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Weekly Column Oh, no, not Silicon Valley again: But wait, the overachieving, high-ambition young stars who power the Web these days aren't irredeemably awful.; Farhad Manjoo 2008.05.15
MySpace frees your data. Will Facebook follow?: When you put data into a social network, you ought to be able to easily pull it out, too.; Farhad Manjoo 2008.05.09
Virginia schools' Web scandalette: "Get over it, kid!": A school administrator's wife scolds a student for complaining that school was not shut down during a snowstorm. Her message was caught on tape.; Farhad Manjoo 2008.01.23
Hasbro, Mattel fight Facebook scrabbler Scrabulous: One of Facebook's best third-party apps may soon shut down.; Farhad Manjoo 2008.01.16
Facebook finally lets users turn off privacy-invading ads: The social network acknowledges its mistake in its plan to send ads to its members' friends.; Farhad Manjoo 2007.12.06
Facebook caves on privacy-invading ads, kind of: The social network makes some positive changes to its Beacon ad program.; Farhad Manjoo 2007.11.30
Facebook: Shut down that privacy-invading ad program!: The social network tells your friends what you're doing on other Web sites. How is that OK?; 2007.11.29
Facebook drops "is" status updates, poetry dies: Farhad is hoping Facebook reconsiders.; Farhad Manjoo 2007.11.20
A judge sets back ConnectU's Facebook case: A rival social networking site is given two weeks to make its case that Facebook stole its ideas.; 2007.07.26
Facebook isn't just for college kids anymore: New numbers show that everyone's joining Facebook -- especially old people.; Farhad Manjoo 2007.07.06
Why MySpace is for freaks and Facebook is for preps: Researcher danah boyd explains the cultural differences between the world's largest social networking sites.; Farhad Manjoo 2007.06.25
Did Facebook give Obama a secret advantage?: The Obama campaign released a new Facebook tool quickly after the site upgraded its system. Could that be because one of Facebook's founders now works for him?; Farhad Manjoo 2007.06.06