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No, Your Facebook Like Won’t Pay for ‘Mermaid Girl’ Surgery

No, Your Facebook Like Won’t Pay for ‘Mermaid Girl’ Surgery

By Josh Wolford May 28, 2013 | 1 Comment

A new hoax making the rounds on Facebook claims that users must like, comment, and share in order to fund surgery for a little girl born with mermaid syndrome. Although this one is different from many we’ve seen recently because …

Colbert Takes on That Revealing Facebook Likes Study Colbert Takes on That Revealing Facebook Likes Study
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A couple of weeks ago, we looked into a recent study by Cambridge University on Facebook likes and just how revealing they are. Long story short – they’re quite revealing. The researchers were able to accurately predict subjects’ activities and …

Facebook Removes Unlike Page Option in New News Feed Facebook Removes Unlike Page Option in New News Feed

It appears that Facebook has made a small tweak as a part of the new news feed, which is currently in the middle of a slow, delicate rollout. It appears that Facebook is putting an obstacle between users and their …

What Are Your Facebook Likes Revealing About You? What Are Your Facebook Likes Revealing About You?
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Is it possible that you are unwittingly outing yourself – as gay, as a conservative, as Muslim, or as a pot smoker – by simply liking stuff on Facebook? Sure, you could easily do this by liking the “Gay Men’s …

1M Facebook Likes May Just Win You Some Sex 1M Facebook Likes May Just Win You Some Sex
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Apparently, 1 million Facebook likes is the new measurement for something you don’t think is possible but is totally possible, and really not that hard. Yesterday, we told you about the cute kids who won a new puppy, after their …

Kids Win Puppy by Getting a Million Facebook Likes Kids Win Puppy by Getting a Million Facebook Likes
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Most of the time you can be sure that your “like” or “share” on Facebook is about as useful as “hoping” it will come true. Share this photo 5 million times and this sick little boy gets a new kidney? …

Romney's Facebook, Twitter Followers Take Huge Dive Romney's Facebook, Twitter Followers Take Huge Dive
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Losing a Presidential election must be hard. Mitt Romney has a wonderful family, he’s healthy (per Presidential physical), and he can continue on with his life knowing that nearly half of the country wanted him to be President – he’ll …

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Facebook is cracking down on something they deem harmful to the integrity of their site, and your fans may be in danger. You may have experienced a small dip in the total likes on your Facebook page in the last …

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