*** THE SHOW IS UP *** With MW Loot Lady, Mark Ertel & Iain from SNOUTS

*** The Show Is Up *** We let you know about our trip to Zyngaville with Jennifer The MW Loot Lady & Mark Ertel & what the PAC ( Players Advisory Committee ) is all about and how it can help you as a player plus we Had Iain Davis of Snouts on. We also went over the new Facebook pages and some concerns there plus new privacy changes. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thefacebookzyngapodcast/2011/02/28/the-facebook-zynga-podcast 


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LOOT SELLERS & CHEATERS BEWARE !!! THE DARK KNIGHT WILL CATCH YOU !!!

Well I have to tell you I found alot out about how things work at Zynga. The big thing is from Zynga Security and what they do know and what they dont know. 


Over the weekend I attended the PAC conference at the Zynga Headquarters along with numerous others in the game. They gave us a real picture of how things work & the procedures of how things get done. One of the most interesting parts was when the Director of Security Operations, The Dark Knight, came in to talk to us.


Lets just say it was illuminating to say the least. If you think you are getting over on Zynga, think again. They know exactly whats going on, they know who the loot sellers are, they know who the people are who are exploiting the game and if you are one of them you should be very worried. They will get you and have gotten plenty of them and more will be brought down in the future. 


Let me give you a couple of examples : 


1. There was someone from jolly olde England, Ashley Mitchell, 29, who stole over $12 million in Zynga Poker chips and was selling them on the black market. He got caught and is now in jail and being prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.


2. There was someone who was recently caught running over 10,000 loot accounts with a staff of 100 people working for him. Well all those account were closed and he will never be able to get another one again or a Facebook account either. What will happen legally to them has not been released yet but you can bet it will be serious. 


You may ask what about the trading of loot for Game Cards ? Dont do it !!! What about those who do it for donations ? Think again. This is still cheating in the eyes of Zynga. 


Now comes the big question you are all going to ask what about Brawler, Linkanator switch, etc... Well while Zynga doesn't approve of these they are also not going out of their way to go after those of us who use them as long as we dont abuse them and run then 24 /7.  But remember they dont approve of them so use them at you own risk but from what I got and others did was as long as these bookmarklets aren't abused then we are pretty much safe. But things can change in the future, you never know. 


So what about these pop ups saying they are checking our accounts.Well they really are checking them and something has flagged them and it was not a computer that put the so called Soft Ban on it. Real people do it. Now just so you know it could be something simple they saw that met their criteria for them to look at the account. 


They will review it and determine what it is and for the most part if you did nothing wrong you will be back playing fairly quickly. It does take some time so be patient, they are actually being looked at by humans, not computers. And they will be very fair with you but the pop up will stay until they clear the account. 


The bottom-line here is that The Zynga Security Team knows who the cheaters are and will get them but like any good legal team they have to confirm all the evidence before acting. They will not ban you unless 100% sure and from what I have seen they do a very thorough job & are very fair. 


So to all those who think they can get over on Zynga, whatever game it may be, Think again. The Dark Knight and his expert team are on the job and will get you.   

The Players Advisory Committee Revealed On Monday's Show

Monday at 6 PM EST The Facebook & Zynga Podcast is Back LIVE and we are going to let you know about our trip to Zynga & what the PAC ( Players Advisory Committee ) is all about and how it can help you as a player plus we go over the new Facebook pages and how the engineers never listened to our concerns during a LIVE meeting on Livestream. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thefacebookzyngapodcast/2011/02/28/the-facebook-zynga-podcast


Here are a couple of pictures I thought you might like that we got from our tour of the Zynga headquarters.

Yes it is a secret what the inside looks like but more will be leaked out in the coming days go.

Global Mission In Mafia Wars: Crisis In Cuba

Well it look like we are going to have a mission called "Crisis In Cuba". Collect a loot item Prop 4 Plane 65 Attack / 55 Defense from doing jobs in Cuba & fighting in Cuba. Plus if you haven't finished Cuba by now guess what it is 5X Mastery. Plus you will get 10% more cash for completing all the tasks in alloted time frame. 


