Wednesday, December 1, 2010

What if we could get access to all the data on Facebook?

This is an interesting article about some potential research uses of Facebook data such as status updates:
http://www.slate.com/id/2276314/
It would be a real goldmine of information for social science researchers!

Did you know there is already something on Facebook called "Openbook" that lets you search status updates from open Facebook profiles? I had no idea! Try typing in a phrase and see what happens...

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