This Week In Facebook: November 29, 2009
Given the Thanksgiving holiday, this week was a relatively short one in regards to Facebook news, however there were still plenty of things to cover. Most of this week’s buzz pertained to Black Friday, which is why we’ve been covering some of the fastest growing brands on Facebook this week. Facebook Draws Line In The Sand For Third-Party Ad Networks The most significant story for advertisers this week was probably Facebook’s decision to create two pages outlining approved and banned

Facebook Draws A Line In The Sand For Third Party Ad Networks
If you had any question as to those Facebook ad networks that developers can run on their applications, question no longer. Yesterday evening Facebook posted an update with those ad networks which are safe to run and those that aren’t, in turn singling out four ad networks: Gambit, Social Hour, SocialReach, and Tatto Media. We’ve written extensively about most of these networks, however the latest added to the group is Gambit, something we had been hearing for the past couple weeks. Facebook now has created two wiki pages in the Facebook Developer Wiki

New Facebook Security Flaw Lets Users Tag People They Aren’t Friends With
Want a really great Facebook spam technique? This morning a Facebook user added me as a friend and then tagged me in a post without me approving their friendship request. The post was then displayed on my wall. I’ve heard of similar issues in the past with tagging users in notes, however this is the first time that I’ve seen someone tag a user in a status update and have it displayed on their wall. Does it present a huge risk to users? Not really. However it can be used to spam people aggressively. Simply add all the people who you’d like to post on their wall and then tag them in separate posts or one post which includes all of them. Wh

Signs Point Toward Facebook’s IPO, Although The Company Denies It
Yesterday afternoon, the Wall Street Journal wrote that Facebook had restructured their share structure to give existing shareholders greater voting rights. It’s a step most companies take prior to going public, but when asked about the company’s intentions, Facebook stated that they have “no plans” to go public “at this time”. Despite their supposed lack of plans, chatter is increasing about the company’s desire to have a public offering, resulting in

Facebook Co-Founder Dustin Moskovitz Raises $9 Million For New Startup
How does it sound to be able to start your job and immediately spend $10,000 on your desk setup? That’s what you get if you become an employee of Asana, Dustin Moskovitz’s new startup which announced $9 million in funding earlier today. The startup is not only run by a Facebook Co-Founder but it also has a jam packed advisory board and team of investors including numerous ex-Facebook employees and executives, as well as a number of Facebook board members. While the company has yet to publicly releas