Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: online friend

online friend stories: 6 news summaries

New Facebook App Finds Your Long-Lost Twin

Coke is to Coke Zero as you are to this friend, app promises

Oct 8, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Facebook app that promises to match you with the person in its network who looks most like you "is fun enough that it just might work," Christina Warren writes for Mashable. The app scans photos of you and photos of others who’ve signed up, and…voila!... More »

MORE ABOUT:
social networking • Facebook • digital photography • application • soft drinks • online friend • Coca-Cola • Coke Zero

OPINION

 Most Annoying 
 Facebook Habits 


Aug 20, 09 7:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook's got something to annoy everyone, it seems, and Brandon Griggs runs down the most annoying characteristics of Facebookers for CNN. A sampling:
  • The Compulsive Poster: "Just because you have 432 Facebook friends doesn't mean we all want to know when you're waiting for the bus."
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
social networking • Internet • Facebook • online friend • user • annoying • status update

Trickster Lures Castro Son Into Online Affair

Cuban reveals family secrets, lavish lifestyle in 8-month flirtation

Jun 13, 09 7:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Miami prankster has lured one of Fidel Castro's sons into an online affair by posing as a beautiful woman from Colombia, the Miami Herald reports. In their amorous chats, broadcast recently on Miami television, Antonio Castro Soto del Valle reveals numerous personal details—like his address, phone number, and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Internet • Fidel Castro • Cuba • online friend

(Newser) - Pro-legalization activists stuffed the ballot box with questions about marijuana when the White House solicited questions for today’s online town-hall meeting, and President Obama went out of his way to address the issue, the Los Angeles Times reports. “I don’t know what this says about the online... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • marijuana • marijuana legalization • online activism • online friend • Obama administration • President Obama

 The Pitfalls of De-Friending 

Peer pressure just one of the social aspects that translates well to Facebook and the like

Nov 25, 08 4:14 PM CST
(Newser) - De-friending is an unfortunate reality for social networks. It happens for many reasons, but is always awkward. Here are some de-friending stories from Mashable (names have been changed to protect the embarrassed):
  • Social opportunists: Andrew got a friend request from Jane, who he didn’t know but was friends
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
social networking • Internet • Facebook • LinkedIn • online friend • social behavior

ANALYSIS

Online Friending
Grows Stranger

Facebook, MySpace pals won't deliver chicken soup when you're sick

May 18, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - How many online friends is too many? Facebook insists users can only have 5,000—and that's not enough for some, discovers Stephen Levy in Newsweek. "Who am I to say no to friendship?" asks one user who spends 12 hours a day on Facebook and has a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
social networking • Internet • MySpace • Facebook • website • Friendster • online friend

6 Stories


from our news partners