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How Much Time Do You Spend On Your (Facebook) Appearance?

Facebook.Love or hate it.FB Feast or FB Fast.I ran into a long lost pal of mine at Trader Joes, a girl that I had been pals with in my teens. We had both been theater geeks in Washington DC together and there we were in the middle of a Los Angeles Trader Joes, coffee samples in hand, shooting the proverbial shit. Even though it had been close to thirty years …

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When Facebook “Support” Groups Do The Opposite…

There seems to be a Facebook group for everyone about everything.I belong to several local mom Facebook groups, a school moms group and a few others based on my interests. For the most part, these groups are a fabulous resource – somewhere to go to get information from like-minded people, share stories and even get support.Recently, there have been a few incidents in my mama world that have made me think we should all …

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Why I’m Taking A Time-Out From Facebook

I am a social media junkie and will admit it. I am on Twitter, track my Klout score, use Hootsuite, check Linkedin & Pinterest and log onto Facebook to browse my Facebook groups regularly. Plus for my business there are lots of thought leaders on Twitter so it helps me to gain exposure. But recently, I’ve bee finding myself more and more put off by Facebook. They changed some timeline feature …

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Does Facebook Wreck Marriages?

Does social media create serious relationship problems? A new survey out of the U.K. found that more than a third of divorce filings last year contained the word Facebook, according to Divorce Online, a legal services firm. Affairs happen with a lightning speed on Facebook, K. Jason Krafsky, who co-authored Facebook and Your Marriage with wife Kelli, told SmartMoney.