In the last few days I’ve noticed a regular spam problem from Facebook.

My notifications bar shows links from people I don’t know and am not friends with. They are inviting me to like a spam page – in this case “iPhone 5 testing” which leads to a multitude of pop-up windows and eventually pulls me off-site to another spam page which I’ve not bothered to click onto any further for fear of contracting malware-itis.

The issue with Facebook is:

• Non-Friends  should not be able to randomly send you notifications – if there’s an easy way to shut this off I’ve not found it
• On the incoming notifications there should be a way to flag a USER as sending SPAM – the current default action if you try to click on the user icon is to actually send you to the spam the user sent

In order to block/report the user you must know to click “See All Notifications” and from there you can click the users link and block/report them.

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Just spotted these Facebook Like and Dislike rubber stamps over on Amazon. The stampers cost about $15 shipped and are self-inking and there are a set of two which indicate your agreement or disagreement with whatever you’re rubber stamping. Not a bad way to integrate social media into your office.

Facebook Like /Dislike

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Looking to gather some Social Media experience? Charlie Sheen is on the prowl – for a Social Media Intern. While the requirements don’t state that looks are important – I’m guessing that being blonde and no more than 18 years old will probably increase your chances of scoring this winning position.

Do you have #TigerBlood? Are you all about #Winning? Can you #PlanBetter than anyone else? If so, we want you on #TeamSheen as our social media #TigerBloodIntern!

This unique internship opportunity will allow a hard-working, self-motivated, creative, resourceful and social media savvy individual to work closely with Charlie Sheen in leveraging his social network. The internship will focus on executing a social media strategy that will build on the success Charlie Sheen has attained in setting the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Twitter. The #TigerBloodIntern is expected to be proactive, monitor the day-to-day activities on the major social media platforms, prepare for exciting online projects and increase Charlie’s base of followers.

You will learn how to promote and develop the social media network of Hollywood’s most trending celebrity.

What have you got to loose – except your sanity.

Charlie Sheen Social Media Intern

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As you may have already heard Facebook announced today that they’re re-inventing messaging. They stopped short of calling their revised messaging an “email killer” – however many are predicting that’s exactly what it ultimately could become.

The new email sounds a lot like Google’s Gmail – right down to the ability to separate out the most important emails (Google calls this priority inbox — Facebook calls it your social inbox). To accomodate this new system users will have the choice of selecting a new @facebook.com email address or they can retain their same address – according to Facebook their new messaging system will work under either method.

What’s interesting is Facebook has also taken a page from Google’s “closed” testing of new features. If you want a Facebook email address you’ll need to wait for them to invite you. Of course if you can’t wait there’s a link that you can use to request a Facebook email invitation. Follow the link below – and good luck!

Request Facebook Email Invitation

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Starting on Sunday you’ll be able to feed your Facebook crops by using credits that you purchase in a Target store. This is similar in concept to how you can purchase iTunes cards at most retail outlets. The cards can initially be used on more than 150 social games and applications, including Zynga (FarmVille, FrontierVille), CrowdStar (Happy Aquarium, HelloCity) and PopCap Games (Bejeweled Blitz). Facebook gift cards do not replace Zynga’s existing game cards.

According to a story in today’s USA Today the cards will be available in values of $15, $25 and $50 at all of Target’s 1,750 retail stores and at Target.com. Two or three more national retailers will start selling the cards in coming months. This will be a great solution for those who prefer not to give their credit information to Facebook or parents looking to gift credits to their kids.

Facebook Credits Come to Target Sunday (USA Today)

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We have received several confirmed reports from fanpage administrators that the photo uploader on standard fanpage Notes tab has been inoperable since mid-afternoon yesterday. If you try to upload a picture to a Facebook Fan Page Note – you’ll receive the “wait” icon then your upload will disappear and there’s not ability to re-try.

The problem is a known one – with the workaround appearing to be that you need to upload your image to a personal Facebook photo album first and then use that image in the note. No ETA from Facebook on when they might fix this.

via Facebook | Help Center.

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Online retailer Despair.com has this cool social media t-shirt that sums up the world of being social online pretty well. Of course it doesn’t apply to you and me – but some of those creepy over-sharing people deserve this in their stocking . Cost is $15.95.

Social Media T-Shirt – $15.95

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Hats off to Michael Arrington. He’s taking on one of the unspoken problems with “Free” games on social sites like Facebook or MySpace. In a nutshell these free games offer you special privileges (better land, more powerful gaming tools) for either purchase or for signing up for special offers.

As Michael outlines in his post, Scamville:  The Social Gaming Ecosystem of  Hell.

A typical scam: users are offered in game currency in exchange for filling out an IQ survey. Four simple questions are asked. The answers are irrelevant. When the user gets to the last question they are told their results will be text messaged to them. They are asked to enter in their mobile phone number, and are texted a pin code to enter on the quiz. Once they’ve done that, they’ve just subscribed to a $9.99/month subscription. Tatto Media is the company at the very end of the line on most mobile scams, and they flow it up through Offerpal, SuperRewards and others to the game developers.

This video is of Michael Arrington during Q&A at Virtual Goods Summit in San Francisco where he questioned Offerpal CEO Anu Shukla to explain the ethics of her business. Shukla went on a tirade, calling his points “shit, doubleshit, and bullshit”.

I believe what you are watching in the video below is the beginning of the end of these types of misleading offer practices.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PhKRCkbX9A[/youtube]

[Techcrunch] and [Offerpal's Blog Response]

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