Each week we do a Lunchtime Poll to get a sense of what tools Mashable readers use and which of today’s services and apps are your favorites. Last week we asked you about your favorite Facebook apps, and we have the results below.

As it turns out, like much of Team Mashable, many of you aren’t actually using too many Facebook (Facebook) applications these days. That’s probably what Facebook is hoping to turn around with some upcoming changes to Applications.

Still, from those of you who responded both here and on Facebook, there were some clear winners in the Facebook Apps department. Perhaps expectedly, social games figured prominently on the list. Take a look below to see the Top 10 as voted by you. Is your favorite Facebook App not represented here? Let us know in the comments.
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 Twitter Says not to tweet about Twitter Lists...

New! Lists. A great way to organize the people you follow and discover new and interesting accounts. (BETA)
Lists are timelines you build yourself, consisting of friends, family, co-workers, sports teams, you name it. You’re part of a small group receiving this feature, so don’t tweet about it yet!

Sure twitter, I won’t tweet about the new Twitter Lists. I’ll just post it here. Enjoy the new feedback about the Twitter lists. So I created one, http://twitter.com/thefounder/adagency
So what do I do now? Evidently it’s treated as a separate sub-account? Exactly what did I just create?
If I can make subsets of my existing account, I can see how that can be used. Companies could have all sorts of subsets, such as the Dell examples below (no they don’t work, just showing an example).
twitter.com/dell/sales
twitter.com/dell/support
twitter.com/dell/enfatico — Read the full story

New! Lists. A great way to organize the people you follow and discover new and interesting accounts. (BETA)

Lists are timelines you build yourself, consisting of friends, family, co-workers, sports teams, you name it. You're part of a small group receiving this feature, so don't tweet about it yet!


I have been using the new feature since last night, seems to add a new dimension to Twitter letting you arrange list's of Twitter accounts in demographic order! Read the full story

What's Twitter doing? Going after a TV series.

The San Francisco-based web phenom has partnered with Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment to develop an unscripted TV skein described as "putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format."

Project was announced with few details Monday by Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment. Series concept was created by novelist/screenwriter Amy Ephron, who will exec produce with Kevin Foxe and Steve Latham, Reveille's Mark Koops and Howard T. Owens, Brillstein's Jon Liebman and Lee Kernis.

"We've found a compelling way to bring the immediacy of Twitter to life on TV," Liebman said.

Worldwide rights to the show will be repped by ShineReveille Intl. Read the full story

One of the best things about the web and social media is how much great information is written and produced every single day. If you’re a regular reader of blogs, you probably come across great articles that you just want everyone to know about. But what’s the best way to share these posts?

Luckily, there’s no shortage of ways to spread the word. Blogs, social networks, instant messenger, and mobile phones are some of the many ways to let others know about the best content on the web. Here are our 20 favorite ways to share a great blog post

Sharing Via Social Media:

1. Using Twitter to Tweet and Share: Perhaps the fastest and most effective way to share a great blog post is through Twitter (Twitter reviews). Sharing or retweeting a link in Twitter can spread like wildfire. Use a URL shortener such as tinyurl or bit.ly to shorten links to fit within 140 characters.

2. Posting to Facebook: Sharing a blog post on the world’s largest social network is as simple as going to the Facebook (Facebook reviews) homepage and posting a link.

3. Digg it: Not only will you help bring that blog post one step closer to reaching the front page of the news site Digg (which will spread it even further), but all of your Digg friends will see it as well.

4. Post on MySpace Profile: Don’t forget about the world’s second largest social network when sharing your favorite articles. Post the link to your MySpace profile so your friends can enjoy it too.

5. Posting to LinkedIn: Some blog posts are worthy of being shared by your business network on LinkedIn. Post a link to the Network Updates area in the homepage.

6. Stumbling on StumbleUpon Stumble the post! StumbleUpon (StumbleUpon reviews) is a favorite network for discovering fun websites and useful information, so make sure that you give the post a thumbs up. The StumbleUpon Toolbar is the easiest way to Stumble.

7. Bookmarking to Delicious: Delicious (Delicious reviews) is great for not only sharing posts, but for helping categorize blog posts for others to find. In addition, you can import your delicious bookmarks to Facebook, FriendFeed (FriendFeed reviews), and other social media websites.

8. Sharing on FriendFeed: The social media aggregator FriendFeed has a vibrant community who love to share videos, links, and pictures. Use the FriendFeed bookmarklet to quickly share a good blog post to FriendFeed.

9. Adding to Reddit: Reddit (reddit.com reviews) is another great social media site for sharing and voting on articles. It’s quick and easy to submit a link

Sharing Via Blogs:

10. Reblogging Great Posts: Blogging about a great article is one of the best ways to engage with the topics being discussed. Post a link, write some commentary, and share it with all of your readers. And don’t forget to share your own blog post as well!

