Could your Facebook profile be a predictor of job performance?
Does a person’s Facebook profile predict what kind of employee he or she might be? Yes, and with unnerving accuracy, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
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Social networks have grown beyond what Facebook offers.
With the pending public offering of Facebook anticipated to be the largest tech IPO in history, it’s an interesting time to think about where we go from here. Some say “social is done,” Facebook is all the social media anyone would ever want or need. Unquestionably, as it nears one billion accounts, in the solar system of social media, Facebook is the Sun — the gravitational center around which everything social revolves.
But while some may pronounce that Facebook is all the social we’d ever need, users clearly haven’t gotten the memo. Instead, users are rapidly adopting new interest-based social networks such as Pinterest, Instagram, Thumb, Foodspotting, and even the very new Fitocracy…
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“If I Die”
Updating your Facebook status or sending a Tweet should be the last thing on your mind in your final moments. A morbid new service promises to take care of that for you so you can focus on the more important things when death catches up with you. (Video)
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Facebook is used by nearly 850 million people each month and roughly 480 million people use it every day. With a user rate like that and an upcoming $75 to $100 billion initial public offering, one might think Facebook is not only a highly visible company, but also one of Corporate America’s most reputable.
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Longtime users show no sign that they have tired of posting on Facebook.
No ” Facebook fatigue.” A survey released shows that people who have used the social networking site over a long period – since its founding in 2004, say – show no sign that they have tired of posting pictures, updating weekend plans or just relaying random thoughts.
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Urges to keep on top of social networks and work were the hardest to resist.
It is more difficult to resist the urge to check social networking sites for updates than turning down a drink, according to a study of people’s everyday desires.
Teens are migrating to Twitter because many parents are on Facebook, but they don’t tweet.
Teenagers don’t tweet and will never tweet because it’s too public, too many older users and not cool. That’s been the prediction for a while now, born of numbers showing that fewer than one in 10 teens were using Twitter early on.
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Facebook profile using Timeline.
Facebook’s Timeline feature will become permanent for all users. Everyone will be updated to Timeline automaically within a few weeks. Once your profile is updated, you have seven days to adjust your profile just how you want. Depending on how much info you put on your profile and how long you’ve been using Facebook could determine if you’ll need that much time, but at the end of the seven days, the change is permanent.
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Facebook friends’ happy pictures make you sad
In today’s fast-paced, hectic world there are plenty of reasons to feel down. But you wouldn’t think that the world’s most popular social networking site would be one of them. But that’s exactly what a new study by Utah Valley University has found.
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The FBed
If you are with obsessed with Facebook and can’t stand being away it out of fear of missing a post or a poke from a friend, we found the bed for you. Of course, you could be like most people and just charge your smartphone at the bedside, but this concept is better for the true Facebook fan. It’s called the Facebook bed. I imagine Zuckerberg has something similar. (Pics)
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A Facebook Pages average news feed post receives Likes and comments for 3 hours after being published. To maximize the engagement, impressions, and traffic driven by the news feed, Facebook Page owners should wait at least 3 hours between posts.
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Hey look! I’m on Facebook in the shower?
This Facebook themed shower curtain isn’t creepy because of the graphics or text printed on it, but rather because it assumes you’ll have people spying on you while you take a shower!
And, while it may be meant for couples or roommates comfortable with sharing their shower time with others, I’m sure even in those situations it would get old quickly, prompting them to wonder “where did you put the plain old shower curtain I used to know and love?”
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