Whether you like it or not, you’re probably on Facebook more often than you want to be. A lot of people wish they didn’t feel compelled to check it over and over only to see the same boring people post the same boring things. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be this way. There are actually a whole lot of tips and tricks to make your Facebook experience a little less painful, both from Facebook itself and from third-party apps. We have 13 of them right here. Go forth and make your Facebook a bit more tolerable. Learn...

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The perils and pitfalls of social networking are nothing new, and with more people putting more of themselves “out there” online it has become unfortunately necessary to prune one’s online public persona. However, some employers and colleges are taking the unprecedented step ofdemanding private access to user’s social networking profiles. In some cases this could mean being forced to “friend” a superior, or even ordered to surrender your password. According to Bob Sullivan at MSNBC, some employers are doing more than simply looking over the information applicants have publicly available. Currently, the Maryland Department of Corrections asks that job applicants submit to a Facebook review. During this process, applicants must log into their Facebook accounts and click through their pages while an interviewer watches over their shoulder. If this sounds intrusive, that’s nothing: Just a year ago, applicants had to surrender their user name password to interviewers. The practice would likely have continued if employees hadn’tcomplained to the ACLU… Employers and Colleges Want Your Facebook Password |...

Hover Over My Name and Unclick Subscribed Message – Facebook Rumour.  “With the new ‘FB timeline’ on its way this week for EVERYONE…please do both of us a favor: Hover over my name above. In a few seconds you’ll see a box that says ‘Subscribed.’ Hover over that, go to ‘Comments and Likes’ and unclick it. That will stop my posts and yours to me from showing up on the side bar for everyone to see, but MOST IMPORTANTLY IT LIMITS HACKERS from invading our profiles. If you repost this I will do the same for you. You’ll know I’ve acknowledged you because if you tell me that you’ve done it I”ll ‘like’ it. Thanks!” False. The the ticker only reports things you share with others. If people are seeing things about people they don’t know, it’s because THOSE people have their info set to public. I’m seeing people posting this everywhere.The “hacker” part clued me into this being an inaccurate rumor as most people don’t know what a hacker is. Truthfully, if you have a Facebook Developer account (something ANYONE can get..it takes 2 seconds…I even have one for funsies) you can have access to everyone’s info. If you don’t want your info out there, don’t put it on the internet....

When you open up the site and click on an image of a blue lollipop, you’re prompted to allow Take This Lollipop to access your Facebook profile. This is standard stuff; for instance, if you want to use your Facebook profile to comment on a website—say, Slate—you agree to such access. But Take This Lollipop demonstrates exactly what you agree to when you hit “OK.” In a stunning display of interactivity, the site shows a creepy video, a couple of minutes long, showing a dirty, creepy man, his fingerstips caked with grime as he points his way to Facebook. There, he accesses … your profile. The site takes the information from your Facebook page and seamlessly weaves it into the video. You watch as the stalker looks at your photographs, your recent status updates, your list of friends. Then he pulls up Google Maps and finds directions to your home (geographic data contained in your profile). He hops into a car, your profile photograph taped to the dashboard. The scene ends as he gets out of the car, presumably to track down his target—you. As horror movies go, the plot’s pretty thin. But it’s still jolting to see yourself cast as the victim… Take This Lollipop: creepy site offers warning about giving away personal info on Facebook. I totally love this! It’s by the creator of my favorite holiday website Elf Yourself. It’s also timely in that it brings awareness to the type of permissions you give websites when you authorize applications. As I’ve said before, the Internet was not made for you, but was made to push the agenda of website creators. Take note of that and pay attention to the websites you visit and the terms you agree to! I also love...