Twitter Is Bad For Your Love Life
I have a friend who found love on Twitter. But apparently for most people it's anything but good for your love life.
Twitter-Facebook Smackdown
While we find it hard to believe that these researchers actually polled every single person in the world to find out who'd heard of what, we're willing to abide by their final conclusion: Facebook wins.
The Only Two Golden Globes Speeches You Need To Hear
Let's start with the simple—but powerful—speech from Chris Coolfer, who took home a best supporting actor award for his role on Glee and, in the process, made a lot of folks teary.
Announcing Your Divorce On Twitter? Tell Your Wife First.
This is apparently the hot new appropriation of everyone's favorite 140-word medium. And it's tacky. Also, not legally binding.
Golden Globe Nominations: And The Best Cunnilingus Scene Goes To...
This morning, the Golden Globe nominations foretold good things for The King's Speech, The Social Network, and Black Swan, and more. But the probability of someone winning for a scene involving oral sex on a woman is very, very high.
BU Student Reminds Us Internet Is For Rating Girls
In case you've already forgotten the lessons of The Social Network, allow Boston University sophomore Justin Doody to jog your memory: the Internet exists to determine which girls are hottest.
Facebook Understands You More Than You Know
Maybe the problem isn't that Facebook distorts life, but that reflects it all too well.
The Royal Family's Facebook Fail
Any Royal-watcher prepared to rejoice (?) at the prospect of friending the Royals had better moderate his expectations. Buckingham Palace's new Facebook page is more "autocratic" than "social."
Facebook Tells You When You Will Break Up
This graph, from a TED talk on Facebook visualizations, charts breakup cycles as monitored by Facebook. The good news? Christmas Day has the fewest breakups. Otherwise, it's grim — in a fascinating sort of way.
Why Programming Is Hip Again (Hint: It's Not The Bong Hits)
It's now cool to be a programmer again. But the reasons for our renewed interest in the lives of computer whizzes go deeper than The Social Network.
Creepy App Helps You Find "The Ladies." Then What?
As if to prove The Social Network's thesis
The Social Network, Where Women Never Have Ideas
A white guy invented Facebook. But in Mark Zuckerberg's real-life world, women did more than give blowjobs, and black people said more than "Is this guy bothering you?" So why does The Social Network so badly want to pretend otherwise?
We Don't Want To Be Friends With The Social Network
Ever since The Social Network was conceived, our main question — besides who green-lighted that "Genius. Punk. Billionaire." tagline — has been, when is some Harvard person gonna come forward with a fellow-undergrad perspective? Well, here's the answer.
Justin Needs A "Don't Like" Button
[Los Angeles, November 9. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]