Facebook Can Sabotage Maturity

Try shedding old skins with 450 friends watching

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 15, 2009 4:40 AM CDT

(Newser) – William Faulkner would love Facebook, where the past lives on amid its photo- and friend-filled pages. Adult appreciate the nostalgia trip to reconnect with old friends—but what about young people growing up with Facebook? Can they shed their pasts and reinvent themselves while old... Read full story »

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