Also the new mission will drop a mastery item that is very nice called "Embargo Net" 71 Attack / 138 Defense. The new Mission will last a little more than 6 days & you will need alot of Politico Corruptos to finish the mission but you can ask your friends for them. You must be at least a Level 18 to play. 

Watch for more details in The Official Mafia Wars Blog 

MAFIA WARS HAVING ISSUES WITH COLLECTING GIFTS FOR SOME PLAYERS

Thank You ADE from the MW Loot Lady Blog for use of the graphic

It seems alot of people are having issues collecting Mafia Wars Gifts both in the game and from the gift requests section on their Facebook home page.


This is a real headache for the players trying to collect their broken hearts in the Love Is Hard to Find Event, which was extended 2 extra days so people could redeem all the hearts they have left, & with the new event, Ancient Relics.


The customer service department is aware of this as well as the developers who fix the game. If you are currently having issues please contact the customer service department and PLEASE send them a screenshot so they see it and they will try to help you. 


To submit a customer service ticket please click HERE. And like I said please make sure you give them a screen shot of the error so they can get it fixed for you ASAP. You may even get lucky enough to receive some compensation for your troubles.

The New Show Is Up / Special Guest Rick Olsen of Zappa Tribute Band Bogus Pomp & The HubbTones

‎*** The Show Is Up ***We went over the latest Mafia Wars news like the new gifting event Ancient Relics and upcoming events. We also had Rick Olsen of the Frank Zappa Tribute band "Bogus Pomp" & "The HubbTones" drop by to chat and of course the latest Facebook News. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thefacebookzyngapodcast/2011/02/21/the-facebook-zynga-podcast

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Benefit

The Mafia Wars Family [SIN] Strength In Numbers will be hosting a fund-raising event on Facebook and we would love to include your family----can you pass this along or have them contact me at: http://www.facebook.com/ozzywings


Fighters, Please save the weekend of Feb 26 for a [SIN] sponsored benefit for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. We have a member, Stephen Kelly that will be doing a 100 mile bike ride with a 4,000 foot climb. We hope you can join us that weekend to support his efforts to raise funds to stop blood cancers from taking more lives. More details to follow on the weekend’s war.


Donations can be made through the society and Stephen’s team page at: http://pages.teamintraining.org/sf/solvang11/teamkelly

New Social Site To Play Your Current Mafia Wars & Farmville Games

Hey are you looking to play Mafia Wars or Farmville in peace and still be able to chat with friends, create you own groups easlily, have a good forum, read blogs, news, watch videos and just do you own thing ?


Then check out my new social network called Our Social Site. It is FREE and you dont have the restrictions like on Facebook. 


While this may not be a replacement for Facebook it is a place to get away from the bull. You can use Facebook Connect to login to the site so you can play your current Mafia Wars account and Farmville account. But that is all you need Facebook for on this site.


It is still under construction but it is getting there. I will be adding more as the days go by. 


You can make your own MW family groups, or even just your real family groups. There is a wall, photos, a forum for your group, create events and message all your members in group just like Facebook only no pink boxes.


It is something different and easy to navigate. You can play in peace and get back to enjoying the games again. Check it out you might actually like it. http://our-social-site.socialgo.com/home.html

A Great Site To Memorialize Your Dearly Departed Loved Ones

I dont usually toot the horns of things outside of Facebook but I think this is a great site especially being a Reverend &. it is very simple to use. 

