Surprise! Facebook bombards users’ mailbox with daily spam. (I know you know all about this.)  This was the conclusion of a recent survey commissioned by CNET, along with BitDefender.  It’s the news feeds, too, that get a dose over information overload, clogging up those very home pages Facebook is pushing to become your default point of interaction.  The survey was given to 14,000 respondents, and results say that 1 out 5 users receive spam and unnecessary feeds from the social network.  As much as we get spammed on a regular basis, however, even this study seems a bit extreme, as Facebook has more than 500 million users around the globe and the research organization has just surveyed a very minute portion of a whole “online society.”

An interesting segment of the report mentioned: “BitDefender arrived at the one-in-five figure based on analysis of the news feeds read by the 14,000 folks who have already installed Safego security software on Facebook. I would see more cause for alarm if the statistic referred to something more specific or pernicious like viruses. The category of malware includes a host of things that won’t seriously damage your computer — the stuff invades your privacy and occupies techie real estate, but won’t likely crash your system all on its own.”

In an article posted at SiliconAngle ,it is mentioned how Facebook desires to snatch the “homepage” advantage over Google. It actually seeks to become a central portal for users’ daily correspondence. In line with this, it has opened communication system up for malware.  Just as portal sites before it, Facebook will have to focus on a great deal of spam filters.

In another report, it seemed as if Facebook is really in a quest to rule the web industry. Recently, the social networking monster was given full rights to the word “face”. Funny, but, yes this one is true: no other company in line with Facebook’s business or enterprises shall use the word “face” in their title of their companies or businesses. So, if you are about to put up any venture, just be more creative and veer away from “face”. Otherwise, infringements and lawsuits will be filed against you. Trying to get trademark for the word “face” is a testament that the company is serious in dominating the online sphere.