Sunil Rajguru's World » facebook http://www.sunilrajguru.com A little bit of everything under the sun. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:19:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 The Curious Case of the Facebook Algorithm http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/the-curious-case-of-the-facebook-algorithm/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/the-curious-case-of-the-facebook-algorithm/#comments Thu, 13 May 2021 07:25:36 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9590 I have been on Facebook for more than a decade and have 3000 plus friends but the last few years the News Feed Algorithm has been showing me the same 25-30 friends, blanking the other 3K. I noticed sub-conciously and … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/the-curious-case-of-the-facebook-algorithm/feed/ 0 March 2017 Status Updates http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/march-2017-status-updates/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/march-2017-status-updates/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2017 06:49:58 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8023 UK triggers Brexit. EU chief vows to break up USA. Two break-ups don’t make one unification. (People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones) Random alternate reality universe… PMs… 1947-60: Netaji. 1960-75: Shastri. 1975-85: Vajpayee 1985-95: Rao. 1995-2000: Advani 2000-10: Scindia. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/march-2017-status-updates/feed/ 0 The grand A to Z of almost everything that I can think off under the sun… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/a-to-z-of/my-complete-a-to-z-databank%e2%80%a6/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/a-to-z-of/my-complete-a-to-z-databank%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 18:31:22 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=2662 India’s grand global A to Z of scandals May 4, 2016, Sify.com A to Z of Sonia Gandhi’s controversies April 27, 2016, DailyO.in The A to Z of Shah Rukh Khan controversies December 18, 2015, Sunilrajguru.com A to Z of … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/a-to-z-of/my-complete-a-to-z-databank%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 The extremely friendly world of Facebook … http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/the-extremely-friendly-world-of-facebook/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/the-extremely-friendly-world-of-facebook/#comments Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:02:00 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=5088 1. Welcome to Facebook. Connect with the world… People You May Know… (Oh ya? How do you know?) 2. X and you have 34 mutual friends. Y and you have 112 mutual friends. Z and you have 201 mutual friends. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/the-extremely-friendly-world-of-facebook/feed/ 0 Social networking and riots… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/social-networking-and-riots/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/social-networking-and-riots/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:33:11 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=5010 Weapons of mass destruction… An Afghani girl with a schoolbook. A Kashmiri girl with a guitar. An Indian citizen with a Facebook/Twitter account. Once they used to blame the Foreign Hand for everything. Now they blame the FBTwitter handle. Please … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/social-networking-and-riots/feed/ 0 When Facebook became Twitter and Twitter became Facebook… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/when-facebook-became-twitter-and-twitter-became-facebook/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/when-facebook-became-twitter-and-twitter-became-facebook/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:05:43 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=4745 Twitter: Let me introduce the Twitter News stream. Facebook: Good idea. Let me also do something like that. Facebook: The Like button is a smashing success. Twitter: OK you can Favourite something too. Twitter: You just can’t beat my ReTweet … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/when-facebook-became-twitter-and-twitter-became-facebook/feed/ 0 Virtual and privacy musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/virtual-and-privacy-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/virtual-and-privacy-musings/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:01:25 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=4739 2012: I kept my birthday date public. 73 Facebook friends wished me. 2013: I kept it off and got 4 notifications. That’s the difference between Reality (2013) and Virtual Reality (2012). Earlier Russians used to run away from their authoritarian … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/virtual-and-privacy-musings/feed/ 0 Twitter-Facebook musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/twitter-facebook-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/twitter-facebook-musings/#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:30:13 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=4653 · They would like us to believe… Online anonymous Modi trolls are more dangerous than the alarmingly increasing number offline politicians spewing venom. · What Facebook says: What’s on your mind? What Facebook is really saying: So what can you … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/twitter-facebook-musings/feed/ 0 The online reality… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/the-online-reality/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/the-online-reality/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:10:54 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=4606 · Evolution… Stage 1: Armchair critic. Stage 2: Couch Potato. Stage 3: Computer chair activist/commentator/critic/philosopher. · Twitter—The only medium in the world where it’s theoretically possible for there to be one million followers and one million leaders in a single … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/the-online-reality/feed/ 0 Offline and online… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/offline-and-online/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/virtual-world/offline-and-online/#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:18:15 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=4490 Yesterday: “Wit” is my middle name. Today: “Tweet” is my middle name. Yesterday: She has a great profile. Today: She has a great Facebook profile. Yesterday: Do you have connections? Today: Do you have LinkedIn connections? Yesterday: How do I … Continue reading →

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