If you have lost a loved one and want a way to alway remember them then please check out this site. You can make FREE memoriams for them, complete with pictures & Bio. An easy way to have you, family and friends always remember them. A very nice service I use it too. http://1000memories.com/

*** The Show Is Up *** On The 1st Official Mafia War Mock War / LOVE HURTS

*** The Show Is Up ***  We went over the FIRST OFFICIAL MAFIA WARS MOCK WAR, we also talked about Love on the Web with Tammy Verhoeven of MWDD , we went over Facebook news including the New Message System & FB emails you will get. Plus we told you about a clan who gives MW's a bad name with their racist comments, calling people child molesters, anti religious and just being down right childish and abusive to people. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thefacebookzyngapodcast/2011/02/14/the-facebook-zynga-podcast


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Facebook Rolling Is Rolling Out The New Message System To All

Facebook has begun to roll out the new message system for everyone. Some of you will not like it. But it is coming to all of you whether you like it or not over the next few weeks.  


I have had it for weeks now and I have to say I do like it but it really does take some getting used to. 


It truly does change the way your inbox looks as you will now be able to sort messages the way you need to see them. It will also keep your chat messages now so you can easily find them to reference conversations you have with friends in case you need something that was said. 


You will also be given the opportunity to get your own Facebook.com email address and if you give that out to anyone those emails will now show up in your Facebook inbox and you will now be able to add attachments to your messages to make life easy for when you communicate with the outside world.


Want to find out more on this I have some handy links for you. First is the original Facebook Blog that came out back in November. Next we have a quick guide on the new messages. And finally we have a page you can become a fan of where you will get updates from Facebook on new things and whats coming out from them. 

Mafia Wars LOVE HURTS Mock War Feb 13th - 14th 2011

Mafia Wars is gearing up for a multi- community sponsored mock war this weekend just in time for Valentine's Day called Mafia Wars LOVE HURTS Mock War. It runs from Sunday the 13th at 12 PM PST ( Zynga Time ) and will end on the 14th ( Valentine's Day ) at 12 PM PST. 

This event is hosted by one of the Original Mafia Wars Families ; Chainsaw Chester of [MIG] and sponsored by your favorite sources for Mafia Wars & Facebook News : The Facebook & Zynga Podcast ; The Informant Podcast ; The MW Loot Lady ; Mafia Wars Wiki ; [♥ஜ♥ THX ♥ஜ♥]® Mafia Wars- Tips-Tricks-Information & Top Mafia Wars Adds, Invites,Tips, Tricks Etc. 

To Sign Up you just need to fill out the sign up sheet by clicking HERE. And please make sure you fill it out completely so you can be sure to win some great Mafia Wars Prizes like some great loot & even some FREE Skill Points. You do like Free right. 

Come join the New fan page created for the event by clicking HERE. If you have any questions you come  HERE and we will answer them for you. Also watch for more details in The Official Mafia Wars Blog later today. 

Remember a mock war is supposed to be fun and we all leave our Tags at the door and just have fun. Everyone is welcome Tagged players & Untagged players and yes EVEN Default Dons & Donna's can come play. 

So Come Join Us Midnight Febuary 13th at MIDNIGHT PST (as we all call it Zynga Time) for 48 Hours of Blood and Mayhem and please remember to sign up ASAP. See you all there !!! 

Facebook Redesigns All Pages To Look Like Profiles

Facebook is rolling out the new page designs and guess what they look like your new profiles. 

The updates remove the Tabs everyone loves and placed them under the profile picture just like on your profiles. But the good thing with this redesign of the pages unlike the groups they left us all the discussion tabs which makes it easy for us and our fans. Everyone was in an uproar over that move. 

More on the left hand side is it now only shows a number of fans and no pictures of them, also you have the various pages you like and are sharing on the page. Gone is the great little feature of the information box and as you already know they removed the Suggest to Friend feature a couple of weeks ago, although it will be available for the admins, but the rest is there under the likes.

The right hand side has a new option if you want to choose it. You can now show the admins of the page to the world. A simple click when you edit the page. It shows your friend likes of the page. 

Plus you can also make it so you can post as the page or as yourself which is a feature alot of admins have been asking for. And if you notice they have put the recent pictures you posted and this can will make for some interesting displays on the pages once every page owner gets to it. 

The page also put the most relevant or liked posts at the top of the wall, which means if a fan posts something if they want it at the forefront they will need other fans to like those posts or it will go down the wall making it more difficult for people to know about them. 

