Tag: FACEBOOKSTATUS

All right, dudes. There's no need to get upset, or overly excited, just because your significant other or love interest just posted on Facebook that she "likes it on the dining room table." The recent trend of "like it on . . . " status updates merely serves as an attempt to get your little boxers in a wad, and -- most notably -- to promote and celebrate October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. ...

Last week, police in Pennsylvania arrested a 27-year-old man on charges of statutory rape, after he had inexplicably professed his love for a 14-year-old girl on Facebook. A child welfare agency in Delaware County initially alerted law enforcement authorities after the suspect, Robert Nickson, Jr., announced on Facebook that he was "in love" with and "engaged" to his unnamed teenage paramour. ...

Nothing corresponds to the old "finger on the pulse" idiom quite like a social networking site. Facebook and Twitter, in particular, have become increasingly effective anthropological tools, as the sites provide instantaneous and unrivaled data about trends in pop culture. Since it's currently the seasonal period of awesome lists and rankings, Facebook is taking a look back to see which trends ...

We've already learned not to break up with others via Facebook status, or to advertise that you're looking for a new job (unless you've already left or lost your previous one). But how are we to know what other potential pitfalls avoid? Lucky for us, Wired put together a handy list of 10 things it is safe to assume should never make it to your Facebook status update. What specific faux pas, you ...