If you have a creative Facebook profile photo take note as Facebook will be resizing the size of profile photos in the “next few weeks”. Additionally Facebook is increasing the max size of photos that can be uploaded, which I would assume means there are some upgrades in the works for the Facebook Photos application.

The new photo size is most likely a result of the impending design changes which will go beyond the homepage. While the homepage is getting a relatively significant overhaul, profiles and Facebook Pages are also being condensed. Page tabs are being shrunk from 760 pixels…

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Last week we covered the ongoing wall spam problem on Facebook with the Pillow Fight application being one of the primary sources of the spam. We weren’t aware that there’s a way to block the spam, however the developer of the Pillow Fight application commented on our story and provided directions for turning off pillow fight wall posts. We explain how to block the wall posts from Pillow Fight below.

Prior to our explanation, I thought it would be important to emphasize that this is not a resolution for blocking all wall spam. Unfortunately Facebook doesn’t have a way to…

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We have received countless emails about Facebook testing comment replies via email for the past few months however this afternoon it became official. It’s somewhat surprising that it has taken this long for the company to get this up and running but I’d assume there were some significant technical limitations. It’s a relatively basic feature, however effectively parsing through millions of emails can prove complex.

While Facebook hasn’t rolled out commenting on other features, the company could use the lessons learned from rolling out comment replies and apply them elsewhere. For example users could quickly reply to messages sent via…

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A supposed anonymous interview with a Facebook employee is generating some buzz around the web, after some apparently controversial information was spilled. While some blogs are saying that the interview provides new “revelations“, nothing in the article came as a surprise to us. Is this information true or false and how much of it really comes as a surprise? We’ll break down all the facts (as we understand them).

Before jumping into our interpretation of the article we should state that Facebook’s PR team is dismissing this interview as bunk. Larry Yu told CNet news, “This piece contains the kind…

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If you’re looking to delete your Facebook account, you are better off using Facebook’s account deletion form than Seppukoo which has now been blocked from Facebook. That’s why the Seppukoo website now has a tutorial on how to manually delete your account posted on their homepage (which we’ve embedded below). Not only has Seppukoo been blocked but they were also sent a Cease and Desist from Facebook’s D.C.-based law firm: Perkins Coie.

At this point there’s little reason for Facebook to continue with litigation as the company has been effectively blocked from accessing Facebook. The site had enabled users to…

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This evening Facebook announced a redesigned help center which aims to make it easier for Facebook users to find the answers to the problems they are having. Personally, I don’t use the help center too often, however I know that Facebook has been steadily improving the help area over the past couple years. Today, Facebook has announced a number of additional features.

Among the new improvements is a new search interface, expanded user-to-user help topics, navigational filters, and unique URLs for help topics. While the design is similar to the previous iteration of the help center, the upgrades will be…

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It appears as though a prankster has come up with a clever little trick to get you to post a random image to your profile. It’s a simple loop which gets users to post a link an image, in turn getting your friends to click on the link and do the exact same thing. While the “virus” is not malicious and doesn’t require you to install any software on your computer, it does spam your friends which can be pretty annoying.

This latest “virus” appears to be more of a joke than anything else. It uses an iFrame to hide…

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Last week we published our new Facebook privacy guide and today we have a video version which should help users get a firm grasp on the new Facebook privacy settings. For those users who still aren’t clear about the new Facebook privacy settings, this video should clear things up a bit. If you still have questions after watching the video, please feel free to post the in the comments.

We recognize that some of the video components are a little quick which means you may need to replay the video a couple times. We are currently working on improving the…

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