Facebook is offering this as a preview to all page owners so they can tweak it and get familiar with the new redesign. You can check out the blog on this by clicking here & Facebook even came out with a complete manual to help you with your pages . Unfortunately if you dont like it you dont have much of a choice because this is goes live for everyone on March 10th.

To be honest my review of this is new redesign I am giving it a B and I hope they do come out with something to make it so pages dont blend in so easy. Maybe add page themes like the rumor mill is talking about I guess we will see. 

An Open Letter To Facebook

Dear Facebook,


This is an open letter to you and some ideas on how you can make this a much better site and keep your users happy and safe.


First lets start with the random disabling of users accounts without notification or justification. You really have got to stop the disabling of peoples accounts without giving them any reason why. People spend alot of time and money on your site and for you to do this is just wrong.


Yes this is your site and yes you do make the rules BUT we are the ones that help support your investors and advertisers. We are the ones that help bring revenues to you and your company. We are the ones that have made you as popular and profitable as you are.


What we ask is that you communicate better with us and let us communicate with you. You ask us to search the help center for answers to our questions but the help center is so unorganized and quite frankly you dont answer the questions you let other members try to answer them for us which does us no good when we really need an answer.


You need to give us real reasons why accounts are being disabled. Just tell us what we did wrong so we know not to do that again and we can get that out to our friends so they dont make the same mistakes.You are just so secretive with things and like I said your communications skills with your users is horrible.


Which brings me to our next topic CUSTOMER SERVICE. There is none. Ok, there is email but you never tell us how to contact you or what department to send them to we have to rely on each other to find where to send things.


You really to make it so we can get phone support. The social games that fund you do it, why cant you ? Oh wait your answer is because you are an internet company you say you do things through email. But wait didn't your CEO say email is dead.


Look it may be an added expense but it is worth the investment because it keeps your customers happy. Also being how you are now forcing us and all the applications to use Facebook Credits if we need to buy something on Facebook you really need it so we can get answers fast and avoid and fraud issues. Our banks require us to immediately contact them when we detect fraud or they will do nothing to help us. We cant contact you because you have to phone in support so are you going to reimburse us for any fraudulent charges made due to hackers. NO, we have to do it without support from you and when we contact our banks and PayPal to stop payments on those charges you cut us off and dont let us use Facebook credits again.


I know your answer is to email you with all questions, OK where do you want us to contact you . Why not put out a list of all the emails of the various department so then we know exactly where to send thing to get prompt service so we dont bog down your email servers with random emails to departments that cant help us.


Here is an example of a contact page for you :


Thank you for using Facebook. We know from time to time you may need to get in touch with us and while we dont offer telephone support, as we are an internet company, we have put together a handy list of emails you can use to contact us. We do value your thoughts and feedback, as you are very special to us and are honored to have you as part of the Facebook family.


Please, in most cases, give us 24 to 72 hours to respond to your issues or questions. In some cases it may be sooner. Please remember there are 600 million of you and only a few of us so please be patient but be assured we will respond back as soon as humanly possible.


Thank you for understanding,


The Facebook Team




Customer Service : xxxx@fb.com
Legal Dept. :          xxxx@fb.com
Facebook Credits: xxxx@fb.com
Account Issues:     xxxx@fb.com
Bugs & Glitches:   xxxx@fb.com
Disabled Account: xxxx@fb.com
Cyber Bullying :     xxxx@fb.com
Press :                  xxxx@fb.com
Advertising :         xxxx@fb.com
General Questions: xxxx@fb.com
Feedback & Suggestions : xxxx@fb.com
Facebook Security: xxxx@fb.com


Facebook, Inc.
156 University Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Phone#'s:
650-543-4800
650-543-4811 (Interview Request Line)
Fax #: 650-543-4801


Not very hard to do was it. It shows you care and are interested in helping us. A very simple solution.


Now finally lets get to privacy issues. As you know this is a very touchy subject amongst the users and various governments and activist groups around the world. 


