STSA #61: On Facebook

Authorities say the Mafia has a big presence on the social networking site, Facebook. It’s easy to spot a mobster’s profile–all the personal items say “None of your friggin business. The less you know the better.” except for their hobbies, which are “Doing favors for people” and “Controlling all the trash hauling in Worlds of Warcraft.”

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I love Facebook. it’s the only place where I can talk to a wall and not look like an idiot

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Forbes billionaire list is out and CEO and co-founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire on the list at age 25. Betcha his Mother doesn’t tell him he’s spending too much time on Facebook.

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A North Carolina waitress was fired for complaining on Facebook about a small tip she received. A lesson to all servers who like to post online complaints: write them where they’ll never be seen — on MySpace.

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British health experts are blaming rising cases of syphilis on social media sites like Facebook.
Clearly the Facebook apps are much more advanced in Britain.

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Facebook users have been warned about a virus known as “Koobface,” which uses the network’s messaging system to infect computers. While the virus had little effect on most users, it did make friending people difficult for Skidmore freshman, Mike Koobface.

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A hacker attack briefly shut down Twitter on Thursday. Millions of twitterers were forced to talk to each other the old fashioned way. Through Facebook.