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Beware of fake Facebook ‘dislike’ button
Beware of the fake Facebook ‘dislike’ button.
Facebook Security advise you not to click on suspicious links on Facebook.
“We’re working hard to block and remove malicious applications that claim to provide dislike functionality and inadvertently update people’s statuses,”
“It’s important to keep in mind that there is no official dislike button. Also, don’t click on strange links, even if they are from friends, and notify the person and report the link if you see something suspicious.”
If you accidentally installed the fake application,
Stay Safe on Facebook
click on the “account” button at the top right of the Facebook home screen. Navigate to the option that says “application settings,” and disable the fake “dislike” application.
If the app has posted to your Facebook wall, go to your profile page and delete those posts to stop the scam from spreading further. mashable also recommends checking your “interests” and “likes” settings from the “edit my profile” menu, to be sure that the app hasn’t lodged itself there as well.
Or Facebook may do all of that for you.
Facebook Hits 500 Million Members, Mark Zuckerberg Makes It Official.
As of this morning wednesday 21/07/2010,, 500 million people all around the world are actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them.
Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg
just made things official on the company’s blog: the social network is now 500 million members strong. 
This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world. Now a lot more people have the opportunity to stay connected with the people they care about.
Either way, Facebook has put together a collection of stories that users have shared with the company, detailing the impact the social network has had on their lives.
These stories include:
- Ben Saylor, a 17-year-old high school student, who turned to Facebook to organize a community effort to rebuild the Pioneer Playhouse, the oldest outdoor theater in Kentucky, after it was damaged by floods in May.
- Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who, during his time in office, would go jogging with 100 of his fans from Facebook.
- Holly Rose, a mother in Phoenix, who credits a friend’s status message telling women to check for breast cancer with her being diagnosed in time to treat the disease. She used Facebook for support during treatment and became a prevention advocate herself.
In addition, Facebook has put together a photo album with messages of thanks.
Our mission at Facebook is to help make the world more open and connected. Stories like these are examples of that mission and are both humbling and inspiring. I could have never imagined all of the ways people would use Facebook when we were getting started 6 years ago.
I want to thank you for being part of making Facebook what it is today and for spreading it around the world.
This is no surprise to me, roll on 1 billion.
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Look for the Facebook Like button across the web to connect with the things you care about and share them with your friends.
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When you click the Like button, a link to that page is added to your Facebook profile and a story is shared with your friends.
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That page can also keep you updated through your News Feed.
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Find out what your friends have liked, shared, and commented on through the Activity Feed and Recommendations social plugins.
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I do hope you found this helpful. 🙂
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