Remember the days when your crush gave you a mixtape or CD with a bunch of songs they wanted you to hear? You relished it in person. You showed off the artwork to your friends. You jammed out to the tunes in your car for the whole world to hear, “He or she made me a mix!”
Well, those days may be slowly disappearing (who burns CDs anymore?), but the overall sentiment is still there – but now it’s on Facebook. There’s nothing like the first time a crush posts on …

Dating in the digital age brings a lot of benefits. How many of us would be single if it weren’t for text messaging? But is there is such a thing as too much information. There’s the TMI we share with others, and then there’s the TMI we actively seek out about those we are dating. Looking at a laptop or a cell phone, we feel like Eve in the Garden of Eden. Just one little bite can’t hurt … or can it? Some tech offenses are pretty saintly, while others …

You’ve split up, but you’re still connected online.  He hasn’t defriended you, you haven’t bashed him on your blog. You can read his Twitter updates without cursing his name or bursting into floods of tears. In fact, as you read his witty 140s or visit his shared links, you’re starting to remember why you were attracted to him in the first place.
As we find ourselves checking in with Twitter throughout the day, we’re all in an ongoing conversation. But when you notice an increasing proportion of @ replies to …

I’m sure there are a lot of legitimate uses for the Facebook Wall, but in my book the only one that matters starts with “getting” and ends with “some.” You can pretend otherwise, but when a guy writes on a girl’s Wall, it’s usually because he’s trying to get something wet. Unfortunately, most guys just don’t know what to say. Well, they know what they want to say, but since “Nice pic, wanna f*ck?” is not socially acceptable, they need to know how to say something that implies that, but …

Technology has gotten sort of overwhelming.  If you’re even a moderate web user, you probably spend far more time responding to e-mail and updating your various social media accounts than you’d like to. Fortunately, since social networking has risen in popularity, we’ve seen a rise in services that link status updates, allowing you to make one post that appears on several sites.
You can send your Twitter status updates directly to Facebook or Myspace and vice versa. You can tweet from your LinkedIn profile, or announce directly from your Foursquare …

A Facebook de-friending from a recent ex may seem like a slap in the face, but it’s really quite healthy for both parties.
If you actually meant that line about still being friends, Facebook defriending may help you create the space you need to become comfortable on your new footing. You may refriend him the future, when time has passed and you’re both ready to reconnect; but until then, you don’t have to be reminded of him whenever you see his status updates. Also, you won’t have to read sickly-sweet wall …

Oh, Facebook. It used to be so simple. Put up a cute pic, flirt, get Poked. And then FB went and got an Extreme Makeover. Remember the old Wall, the one that didn’t even show the author of the Wall post? Now it’s been nipped, tucked, and plumped up with every bit of your recent Facebook activity. In between the posts from friends, there are recent photos, status updates, new hobbies, links you’ve shared, videos you’ve liked, parties you’ll be attending, friends you’ve accepted. It knows more about you than …

It’s always exciting to get that e-mail from Facebook telling you a potential love interest has friended you. Whether it’s a new crush in class or the guy you met at the bar, it gives you a rush. “He wants to BE MY FRIEND!” you think. “This is the start of something wonderful!” You can flirt on each other’s Walls and send private messages. Maybe it is the start of something wonderful … until it isn’t anymore. Whether it was cheating, “irreconcilable differences,” or just a gradual fade-out, you may …

This really funny video (from YourTango) is modeled on a 1950’s-era instruction film.

The awkward conversation in which you ask the one you’re seeing if the two of you are in a relationship isn’t new, but Facebook adds a new dimension. Are we in a relationship … on our Facebook profiles?
If you’re taking your new relationship Facebook-public, congrats! That little in a relationship with link is our generation’s class ring or football jacket, a public announcement that what you’ve got going on is more than just a couple of dates. It says you’re exclusive, and it also means no more of those awkward …