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Yahoo! Answers is perhaps the biggest question-and-answer forum on the Web. Unfortunately it is also plagued by spam, nonsense and plain incompetency by some members.  A recent addition to the Facebook website called Questions may turn out to be a better substitute.

Facebook Questions is designed to be an open forum where people can inquire about practically anything. The answers can come from anyone in the Facebook world, but a key feature is that if people on your network of friends answer your question, their replies will be displayed first. This ensures that you see the responses from people you trust first. This is the advantage that Facebook Questions has over other answering communities on the Web, where you know nothing about the background and qualifications of the person giving you information.

To begin using Facebook Questions, first log into Facebook. After are you are logged in, look for the input bar where you enter new statuses to your wall. Click the Question tab next to Status.

On the bottom right of the input bar, you may notice there is no padlock icon beside the Ask Question button. That is because all Facebook questions are open to everybody. You cannot privatize your questions so only your friends could see them.

Type a simple question in the box. Examples are “Where can I order pizza with no delivery charge?”, “What’s a good car seat for a 12-month old?” or “What’s the best coffee shop in New York City?”

If your question is a survey, you can add a poll by clicking the link on the bottom left of the input text box. You can specify whether to allow other users to add more options or not. For example, if you list three options for the question “What’s the best pizza restaurant in Leesburg?”m enabling that feature will let other people suggest more places.

Unlike Yahoo! Answers, however, Facebook Questions is not anonymous. Your name and profile picture appear with your questions along with whatever details you make public. So not use it if you do not want that kind of publicity or openness.

If you haven’t played Kingdoms of Camelot in Facebook, you should. It is an outstanding, multifaceted real time strategy game that is played with over four million people throughout the world. It puts the player into the role of a king, in charge of castle, a city and fields to produce resources. Build an army to conquer additional territory and join other players to form powerful alliances.

There numerous, outstanding Kingdoms of Camelot tutorials on the internet but few of them cover one of the most powerful ways to improve your gameplay. That part of the game involves the use of Knights.

Knights are hired at any time. If you choose a Facebook friend who also plays Kingdoms of Camelot, you will see a nice bonus, but anyone can be assigned. While Knights cost money to maintain, they gain skills as they age. That is the real incentive to hire Knights early in the game. The older they get, the more powerful they become.

As they gain skill points, the player should assign them as they best see fit. Each role a Knight fills will benefit from a particular skill. Assign the skills carefully. The two most used skills will be Resourcefulness and Combat. Resourcefulness is best used when a Knight is assigned to the Steward role and will provide significant boosts to resource production. Combat is used by your Knights when attacking other players and barbarian camps.

One of the best tips is to hire Knights before you build the next city. That gives the Knight time to age, and that will provide immediate benefits for when you reassign him to the new city. Never forget to reassign Knights and always be thinking ahead.

Having a few extra Knights not assigned will allow you to launch attacks with your armies. The larger the army you maintain, the more Knights you will need to launch simultaneous attacks. Only unassigned Knights can be used to lead armies.

Don’t overlook the unbelievably powerful role of Knights as you build up your game. The more cities and the larger armies you have, the more Knights you will probably need.

Facebook currently has well over 500 million users that are accessing the social networking site from all over the world. They use the site to stay in contact with friends, find new friends, play games, chat or use one of the other activities offered on the site. Many users have only a basic understanding of security and fall easily prey to malicious users who try to exploit those weaknesses.

The most important data of every Facebook account are the username and password that are associated with that account. It can have serious consequences if an attacker managers to steal the Facebook  login information. This ranges from changing the password to log the user out to posting defamatory messages or using social engineering to lure friends into a trap as well.

Top 5 Security Tips

• Never share your username or password with anyone. And we mean anyone
• Never click on links in chats, emails or on other sites that supposedly lead to Facebook
• Choose a secure password (or change your current one to a secure one). A secure password has eight or more chars and contains at least one number
• Change your password regularly and immediately if you think someone could have gained access to your account
• Install security software to protect your account from viruses and trojans

Those tips are essential. It is obviously a lot harder to remember a secure password than an insecure one. We suggest to use a password manager like Last Pass or KeePass to store the password and login information in the browser. These programs not only store the information but can fill them out automatically for you on the right website which is another great way of identifying fake Facebook login pages. If the password manager does not fill out the form then you are likely not on the right side.