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Facebook Bans the Town of Effin, Ireland for Having an Obscene Name
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.
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Fun Thanksgiving Greetings To Put On Your Friends’ Facebook Page
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!
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Facebook and Twitter Are Harming Our Kids, Says Majority — Survey of the Day
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.
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Kat Von D Tells Facebook Jesse James Cheated on Her With 19 Women
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.
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10 Things We Wish We Could Opt Out of on Facebook
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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 t
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Spinal Tap Facebook Group Wants To Make 11/11/11 ‘Nigel Tufnel Day’
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.”
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How Women Got Revenge Before Facebook [PICTURE]
Before Facebook, Twitter and the internet, how did people spread news to one another? We assume newspapers, talky pictures and the Victrola but we aren’t sure what any of those things are.
Telephone poles were probably useful in getting out a message to the community. Especially in
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Zombie-fy Yourself With New ‘Walking Dead’ Facebook Tool
Being a zombie on Facebook seems a lot more appealing than being one in real life. And thanks to AMC, it’s super easy.
In fact, all you have to do to get a highly-detailed zombie version of yourself is visit the Facebook page for the AMC series ‘The Walking Dead.’
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Facebook Doesn’t Like Teen Bride Courtney Stodden
Courtney Stodden, the 17-year-old child bride of 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison, can’t keep her Facebook profile active. According to Stodden’s mom Krista Keller, Courtney has tried to maintain a Facebook fan page “eight or 10 times” and each one gets taken down without explanation. Keller’s mom calls this tactic “bullying” on the part of the social network.
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Why Teen Bride Courtney Stodden Keeps Getting Banned From Facebook
Courtney Stodden, the 17-year-old bride of 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison, has apparently had her Facebook page pulled. And it’s not the first time it’s happened.
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What the New Facebook Profile Will Look Like (and How to Get It Now)
Facebook announced a big overhaul of their user profile design at yesterday’s f8 developers conference. The redesign includes a chronological sorting of each user’s life in a feature they’ve dubbed the Timeline.
The feature automatically sorts all of a user’s Facebook activity over time (so you’ll be able to easily access those embarrassing wall exchanges with your old exes) and offers the ability to upload images or video from years past (your oversharing childhood pal is salivating over this). Get a closer look below:
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Andy Samberg Channels Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook Conference F8 [VIDEO]
Attendees at the Facebook f8 keynote on Thursday got a special treat when ‘Saturday Night Live’ star Andy Samberg took the stage and did his finest Mark Zuckerberg impression.