Social Media

Paulina Gretzky wasn’t content with just breaking our hearts by announcing after Thanksgiving that she was taking a “break from Twitter.” Now, she’s actually playing with the shattered pieces.

Nickelback and the world of sports just don’t seem to be getting along lately. Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Peter Moylan began a Twitter war with the band, who retaliated with some tough words of their own.

A woman in Ireland is unable to list the name of her hometown on her Facebook profile because it’s Effin, Ireland. Not “f***in’ Ireland”… Effin, Ireland.

A brand new Twitter account called @EveryTweet_Ever is offering up a steady stream of messages in 140 characters or less that mock the banality of the typical Twitter user. You know, tweets like ‘I don’t want to go to the gym today,” or ‘Sleep is the best‘ or messages to a favorite celebrity that is more or less the same message that everybody sends to that celebrity.

Being a cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys may look glamorous, but  it may not seem worthwhile when one gets tackled by Cowboys tight end Jason Witten.

The turkeys staff members here at TheFW are thankful for our fabulous readers and want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving! In the spirit of the season, we’d like to offer a cornucopia of Thanksgiving greetings for you to post and share with the butterballs loved ones in your life. Gobble Gobble!

Facebook, Twitter and all the other social media sites have changed the way young people interact with each other, but according to a survey from Poll Position, the majority of Americans don’t think this has been a change for the better.

Try not to act too surprised, but Kat Von D learned that ex-fiance Jesse James cheated on her with at least 19 different women over the last year. She posted the news and aired some grievances in a note on her Facebook page yesterday.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Facebook may have changed the way we communicate, keep up with long lost friends and pretend that we're doing actual work in the office, but it has come at a great cost to privacy. Now the federal government is forcing the social networking giant to ask all 800 million of their users if they wish to “opt out” of certain settings and features that might expose some of t

Win McNamee, Getty Images With all this talk about it being National Metal Day today (11/11/11), let us not forget that the most important holiday of the day is Veterans Day. And it just so happens that several rockers share that same sentiment ...

In a famous scene from Rob Reiner’s brilliant heavy metal mockumentary  ’This Is Spinal Tap,’ Spinal Tap’s guitarist Nigel Tufnel shows off a custom-made amplifier that goes up all the way up to “11.” To celebrate the beloved cinematic moment, a Facebook group wants to capitalize on this once-in-a-century opportunity to make 11/11/11 “Nigel Tufnel Day.”

Just when we’ve finally gotten over the Kim Kardashian/Kris Humphries split, it looks like there’s a new national nightmare to keep us up at night — Ashton Kutcher has quit Twitter. Deep breath. We’ll get through this together.