I contact the independent auditor who they have agreed to evaluate their privacy practices? 70.58.10.111 (talk) 23:58, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

revenue

It can no longer be stated categorically, as the lead section does, that Facebook generates its revenue from advertising. The cited source is dated 2006, and a lot has happened since then. From my quick research, it appears that FB now generates 15% of its revenues from app developers. See here. I propose that we update the lead and create a new section on this.

As a side note, I'm surprised that there's no mention of the anticipated IPO outside of the lead section.

I'm sorry I don't have the time to make these changes. Perhaps someone can pick this up.

--Nstrauss (talk) 20:54, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Facebook & Microsoft

Some of Facebook's services are based on MS's Bing.com search engine, like:

• Using the search box to find friends, pages or group will also bring you a search page of pages around the web, using Bing search engine
• Links to name of places (like on events or status with a statement of a place) are linking to a page about this place. The page is having a map, powered by Bing Maps (a service similar to "Google Earth").
• Facebook also collaborate with Wikipedia, and has pages about articles from Wikipedia. Facebook suggest to people to own those pages, and to add more information about it. People can like them, no matter if the page has an owner.

I guess the reason why they chose to use those services using Microsoft, and not Google, which has the same services, is their competition with Google.

Galzigler (talk) 22:29, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

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Edit request on 9 May 2012

thefacebook.com now redirects to the Facebook home page, i suggest that the page be updated to reflect this.

EggManStudio (talk) 21:12, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Not done for now: It seems like a bit of trivia that doesn't really need mentioning. ~Adjwilley (talk) 02:55, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Timeline view photo unnecessarily offensive

The timeline view example, as of May 9th 2012 at 8:37pm CST could be highly offensive to some. This is unnecessary, as the page is uncharacteristically profane and may be seen as degrading and offensive to many viewers. I have taken it upon my self to go about changing it. But wanted to state this. I will not change it immediately, but felt I would mention it. If you agree, go ahead and change it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wade.bieber (talk • contribs) 01:40, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Good point. Per WP:GRATUITOUS we don't need to illustrate words like "bitches" and "niggas" (even if they are a good-natured reappropriation of these words). The point is to show the functionality of the timeline, not any particular content that appears on a single user's timeline. It would be very helpful if we could get a willing Wikipedia user to upload their own timeline, containing only images that are public domain or for which they own the copyright, and then assigning a free license to Wikipedia. This could be a little tricky, but possible, because the "friends" images and other events on the timeline would similarly need to be copyright free. Avoiding unnecessary offensiveness, self-promotion, or anything weird that would detract from the encyclopedic purpose of the timeline, would all be helpful. - Wikidemon (talk) 02:27, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Reverted back to the old Timeline screenshot until Jayabharat (talk) uploads a new one which is less offensive with no artifacts.

Robin Mathew Rajan (talk) 22:59, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

I will gladly donate such a photo, seeing as the newly uploaded timeline example still has privacy, copyright, and self-promotion issues. I can manipulate it to only show the functionality of the timeline and not content with privacy, copyright, or self-promotion concerns. Gimme a little bit of time and I will get that taken care of. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wade.bieber (talk • contribs) 03:36, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Issues

This article is listed as a Good article and with that in mind there are a few issues relating to that criteria that should be fixed up by a willing editor. Judging by the dates, many of them have been added since the last re-assessment. First there are two large clean-up tags that appear justified. The "too long" tag under "Website" and the "expand" one under "Impact on philanthropy". These fall under criteria 3 A and B respectively. The prose (criteria 1a) is also poor in many sections, especially where it consists of single sentence paragraphs starting with "In 2011 ...". AIRcorn (talk) 04:07, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

I have just realised that it was previously delisted, but this was reverted about a year ago with this out of process edit. Restoring the original delisting, if you want it to become a Good article it will have to through the WP:GAN process. AIRcorn (talk) 02:38, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Facebook

File:Canale facebook.png
Type of site	Social networking service
Available in	(See Facebook features#Languages)
Owner	Facebook, Inc.
URL	www.facebook.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Required
Users	Over 900 million
Launched	February 2004 (2004-02)

Update to Infobox

Now that we're post-IPO, the infobox should be updated to show Facebook as being traded under FB on the NASDAQ 209.205.95.138 (talk) 21:22, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

That sounds like a better update for Facebook, Inc. (the company article)--this one's about the website. Khazar2 (talk) 21:30, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Ah yes... Disregard that request then. 209.205.95.138 (talk) 21:35, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

I came her under the same misunderstanding. To make the distinction clearer, maybe this article should switch to {{Infobox website}} (see my first draft at right). 72.244.204.58 (talk) 06:53, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Unless there are any objections, I say go for it. Khazar2 (talk) 07:17, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Looks like there is some confusion between the two entities. This article, Facebook is the actual website. Facebook, Inc. is the company that completley owns the website. Hope this clears up some confusion. I've changed the infobox back to {{Infobox website}} in the meantime. -- Luke (Talk) 16:36, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, why are they separate articles. Most, if not all, of what's in that article could be in this one. Hot Stop 14:43, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Facebook, Inc in regards to the post IPO launching (company as a whole including any future subsidiaries), therefore, making the Facebook page related solely to the website. swinquest (talk) 15:33, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

I realize that, but I was wondering why we needed to split up the articles. Hot Stop 12:51, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan married

Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (28) week in which his company was estimated at 106 billion dollars, ended up marriage. He married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan (27) at a ceremony held at his home in Palo Alto, California. Wedding ring, featuring a ruby, designed by Zuckerberg himself. The couple met at Harvard, where Zuckerberg`s Facebook was founded. Later they moved to California, where today is the seat of Facebook.78.2.93.78 (talk) 10:09, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Irony is that we are more interested in his personal life than the other way around. --82.134.28.194 (talk) 11:17, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Infobox lacks number of employees

Indeed. 76.10.128.192 (talk) 05:28, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Actually, the actual company's article Facebook, Inc. does have it. Please disreguard. 76.10.128.192 (talk) 07:02, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

face book slash

"investors dump Facebook" [1] this website entry (locked) carry inno-much about IP0. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.90.197.87 (talk) 21:25, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

early investors

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PUT THESE DETAILS IN ( I am a new member and i cant modify page).

(in a new section on something) Early Investors:

Clarium Capital - 12.7M - 2005 Accel Partners - 12.7M - 2005 Greylock - 27.5M - 2006 Meritech - 27.5M - 2006 Microsoft - 240M - 2007 Li Ka-Shing - 60M - 2007 European Founders Fund - 15M - 2008 Digital Sky Tech - 200 - 2009 Elevation Partners - 90 - 2009 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indexlight (talk • contribs) 00:44, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 25 May 2012 (Important!!)

4chan is trolling people, there is a picture of a nude man several times in the article. Can someone please revert?

Webprgmr15 (talk) 10:48, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 25 May 2012

Can you please remove the inappropriate images from this article

Brendanm80 (talk) 11:00, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 25 May 2012

Someone take out the porno picture in the middle please.

Kaellya (talk) 11:11, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 25 May 2012

It has pornographic materials, it must be edited to clear it from the content. It must be investigated, the hacker must be found.

49.144.176.61 (talk) 11:12, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

It's fixed now, somebody put the image in a deep-down template so it was hard to find--Jac16888 ^Talk 11:14, 25 May 2012 (UTC)