Wannabe paramours: Go ahead, favorite my tweets. Like my Facebook status updates. Follow me on Instagram. But please don't hit on me via LinkedIn, because that is not only creepy but pathetic.

Every week or so, a book promises to "break all the rules" and "tell it like it is," and this week is no exception. This time, the mind blowingly predictable series of yawn bombs will be dropped on the world of business networking. Specifically, the role of sexy sex mcsex and sexiness in networking. What widely…

Here's the problem: I hate my friends. You do too. I'm using the word "friends" in the social networking sense. Facebook and Flickr "friends." Twitter and Tumblr Followers.

Today is my birthday. Yeah! But unlike when I turned 18 (old enough to bet the ponies) or when I turned 21 (duh), I don't really care. And like many of us on our *special days*, I'm getting a lot of love on facebook: from old friends, family members, professional contacts—that random guy whose friend request I…

Being shy makes almost any social event more difficult — and it can keep you from getting what you want out of life. But some simple tips can make shyness less of an obstacle.

If you came of age without Facebook, you probably regularly find reasons to be grateful for it. But a new survey suggests that despite the risks, social networks can make teen girls more emotionally safe and closer to their friends.

"Users receive calling cards to dole out to alluring strangers they encounter in their everyday lives. Recipients of the cards can use the identification code printed on them to log onto Cheekd.com and send a message to their admirer."

Dear [Couple Who Displays Lots Of PDA In All Your Facebook Pictures]: I've watched you two grow so much in the time that we've all been Facebook friends.

They're weird, right? I mean, listen to this madness, from today's WSJ:

One of the primary challenges of modern existence is that of crafting the Facebook profile. How to make clear, in a few well-chosen words, that you don't really care about this, but, incidentally, are incredibly awesome and have impeccable taste with a flippant but mordant sense of humor? How much to write? How…