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Why Liking Something on Facebook Isn't As Helpful As You Think

Emerald Catron — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:35:35 +0000

If you think you’re saving the world by liking a page on Facebook, UNICEF Sweden has got some news for you — you’re not. Liking a page is a great way to keep informed about a charity or cause, but unless it’s part of a specific campaign, it doesn’t actually do much good. This starving [...]

12 Parents Embarrassing Their Kids on Facebook

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:16:24 +0000

There's a funny thing about parents and technology. That being a majority of moms and dads are pretty tech unsavvy without the help of us internet-obsessed younger folk. And while parental struggles can be frustrating at times, their attempts to get in the techy loop are mostly just hilarious. This is particularly true with Facebook.

Facebook's New 'Home' Ad Proving Controversial

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:30:35 +0000

Usually when Facebook draws the ire of the collective internet it’s because it’s made a change to its format. But this time it’s one of the social network giant’s TV commercials that has the Web firing off a barrage of negative comments. The spot is for Facebook’s new Home phone feature. In the ad, a [...]

The Best Ways to Show Your Support for Marriage Equality on Facebook

TheFW Staff — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:19:24 +0000

This week the Supreme Court is hearing arguments for Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California. They are also weighing the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

To show their support for the LGBT community, people have been changing their profile pictures on Facebook. It started as big blocks of solid red. Then changed to a red block with a pink equal sign, which is symbol of the Human Rights Campaign. Now things have gotten a little out of control and some more creative options have popped up. Here are our favorites.

Red Equal Sign – Why is it All Over My Facebook and Twitter?

JP — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:36:03 +0000

There’s a really good chance that if you have been on Facebook or Twitter today than you’ve probably seen this picture or some variation all over your News Feed. But the question is what the heck is it? Well we’ve got the answer for you! This picture was released onto Social Media today from Human [...]

Facebook Helps Reunite Man With Dog He Lost After Wrecking Car Months Ago

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:30:38 +0000

In December, Dave Vitali was going to see his daughter when he got into a serious accident.He flipped his pickup truck, and hung upside down and bleeding with his only comfort being that his trusty dog Max was by his side and okay. Unfortunately, when the ambulances came the sirens scared the golden retriever, and Max ran away

Dad Offers Teen $200 If He Quits Facebook For Five Months

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:12:43 +0000

Yesterday we learned that more and more people are taking long breaks from Facebook. If they’re not getting paid for these social network hiatuses they may be doing it wrong. Rachel Baier is getting the princely sum of $200 for handing her Facebook password over to her father and allowing him to deactivate her account for five months. The terms [...]

Have You Taken a Break From Facebook? Many Have

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:57:11 +0000

If Facebook was anything like Friendster and MySpace it would be only available in Malaysia or reduced to a Justin Timberlake vanity product.

Yes, the Harvard-born social network has beat the odds and looks like it will be around for the long-haul. In fact, the latest debate surrounding Facebook is what happens to a member's page when they die.

That Facebook Legal Settlement Email You Got Is For Real

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:01:56 +0000

Over the last week, about 125 million Facebook users in America received an email concerning a legal settlement of a class action suit against the social networking site. While you were probably tempted to put the email in your spam folder alongside the offers for free iPads and solicitations from African “royalty,” it’s actually completely legit, and [...]

'Actual Facebook Graph Searches' Exposes Weird Facebook Habits

Emerald Catron — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:03:41 +0000

Well, this certainly didn’t take long. Only a few days after Facebook unveiled their new search engine Facebook Graph Search, a Tumblr mocking it has been made, and it’s a hit. Aptly named Actual Facebook Graph Searches, the site’s creator, Tom Scott, searches for contradictory sets of data and highlights the fact that such results [...]

Dad to Buy Daughters Puppy After They Get One Million Facebook Likes In A Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:51:56 +0000

It's a scenario which has played out in countless homes over the years. The kids want a puppy, but the dad isn't so sure it's a good idea.

But when the Cordell girls, Cadence, 12, and Emerson, 9, went to their father Ryan with their canine request, he added a social media clause -- he would get his daughters a dog if they could get one million likes on Facebook.

Facebook Reunites Sisters After 72 Years

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:10:41 +0000

Back when Facebook was just about college students and the recently graduated it was great for getting back in touch with high school friends that you had lost contact with for a few years. But now that everybody and their grandmother is on the social network, the reunions Facebook enables have started to become really impressive.

Teen Arrested After Making Facebook Threats

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:35:15 +0000

Eric Rizley of Portage, Indiana was having a bad day. So the 19-year-old got on Facebook and started issuing threats. Unfortunately for him, that was actually a very, very bad idea. Now he faces criminal charges “Watch out portage people might be dying soon,” Rizley wrote on his account at about 4 AM Thursday morning. As if [...]

Man Hijacks Girlfriend's Facebook Page To Propose

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:00:23 +0000

If there’s anything the internet loves, it’s a creative marriage proposal. Now that the best ones end up on YouTube for all to see, it has become harder and harder to come up with a truly unique proposal. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Israeli entrepreneur Guy Malachi accepted that challenge and passed with flying colors when he asked [...]

The Best 'TBH' Memes for Facebook's Meme of the Year

Emerald Catron — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:03:26 +0000

TBH, we don’t really remember a huge TBH craze on Facebook, but Facebook made “to be honest” their meme of the year because it was the most-often mentioned phrase of 2012. Maybe it just got buried in all the “What I Do, What You Think I Do, What I Actually Do” garbage. At any rate, [...]

Feeling Stressed? Blame Your Many Facebook Friends

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:30:09 +0000

The counter located prominently on everyone’s Facebook page has created a bit of a friends arms race. According to new research, it’s a race you may be better off losing. A study from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland of 300 Facebook users has found the more social network friends a person has, the higher their stress [...]

Your Facebook Copyright Notice Status Update Is Bogus

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:58:14 +0000

If you've been on Facebook over the last few days, you've probably seen that some of your friends have posted a copyright notice as their status update.

The message suggests that the poster has copyrighted all the material on their Facebook page thanks to the authority of something called the Berner Convention. Here is the full text of the update:

Parents Embarrass Teen With Hilarious Facebook Pics

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:30:52 +0000

We love our parents; we really do. It's just that during those early years, they can seem like the most embarrassing people on the planet. It's tough enough growing up (kudos to you if you can read the word "puberty" without wincing) without lame-o parents humiliating you, but when it comes to two parents in Wisconsin, we have to admit they've surpassed "embarrassing" and jumped straight to "awesome."

Facebook Creates Anti-Stalk Technology, Takes All the Fun Out of Facebook

Marla Rosenthal — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:30:21 +0000

These days, everyone and their grandmother and pet hamster have Facebook. And most people would agree that the best use for the social networking site is passive stalkage of exes, frenemies and coworker crushes. So naturally, those fun killers at Facebook have decided to shut that business down.

Tommy Lee Clarifies His 'No Pictures' Facebook Rant: 'I'm Not Talking About Fans'

Sterling Whitaker — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:00:55 +0000

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee made headlines last month by posting a letter to Facebook in which he vented his frustration with people who are constantly seeking to take his picture. In a new interview, the musician clarified that