An Employer Asks for Your Facebook Password. What Do You Do?
If you live in Illinois, you can now say ‘Nope. That’s illegal.’ The state’s governor signed a bill into law Wednesday that forbids such a request. What about the rest of us who may not have legal...
View ArticleWait. A Facebook ‘Like’ Isn’t Considered Free Speech?
A judge in Virginia doesn’t think so. He upheld the decision for a sheriff to fire one of his deputies for clicking ‘like’ on a Facebook page. Clicking ‘like’ doesn’t fall under free speech? Huh?...
View ArticleWhy You Should Never Delete Your Facebook Friends
Note: This column is now featured on Lifehacker and The Huffington Post. One of these days you swear you’re going to do it. You’ll log into Facebook, head straight for your list of friends and start...
View ArticleYou’re Gonna Want to See the New MySpace: Here’s How to Snag an Invite
Forget everything you think you know about MySpace and only consider this: Justin Timberlake is now in charge. Interested? You should be and not just because the pop-star-turned-actor is at the helm....
View ArticleFacebook is Adding ‘Want’ and ‘Collect’ Buttons; Here are Ten Other Buttons...
Note: This column is now featured on The Huffington Post. On Tuesday, Facebook announced plans to ruin birthday surprises forever. That’s because the social media giant — which recently topped one...
View ArticleHow to Use Facebook ‘Graph Search’ to Boost Your Career
by DANNY RUBIN On Tuesday, Facebook announced a game-changing new feature that will impact how we use the social network — and potentially how we land our next job. Facebook’s ‘Graph Search’ is...
View ArticleCould You Quit Facebook? A New Study Says You Can’t
by DANNY RUBIN Do you ever get worn out by Facebook? Tired of everyone’s opinion on the latest news stories? Exhausted from endless photo galleries of ‘friends’ you barely know? Of course you are....
View ArticleHow to Organize Your Facebook Photos to Boost Your Career
Scream all you want, Steven Tyler, but being ‘tagged’ in photos is a good thing. If we’re smart about all the pics we amass on Facebook, they can actually enhance our job application. by DANNY RUBIN...
View ArticleIt’s Official: The Proper Time to Announce a Relationship on Facebook
by DANNY RUBIN Tiger Woods has made plenty of mistakes in his life. In 2010, the golf superstar’s ex-wife caught him in the infamous cheating scandal that rocked the sports world. 121 mistresses?...
View ArticleEver Seen Your Facebook Privacy Settings? 13 Million People Haven’t
by DANNY RUBIN By now, everyone in America seems to have a Facebook profile. Yet according to a new study from Consumer Reports, 13 million Americans have never checked their Facebook privacy settings....
View ArticleDid Facebook Impact Your Views on Gay Marriage?
by DANNY RUBIN Twenty years ago, 61% of Americans said they personally know someone who is gay or lesbian. When Pew Research conducted the same poll in 2013, the number rose to 87%. Why the huge jump?...
View ArticleWhat Bragging on Facebook Says About Us
By Danny Rubin “I am so honored to announce…” “I am excited to tell everyone…” “Guess what happened to me?!” On a typical day, our Facebook News Feeds are full of swagger and bravado. Someone always...
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