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For My Security, Facebook Demands My Birthday Then Blocks Me From My Account

January 24, 2010 by Danny Sullivan

Today, I logged into Facebook and got a huge, honking message saying they needed my birthday as a “security measure.” Then I got a second overlay message popping up right on top of that to make clear I really needed to enter it. Color me confused. I thought Facebook already had my birthday. In fact, […]

Filed Under: Facebook, Internet

Grokking Facebook: AOL 2.0

August 10, 2007 by Danny Sullivan

So as I go through the applications, a light bulb (compact fluorescent) finally kicks in about Facebook. It’s AOL. Shit — it’s AOL. How on earth did all these people wind up back in AOL only a year after AOL gave up on the walled garden? Maybe they’re too young. Maybe they don’t remember. I […]

Filed Under: Facebook, Internet

About Danny Sullivan

Danny Sullivan is a former analyst and journalist who works for Google to help educate the public about search, to explore and explain issues that may arise with search, and take feedback from the public to help promote solutions.

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