Facebook Slow
By phil
Has anyone else found that Facebook is very slow today?
In fact over the last couple of days I have found Facebook to be very slow. I’m not sure if they are doing some form of maintenance or not but accessing applications has been very slow.
Applications are stored on third party servers so that would not be the problem. They only access Facebook for certain functions.
I have installed a Firefox Browser extension that blocks all adds from Facebook. Installing adblock plus did improve my Facebook speed somewhat although I am not sure what is causing the recent slowness.
Here is a link to Adblock Plus for anyone interested. It is also worth downloading ‘Element Hiding Helper‘ this one is particularly good for stubborn adds that will not disappear using Adblock Plus.
I found that Adblock Plus removed most of the advertisements with no trouble, but on a couple of applications I still had one add that would not go. With Element Hiding element it was easy to click around the add with my mouse and hide that advertisement too.
March 10th, 2010
Mob Wars Changes Wreck Game
By phil
The recent changes that the Mob Wars developers have made to the game have made a lot of people angry.
People have spent a lot of money on this Facebook game making the developers rich over the last year or so.
The developers despite protests have now implemented new changes that only make it possible to level up at a very slow pace.
Newer players of the game will be at a severe disadvantage to other players and will have no chance to catch up owing to the new changes.
I have just finished reading their review section and I have never seen such a barrage of criticism in one place. The ranking system which gives reviewers the chance to review 1 to 5 stars is littered with 1 star reviews.
With most reviewers wanting to give the program zero stars but they are not offered that option.
When I started playing the game it was a simple game and fun to play. I think that’s what players liked. Now however its gone with extreme graphics and is some absurd copy of Mafia Wars.
I’m sure if players had wanted to play Mafia Wars they would go to that game at least it does not pretend to be something else.
Some players have paid thousands of dollars to build up their character in this game and are now bitterly disappointed at being ignored by the developers.
The Disscussion board that used to accompany the mobwars site has also been closed down it would appear so because of the barrage of complaints.
It appears the developers of this game have decided to crawl into their shell and ignore all complaints. That decision may come back to bite them in the hip pocket.
I was playing this game on a regular basis but have now moved to other games with more responsive developers.
Facebook’s Reporting System Lacking
By phil
Have you ever tried to report anyone on Facebook? I have recently and I have found it to be a very cumbersome system.
When you click the report button on someone’s profile you are given the option to block them or report them or both.
This is where the problem begins. If you you want to just block them that is fairly easy however if you want to report them then that is a different matter.
Recently I had a person repeatedly posting on my wall in a game application that I play I asked him to stop but he refused and started posting every few minutes harassing material.
I wanted to report him so that the behavior could not be repeated against some other person however when I tried to report the program asks for a defined set of areas of where the abuse is coming from then refers the user back to the application or area to post from a supposed report button in that area. Unfortunatly there is often no report button in other areas on facebook. You are provided with no other option to report anyone so you are only left with the block option.
This is what I reluctantly did to avoid further annoying messages.
I think Facebook needs to review their system so that reports of harassment can actually be sent.
I think they are avoiding a lot of work on their part by not providing this service easily. However it then means that numerous people have to put up with harassment from certain people before any action is taken.
All About Facebook
By phil
Facebook is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.[1] Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, and school or college. The website’s name stems from the colloquial name of books given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better.
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes while he was a student at Harvard University.[5] The website’s membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It later expanded further to include (potentially) any university student, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. The website currently has more than 350 million active users worldwide.[6]
The original concept for Facebook was borrowed from a product produced by Zuckerberg’s prep school Phillips Exeter Academy which for decades published and distributed a printed manual of all students and faculty at the Exeter, NH-based boarding school.
Farmville Scripts
By phil
Farmville
There are a number of scripts you can use with Farmville to speed up production etc. Use at your own risk.
To use the following scripts you will need to use Firefox browser and have the free greasemonkey add-on: use this link to get greasemonkey.
Greasemonkey is very easy to use no technical knowledge is required.
I have just listed some of the more popular scripts. I have used greasemonkey scripts for some time with no problems.
Farmville Scripts
This one will automatically adopts animals using invisible page loading.
This script calculates the date and time crops will reach 100% in Farmville on Facebook.
You can automatically accept bonuses using invisible requests so you don’t have to wait long or go through 100 pages.
Facebook – Farmville, Select an animal to adopt…
Gives you a choice of what type of animal you want to adopt.
Manages farmville wall posts; accepts bonuses, grabs bouquets, adopts animals, hatches eggs, and more.
Farmville Secrets Guide
Also be sure to check out the latest secrets guide. Click here for more information or on the image below.
