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STUDY: More Facebook Friends, More Problems

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:08:46 +0000

Facebook usage can make people feel more self-confident, but a study from the University of Edinburgh Business School shows that it can also lead to higher levels of stress, as users add more people. The simple reason is that as more people are added to a user’s social circle — friends, relatives, co-workers, classmates — there’s more of a chance for embarrassment or some other kind of faux pas.

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Bing Wants You To Ask Your Facebook Friends, Too

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:38:21 +0000

Using Bing to find the best sushi place in town? Now you can integrate your friends into the search. Bing announced Monday that it is enhancing its Facebook ties, allowing users to tag friends in searches and post queries instantly to their timeline.

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Canadian Man Drives Cross-Country To Meet Facebook Friends

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Greg Mountenay can log on and see his 1,200 Facebook friends anytime he wants. He wants to do more, though. Mountenay is driving across Canada to see more than 300 of his friends in person.

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MIT Wonders What Facebook Can Do With Personal Data

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:31:04 +0000

We all know that Facebook has massive amounts of users’ personal data. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Technology Review recently delved into the issue of what Facebook can do with all of that information, in a post by writer Tom Simonite that deftly explores the fascinating yet largely unknown world of Facebook’s in-house and bookish social science arm. Will Facebook use it for good or evil?

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STUDY: Moms Over 40 Have More Facebook Friends Than Their Kids Do

Jorge Cino — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:47:14 +0000

A survey of more than 2,000 mothers over the age of 40 found that a majority have more Facebook friends than their children, and that they know how to better take advantage of their presence on the site.
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Facebook Adds New Real-Time Friend Search

Eric Barry — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:57:38 +0000

Facebook has updated the way search results are displayed, including how users browse through friend lists.
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Teens Find Innovative Ways to Control Their Facebook Presence

Jorge Cino — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:50:53 +0000

Ever heard of “Super-logoff” or “whitewalling”? They are ways to designate what some teens have been doing in order to have total control over who posts what (and when) on their Facebook page.
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Report: Meaningless Facebook Comments Are Cornerstone Of Useful Networks

Natasha Murashev — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:13:26 +0000

You might say that you don’t care whether your friend Sally checked into the bar tonight, or that your friend John commented on a photo of you, or that your friend Mark posted a super clever comment about your status update, but these seemingly worthless interactions are important for our social relationships according to a new report from the National IT User Center at Uppsala University.
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