The infamous hacking group Anonymous is allegedly planning to delete Facebook on Nov. 5, 2011. In a YouTube video, allegedly posted by Anonymous, the group announced that it will erase the social media giant to save the public from Facebook’s evil, privacy-stealing ways—though there have been conflicting reports of the group’s involvement, via an Anonymous spokesperson. Apparently, the hackers’ collective is just as uncertain as the rest of us if the attack will actually happen, because the hackers are (obviously) [...]

The Purrfect Celebrity
In the world of Internet celebrities, Japanese feline Maru Desu reigns supreme. Maru is the star of two movies (I Am Maru and I Am Maru 2), a YouTube channel with more than 89.5 million views, Facebook, Twitter and blog pages, a Fresh Step commercial, and his very own Wikipedia page. After Japan’s recent earthquake the social media universe lit up with messages of concern for Maru’s safety. Don’t worry; his mysterious owner posted a picture to let [...]

The Wikimedia Foundation’s study of Wikipedia’s contributor base has hit the Web—and it doesn’t look good for the ladies. According to the survey, women comprise a measly 12.64 percent of Wikipedia’s contributors, while a whopping 86.73 percent of contributors are men (.63 percent identified as “other”).
The gender gap in public forums is widely recognized, but Wikimedia’s research had the potential to start the conversation about why such a substantial gap exists and how it can be closed. Unfortunately, the study [...]