Important Changes Regarding MacInsiders
12-10-2011 at 01:24 PM
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They've actually been under federal investigations and looked at by the FTC (recent news as of Sept and November of this year), especially after releasing the new 'timeline' feature (all your private wall posts right from the start when you used facebook were published to your timeline automatically).
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Wait, even if you haven't signed up for it yet?
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12-10-2011 at 02:50 PM
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Nice set of updates, hopefully there are less bot threads now.  |
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12-10-2011 at 02:53 PM
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You know that Facebook isn't well known for protecting privacy right? Facebook uses your info to sell targeted advertising and information to marketers that partner with them, thats how they make their money and why they can keep it free. They've broken privacy rules and changed their privacy policies and privacy controls so many times. They've actually been under federal investigations and looked at by the FTC (recent news as of Sept and November of this year), especially after releasing the new 'timeline' feature (all your private wall posts right from the start when you used facebook were published to your timeline automatically). Just search google and you'll see all the Facebook issues with privacy. |
Yes, I know all this, which is why I put next to nothing on Facebook.  I don't have a "wall" so people can't post anything to me. I generally just message people via their Facebook inbox or whatever it's called. |
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12-10-2011 at 02:57 PM
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Yes, I know all this, which is why I put next to nothing on Facebook. I don't have a "wall" so people can't post anything to me. I generally just message people via their Facebook inbox or whatever it's called. |
Wow, that's a first for me. |
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12-10-2011 at 09:21 PM
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i dont know if its jsut my computer, but when i go onto macinsiders it usually says in the bottom right corner something like there are __ students online, __ which are members.. or something... but it never says a number anymore its just blank. ive gone on IE and chrome and neither shows a number.. i always just found it interesting to see how many people were online, especially during times when mugsi/solar are just opening hahahhaha... so if this is a glitch it should be fixed  |
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12-10-2011 at 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kirsten..!
i dont know if its jsut my computer, but when i go onto macinsiders it usually says in the bottom right corner something like there are __ students online, __ which are members.. or something... but it never says a number anymore its just blank. ive gone on IE and chrome and neither shows a number.. i always just found it interesting to see how many people were online, especially during times when mugsi/solar are just opening hahahhaha... so if this is a glitch it should be fixed |
Are you referring to the homepage? I still see that box of members online...
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12-10-2011 at 09:52 PM
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Are you referring to the homepage? I still see that box of members online...
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yeah! for me the box comes up but never actually says a # of people .. ive tried on chrome and ie and it always just says " There are currently students on MacInsiders, of them are members." |
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12-10-2011 at 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by kirsten..!
yeah! for me the box comes up but never actually says a # of people .. ive tried on chrome and ie and it always just says "There are currently students on MacInsiders, of them are members."
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Yep, same thing happens with me...the same box appears the minute I get on MI, and then disappears after like 3 seconds, weird... |
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12-10-2011 at 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by kirsten..!
yeah! for me the box comes up but never actually says a # of people .. ive tried on chrome and ie and it always just says "There are currently students on MacInsiders, of them are members."
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This happens to me too, it's been like this for months, although it used to show real numbers...I use Firefox if that makes a difference. |
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12-11-2011 at 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by kirsten..!
i dont know if its jsut my computer, but when i go onto macinsiders it usually says in the bottom right corner something like there are __ students online, __ which are members.. or something... but it never says a number anymore its just blank. ive gone on IE and chrome and neither shows a number.. i always just found it interesting to see how many people were online, especially during times when mugsi/solar are just opening hahahhaha... so if this is a glitch it should be fixed |
I can't see it either! I use chrome.
EDIT: Yes I can!! haaha wayyy at the bottom...didn't even know it was there! |
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12-12-2011 at 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by kirsten..!
yeah! for me the box comes up but never actually says a # of people .. ive tried on chrome and ie and it always just says "There are currently students on MacInsiders, of them are members."
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Thanks for pointing this out. I have fixed it so it now correctly shows the number of users online.
These are message alert boxes that pop up when you visit macinsiders.com and are logged into your account, the first one will tell you how many users are online at this moment in time, and the second tells you how many new messages (if any) are in your MacInsiders inbox. |
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12-12-2011 at 12:53 PM
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I dont know if its only me, but the rewards page has been very finky..havent gotten pionts for twitter posts
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iu was actually wondering about this. i remember having this rewards ribbon pop up when i came on MI and tell me how many points i have and such, but i havent seen that in a while now. also i somehow managed to find a rewards page which said to click on the ribbon to the right to see the points i have but there was no ribbon. if the rewards thing still going on?
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12-12-2011 at 01:01 PM
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iu was actually wondering about this. i remember having this rewards ribbon pop up when i came on MI and tell me how many points i have and such, but i havent seen that in a while now. also i somehow managed to find a rewards page which said to click on the ribbon to the right to see the points i have but there was no ribbon. if the rewards thing still going on?
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if you go to "my profile" then go to donate points, that links you to the reward stuff then just go from there. thats what ive always done
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12-12-2011 at 01:18 PM
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if you go to "my profile" then go to donate points, that links you to the reward stuff then just go from there. thats what ive always done
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umm i think thats a different type of reward points; there are reward points which you can use to change username, color, signature, etc. so used for stuff on forums. and then there are reward points used to get gift cards to amazon and stuff i believe???? those are the ones which i am referring to
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12-13-2011 at 02:35 AM
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umm i think thats a different type of reward points; there are reward points which you can use to change username, color, signature, etc. so used for stuff on forums. and then there are reward points used to get gift cards to amazon and stuff i believe???? those are the ones which i am referring to
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