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Facebook forces new Profile Pages
So if you resisted the switch to the new Facebook profile pages you probably received a message this week saying, like it or not, you are going to get it.

Is this fair? Should we be forced to use the new profile which, honestly, most of the general public has voiced dislike for?
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New Facebook Profile Pages
The new Facebook Profile Pages are now available to try out — Facebook has just heralded their arrival via Twitter, mere hours before [|founder Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance on //60 Minutes//].

Simply click on Facebook’s announcement to activate yours and check out all the new features, including revamped personal info, more prominent pictures, top interests showcased as images, more descriptive relationships and more.

What do you think of the New Facebook Profile Pages?
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Myspace is no longer for Social Networking
Talking to The Telegraph at the Monaco Media Forum, Jones said the bold statement: “MySpace is a not a social network anymore. It is now a social entertainment destination.”

The troubled site, which saw its UK audience halve to 3.3 million monthly visitors in July earlier this year, is pinning its hopes of renewed success with a return to its music and content roots.Two weeks ago, the redesigned MySpace, which focuses a lot more around content, rather than social networking, launched in the US and will go live in the UK in mid November. Everything has been changed; right down to the logo – which is now the word 'My' and an extended underscore to represent the ‘Space’.

What do you think of the "New" Myspace?
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== =AOL: Jonas Bros. can 'help redesign Internet'= Looks like the Jonas Brothers could have a new gig. The Bros. -- Nick, Kevin and Joe -- launched original online video channel [|Cambio.com] with AOL this summer, and in an interview with [| Daily Front Row], AOL CEO and Chairman Tim Armstrong says his company wants to change the way both AOL properties and the web in general look... with help from the boy band.

If you dropped down to Planet Earth for the first time today and saw how pervasive the Web was, you'd expect it to be the most beautiful and elegantly designed experience in the world. But it's not.

How would you redesign the internet? What features would you add/improve? What parts will you get rid of?
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Colleges Admit to Checking Facebook Page of Students Who Apply
Colleges have a new tool in deciding who to enroll in their schools. Administrations admit that Facebook and other online pages are checked for every applicant, and that can have a large role in whether or not that student is accepted. Colleges and Universities can get a well rounded and honest view of these students, and most students are not even aware that their pages are so easy to find, (all you need is an email address, and that is required on today's college applications).

So, is your Facebook page in a state that a college or university would be impressed? And, do you think that it is fair that schools are checking out their potential students online?
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**The Google Issues Continue: are they killing their Generation Y credibility?**
The Gen Y generation is starting to doubt the morals, values, and incentives of companies like Google and Facebook. Could it be that before long, a ‘privacy revolution’ led by a coalition of the younger generations could well be the end of such web-giants?

How do you feel about your private information being sold?
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Is Facebook a Monopoly?
Facebook has been making huge strides to increase their page views lately. Maybe they're trying to hang onto every little page view they can get. They are even going as far as shutting down some of their competition.

Are you content with Facebook, or do other social network companies stand a chance against the FB giant? Would you switch? What would it take for you to give us Facebook?
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