It is a real shame you feel the need to make everything opt out in this world today. Exposing your users info to the world for all to see. Yes we can change things or at least the ones who are computer and site savvy can very easily. What about the rest of them, you dont make this information easy for them to find. They need to rely on other people to tell them how to do things. 


Here is a solution to this part make it all opt in and then send out a blast to everyones profile with what changes are available and a how to guide on them. Simple solution once again. You can also make it so your main Facebook pages ( Security, Safety and main Facebook page. Then for page owners the Pages ) are mandatory pages all belong to and make all update go right to their profiles so they see them. 


You do have great info on these pages for the users of your site let them know it exists. 


Now on to 3rd party apps privacy. This is where you seem to be more of a data collection site than a Social Network. 


You give them all the information they ask for with no questions asked on why they want it or need it. You also have to real protections on what they do with all that valuable information. No real safeguards to protect your users information and now you want to give them our address & mobile phone number in the future. Yes I know you stopped that for now while you figure out another way to do it for them. 


Here is how everyone of your users, governments and activist groups will be happy. When a 3rd party application comes on Facebook and they want users to use the application the only information they get is the users name, uid, if they are a male or female and age. Thats it !!! if we want to share anymore information with them we can be asked from the application directly and decide what we want to share. Once again real simple solution.


We are not being paid to help them market their applications so why should they have access to our personal information. Yes I know you make money on these 3rd party applications and alot of it. But you really need to protect the users let us decide what we want to share and what we dont want to share.


There are to many rogue applications out there that put us users at risk everyday all over the internet not just here. You also dont have enough safeguard in place to protect our information and that has been proven. Look at the dating site Lovelyfaces.com who stole 1 million Facebook profiles and used all the information for their site. It gives you a black eye and once again proves you cant protect us from them. 


I will be honest with you Facebook, you have a great site and if you work more closely with some of us users that utilize the site more than your engineers and employees you can get some really great feedback on how this site site can be much better and safer for all. 


Please try and listen to some of these ideas as these are things alot of your users have issue with and would like to see implemented. Yes I could keep going on but lets try to work on these things first and go from there. 


Thank You, 


John Sweeney

The New Show Is Up / How A 3rd Party App Stole 1 Million Facebook Profiles

***The Show Is Up*** We went over all the changes & events with Mafia Wars including the elusive Victory Ring plus we will go over all the Facebook news including Congress demanding answers to Privacy issues & how a 3rd party app stole 1 mil profiles from Facebook. We also had Loot Giveaway winners WMW on the show. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thefacebookzyngapodcast/2011/02/07/the-facebook-zynga-podcast

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We also have a great event coming Saint Paddy's Day Weekend it is a Mafia Wars Meet & Greet in Florida Just RSVPhere. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178449838854545

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The Facebook & Zynga Podcast Joins The Liberty Broadcast Network

Coming February 19th The Facebook & Zynga Podcast joins the Liberty Broadcast Network. We will be streaming LIVE right on Facebook every Saturday Nite at 7PM EST / 4 PM PST. The new name doesn't really change much as it is going to be The Facebook & Zynga Show instead of Podcast.


We will now have our Monday show on BlogTalkRadio.com at 6PM EST / 3 PM PST & now a new one on Saturday night with all the news that happens during the week after our regular show. 


The Saturday show is now on a radio network and we couldn't of done it without all you great fans and listeners. We hope you tune in to both great shows and help make us the Number 1 show on the Liberty Broadcast Network. 


Just Join This Facebook Page to listen to our LIVE streaming show  http://www.facebook.com/libertyradiolive or you can join us on the web http://www.libertybroadcastingnetwork.com & you can even listen to us from here at http://www.talkstreamlive.com/ and this can go right to your iPhone. 

Mafia Wars Wants You !!!

Here is your chance to ask the developers and Big Guns a question on February 4th at 2 PM PST as Mafia Wars is holding a Question And Answer on the forums, according to Cerculean Master, a super moderator.