11. Sharing via Google Reader: Google Reader (Google Reader reviews) has a great feature for sharing blog posts. If you use Google Reader as your news reader of choice, all you have to do is click the “share” button at the bottom of blog posts to share it with all of your Google (Google reviews) friends. You can also add notes and comment as well.

12. Posting on Tumblr or Posterous: If you want to share something via a blog, but don’t want to write a full blog post about it, there are great options for that as well, primarily Tumblr (Tumblr reviews) and Posterous (Posterous reviews). They are the quick and easy versions of full-fledged blogs, ideal for posting about pictures and blog posts.


Useful Tools for Sharing





13. TwitThat: TwitThat is one of the quickest and easiest tools for sharing blog posts. It will post to your Twitter quickly and easily. Just add the bookmarklet to your browser toolbar and click it whenever you come across a great post.

14. Shareaholic Firefox Extension: There are a lot of great social networks where you can share a great post, but who wants to visit Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and LinkedIn to share a post? If you are a Firefox (Firefox reviews) user, then install Shareaholic, an extension that goes on your toolbar. It provides quick links for sharing to all of the major social networks.

15. Ping.fm: If you’re a busy person, you might not have time to share on all of these social media websites. Isn’t there an easy way to share a blog post everywhere, all at once? Ping.fm links to all of your social networks and sends your updates to LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, to any other website you wish to link to it. You can even update from your instant messenger. It’s the perfect solution for those who like to share content all over the web.

Other Ways to Share:



16. Emailing: Email has always been a good way to share articles, especially with close friends and family. Although it may not reach as many people as Twitter, it will definitely reach anyone who isn’t as deep into social media as you are.


17. Texting: Did you know you that many blogs, support sharing an article via text message? Look out for the ShareThis button (three green dots connected by lines) under blog posts and select the “text” option. iPhones and mobile browsers have made it easy to read links sent by texts.

18. Changing IM Statuses: You probably have dozens, if not hundreds of IM contacts. Share great posts with all of them by changing your IM status to a great post you just read or wrote.

19. IMing a friend: If changing an IM status seems too impersonal, then just IM your friends the link. You can then have a fun chat about the blog post.

20. Talking to Friends: If you don’t have a computer handy, then don’t forget about the analog approach - call a friend or tell him or her over coffee about a great blog post you read. You can always send the link later if necessary.

There are hundreds of tools and resources at your disposal. If you have another great way to share blog posts, Please don't forget to add it in the comments. Read the full story

A prolific Internet worm pummeled microblogging site Twitter over the weekend in four separate attacks, resulting in thousands of compromised accounts.

The worm, a computer program designed to propagate and infect users over a network, targeted the San Francisco-based Twitter site in a series of four attacks from Saturday morning until early Monday morning.



Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said in a company blog that the attackers initially created four accounts that rapidly spread the worm over the site early Saturday morning. Stone said that Twitter's security team was deployed later that morning to address the threat, which had compromised about 90 accounts by 11 a.m.

Twitter was hit with a second round of attacks Saturday afternoon that Stone said were "much more intense" and upped the compromised accounts to about 100. The malicious worm hit Twitter users yet again on Sunday, and then struck again early Monday morning.

Stone maintained, however, that the worm did not appear to acquire passwords, phone numbers or "other sensitive information" typically used in attacks for identity theft purposes.

Michael Mooney, 17-year-old creator of StalkDaily, from Brooklyn, N.Y., confessed to BNONews.com that he launched the worm Saturday morning in order to expose Twitter's weaknesses and gain publicity for his site.

"I did this out of boredom, to be honest," said Mooney, also known online as "Mikeyy." "I usually like to find vulnerabilities within Web sites and try not to cause too much damage, but start a worm or something and give the developers an insight on the problems and while doing so, promote myself or my Web site."

Mooney said that the worm stemmed from a cross-site scripting vulnerability that he coded to propagate and act "like a worm" when it auto-updated users' profiles and statuses.

However, Stone maintained that security personnel finally secured the site following the last attack Monday morning. Altogether, Twitter security staff identified and deleted almost 10,000 messages, known as "tweets," that could have been used to spread the worm, he said.

"Once again, we secured the compromised accounts and deleted any material that would further propagate the worm," Stone said.

Social network sites Facebook and MySpace have had to deal with security threats such as worms, spam and other malware that have infected millions of users in multiple attacks. Stone said that the Twitter worm shared characteristics with the renowned Samy worm, which infected numerous MySpace accounts in 2005. Meanwhile, security experts say that Tweeters should expect similar attacks in the future as the microblogging site grows in popularity and gains market share.

Stone said that Twitter takes security "very seriously," and subsequently planned to conduct a comprehensive review of the problem in order to ascertain the cause of the attack and evaluate Twitter's response to the attack and preventative measures. Read the full story