What Happens When a Social Graph is Compromised?
Jesse Chan | September 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment
Credit: Visual Complexity.
Ever had your MySpace or e-mail account hijacked? Recently, Gmail experienced a cross-scripting vulnerability. Luckily, Google was able to patch it quickly, and so far there are no reported cases of people losing information. Getting your e-mail hacked is becoming a major issue. Hackers do not usually care to […]
Social Network Wars
Jesse Chan | September 22nd, 2007 | 6 Comments
The interesting thing about social networks, like other forms of social media, is that users create the content. A social network becomes more valuable as more users join and get connected with other users. This is known as network effects.
It is not necessarily the best social network that wins — in terms […]
Mashable
Jesse Chan | September 14th, 2007 | No Comments
Mashable is the largest blog focused on social networking. Like TechCrunch, it has an amazing amount of coverage and, surprisingly, launched at nearly the same time. Mashable was launched by Pete Cashmore in July 2005. Currently, it has over 5 million page views per month, making it one of the most popular […]
What is a Social Graph?
Jesse Chan | August 25th, 2007 | 8 Comments
by GustavoG
Facebook is about to launch personal ads. Google already targets advertising to personal, search queries and a website’s content. Both approaches are in the early stages of utilizing a social graph.
A social graph takes into account how people are interconnected. Similar in concept of how Google’s PageRank algorithm takes into account […]