social media

Facebook, the social media site is 10 years old today! No way! It seems like it's only been around a couple of years, and many of us have just recently signed on. What was life like before Facebook? To begin with, you probably mailed photos of your kids to family members, or sent friends a postcard while on vacation, instead of posting them instantly on Facebook.

Do you remember what life was like before Facebook and Twitter and even Myspace and AOL messenger before that? Kinda makes you wonder how we all got by without being ENORMOUSLY connected like we are now. I have over 2,000 friends on Facebook and admittedly, I've never even MET probably a good THIRD of them.

While the social media landscape often changes quickly, it’s pretty clear that networking on those sites is going to be a big part of our lives for a long time—both personally and professionally.

Ha! You mean that status about being out with girlfriends may mean she's really at home watching shows? The thought never occurred to me ;) But yes, just because it's in print doesn't necessarily mean we should believe it. Here are the top lies or exaggerations that you ladies tell on Facebook:

It appears as if Twitter is on the fritz and totally not immune to shenanigans. It's now a corporate hack-war and yesterday's hack went to Burger King getting a Mcdonald's facelift, today it's Jeep under a Cadillac mask of all things! Tomorrow it'll be Barney's Twitter account hacked by Big Bird, and the smack-down continues. Here we gooooo....

You remember Tom, the smiling face from Myspace who was everyone's friend.  Thomas "Tom" Anderson is a US internet entrepreneur.  He co-founded the social networking website Myspace in 2003 and was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser for the company until he left in 2009.

Jerry Rizzo’s love for the Philadelphia 76ers is paying off. Literally. The 23-year-old got a job working in social media with the team after he and a friend took to Twitter to help the franchise reach out to fans as part of a contest to help choose a new mascot.

A study by technology research firm Gartner, which recently surveyed 6,295 people between the ages of 13 and 74, reveals almost a quarter of 18- to 29-year-olds use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter less than when they first signed up for the services, with many saying the services simply aren’t that much fun anymore. “The trend shows some social media fatigue among early adopters,