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Social Media and the Promise of Eternal Life

Julie Flynn Badal | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Facebook Friends, Obituaries on Facebook, Colleagues on Facebook, Facebook, Facebook Obituaries, Facebook Colleagues, New York News

Facebook provides a window to the death of people we hardly, if ever, knew. While it may not promise eternal life, Facebook may just guarantee that some distorted image of you will stick around at least until the planet melts.

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My So-Called Friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Friendship Advice, Delete, Facebook, End, Dumped, Facebook Friends, Friend Request, Women News

My so-called friend deleted me on Facebook because of an accidental slip-of-the-tongue. She talks about me behind my back and when I try to apologize, she ignores me. What should I do?

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Will You Be My Facebook Friend? No.

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.29.2012

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Will you friend me on Facebook? Please? You don't mind if I don't know you right? Or if I'm your boss or like to friend everyone on the Internet right...

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Investing in Potential: Don't Walk Backwards Into Your Future

Amanda Slavin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Nyc, Relationships, Facebook, Facebook IPO, New York, Personal Growth, Facebook Friends, Self-Improvement, The Adventure Project, Impact News

Now, at 26, looking at where my life is now and where I want to go, I started to think: Am I appreciating the people and the things that matter or am I letting the fast-paced life of a New Yorker distract me from what I really want?

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Why I Took a Facebook Hiatus

Natalie Thomas | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Easter, Sharing, Mother's Day, Status Update, Social Networking, Digital Age, Spring Break, Online, Oversharing, Facebook Status, Facebook Friends, Facebook, Costco, Comedy News

Facebook is addictive. You feel inclined to read, stalk and share. Only in this forum would stalking be the more acceptable practice of the three. In this case, it's the sharing that's the problem.

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Earn Cash Off Your Facebook Friends

SmartMoney | Kelli B. Grant | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Twitter, Discounts, Earn Cash, Social Networks, Make Money, Facebook Friends, Coupons, Sharing Deals, Twitter Followers, Facebook, Money News

SmartMoney: Customers seeking the best deals may have to pester their friends. Some of the latest coupons from retailers and other businesses c...

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13 Unlucky Reasons Why Facebook Is Rapidly Approaching Peak Hype

John F. Ince | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Zynga, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, Facebook Privacy Settings, Pandora Ipo, Social Media, Facebook IPO, Groupon IPO, Social Networking, Facebook Games, Facebook Lawsuit, Facebook Friends, Technology News

Facebook may be rapidly approaching a phenomenon we might call peak hype -- the moment when both usage and investor interest Facebook reach their zenith and rapidly start to decline and spiral downward.

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50 People In Media You Should Subscribe To On Facebook

The Huffington Post | Mia Aquino | Posted 04.30.2012

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Facebook has an interesting feature called Subscribe, which allows you to follow someone's public posts even if you're not friends. Many members of t...

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Good Grief

Jill Robinson | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Life Online, Facebook Friends, Skype, Twitter, Google Grief, Technology, Online Lives, Social Network, Tech Age, Pinterest, Technology News

As I sit alone, writing with this actual Papermate pen, which writes words you can feel, words firm and clear, that we are evolving into translucent creatures; Internet sprites, who will Twitter, text and pinterest through cyberspace.

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Anomie in a World of Social Media

Frank A. Weil | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Internet, Friends, Anomie, Friendship, Internet Relationships, Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Internet Dating, Facebook Friends, Facebook, Online Dating, Technology News

French sociologist Emile Durkheim gave a name to crowd loneliness: "anomie." That state of mind was believed to be often at the root of social unrest. So this condition is not altogether new, but the Internet may have amped it up a few notches.

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10 Surefire Ways to Be that Obnoxious Facebook Friend

The Stir | Posted 04.24.2012

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How else will people know that you actually have a wild and crazy social life if you don't tag TONS of pictures?! HOW?

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Should Teachers And Students Be Facebook Friends?

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Teacher-Student Facebook Friends, Student Facebook, Social Media, Teacher Facebook, School-Facebook-Ban, School Social Media Policies, Facebook in Schools, Facebook Friends, Facebook, Social Media Policies, Dennis Walcott, Video, Education News

NEW YORK — Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation's largest, are we...

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Why Facebook Has Become Too Big For Its Own Good (And Ours)

Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Social Media, Social Networks, Facebook, Social Networking, Facebook Friends, Technology News

Social media services suffer from their success in a way other tech companies do not. And nowhere is the Big Gang problem more obvious than on Facebook, the web's largest and most sprawling social network.

