What does Facebook have up its sleeve?

The Net is in a twist about Facebook’s big announcement, coming Nov. 6, about a new advertising strategy. Many sites predict the social networking giant will unveil an initiative designed to leverage all that use info locked away in its profiles, so my sailor-suit pics and astrocharts are coming down today. Others say Facebook will create a Google-like ad network that will work across numerous sites, which would probably destroy any remaining vestige of personal privacy and drive even more traffic to Ann Coulter and James Frey’s listings on Amazon, which is where all my Web forays end up for some reason. With five free minutes before the bank opened this morning, I conducted my own investigation, and learned that the Internet can help you search for things. Sorry, Mark Zuckerberg, but now the “big surprise”—or should I say, surprises—can be revealed: Kristin shot J.R., Darth Vader is Luke’s father, and Rosebud was Kane’s sled. And how come I never get any pokes? I said I’d get rid of the sailor suit.

—Posted by David Gianatasio

October 24, 2007 | Permalink