eModeration Links of the Week: Facebook Porn Spam Attack Thwarted?

A social media links list curated from a (mostly) US perspective. Below are just a few of the Social Media reads from around the web this week that caught our eye. Enjoy!

Browser Flaw to Blame for Facebook Porn Attack
Just which browser, Facebook won't say, but they have stated the spammers responsible have been identified.   For the eModeration moderators, it has been a "wear your hazmat suit to work" kind of week.

Facebook to IPO "Soon"
An insider rumor has Facebook employees wondering what the Zuck's definition of "soon" really is.  Via Nicholas Carlson for BusinesInsider. 

New Social Media Exchange Traded Fund Launched
It's an international mix, with Chinese and Japanese firms holding a significant percentage and Google, Groupon and Pandora contributing US weight, but the balance is expected to shift once Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn finally join the game. 

Why Americans Use Social Media
Two-thirds of online adults (66%) use social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or LinkedIn.  Pew Research Center's full report is stat heavy, and fascinating to boot. 

Microsoft's Secret Social Network 
Microsoft appears to have in the works a social discovery network called Socl.com. The site is currently unreachable, with a cached version displaying this message:  Thanks for stopping by.  Socl.com is an internal design project from a team in Microsoft Research which was mistakenly published to the web. 

Six Degrees of Social Separation
Yahoo and Facebook have teamed up to test the theory of six degrees of separation in a project called the "Small World Experiement."  We are participating, and you can, too.  Let us know if you manage to link up with Kevin Bacon - we love that guy.