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Should Bosses And Employees Be Facebook Friends?

The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.26.2012

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Should bosses and employees be friends on Facebook? With rules about personal and professional behavior blurring, it's a bit surprising that only 21 p...

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Why I Want My Parents To Join Facebook

Lori Fradkin | Posted 05.21.2012

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I want my parents to join Facebook. I want this despite the fact that I have been told by others that I do not. I want my parents to be my friends.

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Facebooking With Students?

Emily Wall | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Social Media, College Writing Class, Facebook and Education, Writing Course, College, Social Media Tips, University of Alaska Southeast, Facebook Friends, Networking, Using Facebook, College News

It becomes such a dreary task to fix someone's grammar, but if I know that student, if I know he was just dumped by his girlfriend yesterday and tonight he's getting a new tattoo, it's easier to write "comma splice" 30 times on a paper and not get mad.

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How Facebook Exposed One Man's Double Life

AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Bigamist, Friend Suggestion, Facebook Friends, Alan L. O'Neill, Two Wives, Facebook, Bigamy, Divorce News

SEATTLE — Facebook's automatic efforts to connect users through "friends" they may know recently led two Washington women to find out they were ...

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The 7 Most Annoying Types Of Facebook Friends

| Ashley Brooks | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Facebook Dating, Facebook Etiquette, Facebook Humor, Facebook Status, Facebook Status Updates, Facebook Friends, Fun Stuff, Facebook, Facebook Jokes, High School News

Although Facebook has dramatically changed the rules of social interactions, there are some things that are still not allowed. This includes writing ...

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How Facebook Makes You Jealous (And Why It's Not a Bad Thing)

Jacoba Urist | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Facebook, Facebook Friends, Facebook Status, Facebook IPO, Financial Pressure, Happiness Tips, How to Be Happy, Happiness Advice, Personal Finance Advice, Economic Pressures, Economic Anxiety, Financial Goals, Parents News

I tell parents, sometimes, wanting to keep up with the Joneses is a really good motivator.

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Facebook Blocked Me From Friending: That is Soooo 7th Grade...

Katie Goodman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Friending, Facebook Friendship, Facebook Friends, Facebook Friend Ban, Facebook, Facebook Friend Request, Entertainment News

Is this what my adult life has come to? Is Facebook really in a position to take away my car keys and TV privileges? This is like the best Firm Parenting Class for teens ever. Facebook does not get tired or annoyed and cave in, and there's no way for me to contest it. What's an anti-authority political satirist to do?

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Marketing Tips From Mobsters

Don McNay | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Facebook Friends, Networking Business, Friend Referral Business, Friends Business Connections, Networking Friends, Referral Business, Networking Facebook, Business News

The referral process happens in every level of society. It's how private clubs and organizations select their members. Some of my friends will accuse me of "name dropping." I don't care and I'm not going to change a lifetime habit that has worked pretty well for me.

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Facebook Envy: How Cruising Can Kill Self Esteem

Wendy Sachs | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Facebook, Cyberpsychology Facebook, Facebook Psychology, Facebook Friends, Facebook Depression, Depression Social Media, Facebook Envy, Technology News

Facebook Envy can be downright harmful to self esteem. But Facebook is an alternate universe, not reality. It's a ubiquitous PR machine where everyone's persona can sparkle brighter.

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Social Networks Matter: Friends Increase the Size of Your Brain

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Brain Science, Social Networks Brains, Social Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience Primates, Brains Neuroscience, Evolution Social, Facebook Friends, Primates Social Networks, Neuroscience Social Networks, Science News

Our simian relatives, particularly chimpanzees and bonobos, like nothing better than to keep a watchful eye on what other members of their troop are up to. But our species has taken this preoccupation one step further.

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Clean Up Your Facebook Account For The New Year

AP | By ANICK JESDANUN | Posted 12.28.2011

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NEW YORK -- Here's one way to sum up 2011: I added 71 people as Facebook friends, shared 26 links and commented on 98 of my friends' status updates. I...

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5 Ways to Maximize the New Changes on Facebook

Penny C. Sansevieri | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Social Media, Facebook Friends, Facebook, Facebook Profile, Technology News

When Facebook rolled out their latest changes, a lot of longtime users did some major eye-rolling. "Here we go again," a lot of users thought.

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