To participate just go to the Forum and ask your question, Yes 1 question. You must also follow the Rules of Conduct. So please ask a real question and maybe you will be lucky enough to get you answer. 

 Good Luck Everyone !!! 

Mafia Wars Brings You The Big Game Event

Well we knew there had to be something coming for the big game and here it is. Just in time for the Super Bowl, starting later tonight, Mafia Wars brings you the The Big Game Gift Event. 

You need to collect helmets of your favorite teams and alot of them. From what Zynga has put out on the 411 about the prizes they are not that great for all the work you need to do to get these helmets. 

Everything you need to know about the event you can read below or you can go here and read it too. And if you highlight the very bottom message you will find out who the person from Zynga thinks will win. Very nice trying to hide it LMAO !!! 

The Big Game Gift Event 411 and FAQ

Updated 02/03/2011 02:19 PM

Mafia Wars The Big Game mini-Gift Event 411

Are you ready for some (American) Football?  We're down to the final two teams for The Big Game.  Will you and your friends have what it takes to win it all?  Which team do you think will win it all - the WisconsinCheddarheads or Pennsylvania Ironworkers?

Pick a team to own (or both if you're ambitious).  Collect 22 helmets for that team (Green Machine helmet or Steel Curtain helmet) to fill the 11 spots for the each Offensive and Defensive Teams. 

For every 11 helmets you collect for the winning team, you will receive a Victory Ring.  You can collect up to 3 sets (1 set = 22 helmets) of helmets for each team for a maximum of 6 Victory Rings for the winning team.

(Items names and attack and defense values are tentative)

Green Machine (A) 45/21

Steel Curtain (A) 21/45

Grand Prize: Victory Ring (A) 92/88

There is no limit to the number of helmets you can collect up until 3pm PST, Sunday, February 6th.  After that time, all uncollected helmets become Mystery Bags.  Helmets can be collected via free gifts, wall posts, or purchased for 1 Reward Point each.  On Monday, February 7th, players will receive automatically receive a Victory Ring for every 11 helmets they own for the winning team (up to a maximum of 6 Victory Rings)

FAQs

Q: When does this event start?

A: This event starts late Thursday night, February 3rd.  As with all gift events, the release will be gradual to ensure stability.  (Not all players will have access initially)

Q: When does this event end?  What happens to unclaimed helmets when the event is over?

A: Unclaimed helmets become regular mystery bags after 3pm PST, Sunday, February 6th (before the start of the Big Game).  Victory Rings will be awarded automatically sometime on Monday, February 7th.

Q: How do I know which helmets I should collect or what the winning team will be?

A: The winning team in the Big Game event will share the same team colors as the winning team in a certain major sporting event this weekend.  You should collect the helmets of the team with similar team colors as the one you think will win that sporting event.

Q: Is it possible to collect sets of helmets for both teams?

A: Yes.  This would be one way to ensure you receive Victory Rings no matter the outcome of the game.

Q: Is it possible to collect more that 66 helmets for a single team?

A: Yes, as long as they are collected before 3pm PST, Sunday, February 6th.

Q: I have to collect 132 helmets in less than 3 days?!  That's going to be really hard!

A: This is by design.  We purposely want players to commit to a team in order to have the best chance of collecting 3 full sets for the winning team.  You will only have needed 66 helmets if you correctly predicted the winning team.

Q: If I only collected helmets from the team that lost, can I still receive Victory Rings?

A: Unfortunately, no.

Q: How can I follow the progress/status of the game?

A: The sporting event is typically televised and sports websites online can also be checked.

Q: This event is so easy, the Wisconsin Cheddarheads are going to win because they have a great offense!

Q: This event is so easy, the Pennsylvania Ironworkers are going to win because they have a great defense!

Q: This event is so easy, I already know who's going to win.

A: We like your confidence.  Good luck in collecting sets of helmets!  If you know the outcome of the game, you can anonymously submit your tip to betthefarmonit@zynga.com*.

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