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'Old Farts' Invade Facebook

Journal's Matthew Rose experiences mid-life crisis in cyberspace

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 3, 2007 1:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Facebook has matured from an e-frat house where co-eds post pics of their hedonistic exploits to a cyber-cocktail party where the well-heeled gather to display baby pictures and taunt each other like, well, school kids. “I am so telling Rupert,” a columnist teases... Read full story »

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