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Facebook Is Costing Your Company $10,790 Per Year
May 19, 2011 I check my Facebook before I check my email...it's true. If you are the same way, you might want to know that because of our obsession with Facebook it is KILLING AMERICAN BUSINESS.
According to a new survey by Arizona Republic, the avera
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Facebook-Obsessed Couple Names Their Baby ‘Like’
May 17, 2011 An Israeli couple recently named their newborn daughter "Like," as in, the button you press when you enjoy a post on the popular social media site Facebook.
This is how the girl's father, Lior Adler, explained the name
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Debt Collectors Can’t Harass Your Facebook Friends
April 19, 2011 If you're deep in debt, here's a tiny bit of relief. You know that debt collector who's been trying to hunt you down? Now he can't legally harass your long lost friends from elementary school to get you to pay up.
Apparently, debt collectors have been trying to SHAME people into paying up by tracking them down on Facebook . . . then harassing their FACEBOOK FRIENDS.
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No One Has Any Idea How To Stay Private On Facebook
April 12, 2011 There are certain things on Facebook you want the world to see, like photos at your niece's baptism. And there are things you don't want anyone but your close friends to see, like the photos from when you got drunk at the baptism and skinny dipped.
According to a new study, almost none of us have ANY IDEA what we are and aren't making public on our Facebook profiles.
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New Web Service Wants to Give You a Pretend Facebook Girlfriend
A start-up company called Cloud Girlfriend claims it will create the virtual, social network-friendly girlfriend you don't have in real life.
According to Cloud Girlfriend's Web site, this is how the process works:
Step 1: Define your perfect girlfriend. Step 2: We bring her into existence. Step 3: Connect and interact with her publicly on your favorite social network. Step 4: Enjoy a public long distance relationship with your perfect girl.
There are, however, questions about whether this service will be allowed on social networking sites such as Facebook, which have rules prohibiting computer controlled accounts.
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A Man Is Busted For Proposing with a Stolen Ring
Over the weekend, 21-year-old Robert Driscoll of Trafford, Pennsylvania wanted to propose to his girlfriend, 20-year-old Crystal Yamnitsky. But he didn't have any money.
So while they were at a party at a friend's house, Robert STOLE that friend's engagement ring. And then he gave it to Crystal.
She immediately took a photo of it and posted it on Facebook. She wrote, quote, "Look what Robby gave me. I love him so much."
But, ya know, when you post pictures of things you stole on Facbeook, other people see them. One of Crystal's Facebook friends was her cousin . . . and he saw the photo and recognized the ring.
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You Are Insecure If You Post a Bunch Of Photos On Facebook
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Introducing Our Brand New Commenting System
Today, we're excited to introduce our new commenting system, powered by Facebook. Starting right now, you can comment on and "like" our posts right on the site using your Facebook login, and share them instantly with your friends on Facebook, too. You'll also be able to post when logged into a Yahoo account (and even more ways to comment coming soon).
More useful info on the update below the jump.
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Facebook Banned The Breakup Notifier
There was a big setback for stalkers yesterday. The Facebook Breakup Notifier launched earlier this week... it's a free web app that tracked the relationship status of your Facebook friends, and alerted you the second one of them changed anything.
And it was a runaway success: More than 3.5 million people signed up for the thing in a matter of days.
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February 13 Is ‘Break up with Your Ex Day’
February 2, 2011 Just before Valentine's Day, relationship site YourTango.com has declared a new holiday: "Break up with Your Ex Day." According to a survey they ran, 48 percent of people (including married people) said they look at their ex's Facebook page and other social media. The solution is, apparently, a national day to unfriend your ex.
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Man Files $500,000 Lawsuit After Facebook Disables His Account [POLL]
January 31, 2011 A New York City man is suing Facebook for over $500,000 after the social networking company disabled his account. 30-year-old Mustafa Fteja claims that since his account was taken down he's become alienated from his 340 Facebook friends (he says he uses the account to keep in touch with family members in other parts of the world).