Ever since older people have been joining social networking sites like Facebook, they’ve been embarrassing their children. Usually this manifests itself in the same kind of hokey parental sentiments that have been irking kids since way before the internet. But a woman in Germany has gone in the complete other direction by humiliating her daughter with the kind of stunt you’d only expect from junior high schoolers.
As part of its increasing efforts to promote an equal environment for gay users, Facebook added two new icons over the weekend which make it possible to declare same-sex marriage status.
Earlier this week, Facebook changed all the default email addresses on its users’ profiles to a brand new address, @facebook.com. Sneaky yes, but was it really that big of a deal? Probably not since very few people are ever going to navigate through a Facebook profile to get an email address when it’s so much easier and more reliable to use Facebook’s internal messaging system.
However, the folks at Thank for You for Not Laughing have found other recent tweaks Facebook has made that are far more dubious.
You probably don’t check out the “about” section of your Facebook page a whole lot, being that you already know everything there is to know about yourself. But if you happened to do so today, you would have noticed something different — your listed email address has been changed to one with your Facebook profile name and then @facebook.com. Yes, Facebook gave you a Facebook email address without your permission.
We recently asked you what the appropriate is age for a kid to have a Facebook profile. We got some great answers, and a lot of strong opinions about what is best for our children. In the end, nearly half of Abilene agrees with Facebook, and 13 is a good age for a child to have a profile on the social network site.
This week, we asked Abilene what is the appropriate age for a kid to have a Facebook profile. There was a lot of spirited discussion on (of all places) Facebook, and on the radio. Thanks to everyone who voiced their opinion.
I have a son who is 12, and he asked me one of those difficult questions the other day. “Dad, can I get a Facebook profile?”. I was unprepared. I told him I would think about it and let him know. That bought me some time to ponder the question: “What is the appropriate age for a kid to have a Facebook profile?”
We’ve all seen our friends post the little ‘legal notice’ that is meant to protect our privacy rights now that Facebook is a publicly traded company. I’m sure you have thought about posting that notice yourself, but will it actually help protect your privacy?
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Facebook has become a worldwide obsession. I know, because even my mother has a Facebook page. But with every cool thing in the world there are drawbacks. Here, we've given a list of the 5 most ridiculous things we hate about Facebook. Pleas
As of Friday, Mark Zuckerberg is officially in a relationship with everyone. Facebook’s IPO became available Thursday with shares now being traded for about $43 a piece. And, of course, the occasion was marked with a status update by the founder himself.
MySpace got social networking started for most, until Facebook came along and rendered it pointless. Facebook is the social network everyone and their grandmother is using now. But if and when the fascination with Facebook dies down, will the popularity of social network sites just die down with it, or will there be another to step in and take its place?
Just a few years ago, Facebook became a simple way for teenagers and old classmates to keep up with their friends while pretending to work. Now, it’s a billion dollar company with its own publicly traded stock.
The announcement offered its own share of shocked faces and flabbergasted statements. Here are some things that were probably said during Facebook’s IPO announcement.
