Where the F#*k Do I Post This? (A Social Media Flowchart)
From the Phoenix New Times
Restaurant Ejects Diner for Tweeting While Eating
Restaurants have always reserved the right to refuse service to anyone. But what happens when a Twitter user tweets a negative comment about the joint while she’s still sitting there?
Cock Blocking and Other Reasons Why Google+ Fails as a Social Network
One of the real selling points of Google+ is the ability to sort your social network into various ‘circles’ that easily define your relationship with a person and then share information based on that definition. In practice it causes anxiety while you try to determine if someone is a ‘friend’ or ‘acquaintance’.
1 in 10 Pets Have a Social Media Presence; 1 in 10 Pet Owners Are Nuts
Is your dog on LinkedIn? Does your pet fish tweet his little fins off? More and more pets are hopping online these days.
Gangbanger keeps Facebook friends updated during police standoff
Police say he was armed with a hostage at a motel in Utah. But throughout the ordeal, he kept a running conversation with his friends on Facebook. He even gained 15 new ones — before shooting himself in the chest when a SWAT team stormed the room.
Anthony Weiner Nearly Doubles His Twitter Followers During Weinergate
Do your follower counts have you feeling a little depressed? Don’t worry- take some social media tips from Anthony Weiner and you’ll double your number in no time!
Young People Would Rather Lose Sense of Smell Than Social Networks
A McCann survey of people aged 16-30 found that over half of respondents would rather lose the ability to smell than lose access to social networking websites. Somewhere, Mark Zuckerberg is chuckling to himself.
Facebook Users Like to Say the F-Word
According to information collected from the Facebook walls of more than 30,000 users by social media monitoring service Reppler, Facebookers are largely kind of a profane bunch.
Man hacks into women’s Facebook accounts and posts private pictures to porn site
You can crank your Facebook privacy settings as high as you want, but it won’t do any good if someone gets access to your account. Let that happen, and you might soon find yourself staring at your private pictures posted to an internet sex site.
Coachella’s Best Missed Connections
Looking for someone to make out with at Lightning Bolt Coachella - m4w - 23. I’m a pretty good looking dude, so please be a pretty good looking girl. Awesome.