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posted by robind on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the like-this dept.
Maow writes "Wired.com has a 10th anniversary look at some of the innovations that Facebook has led, or at least been at the forefront of.

This is not about how "Likes" and "the Wall" and "Timelines" have changed how users interact with the internet and each other.

This is about open-sourced data centres, and the like:

Behind the scenes, inside the massive data centers that power this worldwide social network, you’ll find all sorts of other technologies that have changed our world in very different ways — and perhaps bigger ways.

Any good techie can appreciate the items listed or at least several of them. They are often over-looked ways that Facebook has contributed; ways that average Facebook users probably have absolutely no clue about; ways that might earn them just a bit of respect from the most die-hard Facebook haters."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Dopefish on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:30AM

    by Dopefish (12) on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:30AM (#25)
    If you think about it, even if you don't have an account on Facebook yourself, the site can still have quite a bit of detail on you, from tagged photos from other real world friends to events created for parties and such. If you ask me, it's very difficult to escape from the influence of social media and the possible abuses to our privacy in this day and age.
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by robind on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:38AM

    by robind (3) on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:38AM (#30)
    I read that Facebook actually creates placeholder pages for people that it thinks exist, based on imported contact lists and names mentioned.
    • (Score: 1) by umafuckitt on Thursday February 13 2014, @06:02AM

      by umafuckitt (20) on Thursday February 13 2014, @06:02AM (#33)
      I know someone who would get e-mails from FB telling him that he had been tagged in a picture. At the point he had yet to join.