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*Yes, we originally misspelled amateur.  That’s the way we roll. Facebook gets another facelift:  [just when we got used to the old version] Facebook on Thursday began rolling out a new design to its more than 350 million users, with various tweaks to encourage people to use the popular social …

Not surprising: Rahm Emanuel being offensive and Palin breaking news on Facebook. In a Facebook post, Sarah Palin calls on President Obama to fire Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for reportedly describing the strategy of Senate liberals as “f*cking retarded.” [damn, son] Based on Rahm’s email inbox, this isn’t shocking.

This whole Doppelgänger thing is cracking us up: “It’s Doppelgänger week on Facebook; change your profile picture to someone famous (actor, musician, athlete, etc.) you have been told you look like. After you update your profile with your twin or switched at birth photo then cut/paste this to your status.” …

Pick your favorite spin: ABC News’ Jake Tapper: Farewell “Saved or Created”: Obama Administration Changes the Counting of Stimulus Jobs* Huffington Post’s Nicholas Wing: CQ: Obama’s Win Streak On Capitol Hill Unprecedented

Robert Bluey, who heads up the online efforts for the Heritage Foundation, is a very well-respected digital media guru in Washington, DC.  He also knows a thing or two about building relationships online.  So it’s no surprise that when Bluey took to the blogosphere to vent about Facebook, people took …

Have you ever asked someone, "should I tweet that?" Have you ever said, "yeah, I’ll be right there, I just need to check Facebook real quick?" Do you spend more time tweeting than you do talking? Have you ever set up a fan page for yourself on Facebook? Has your …

Welcome back. We hope you had a great holiday break and didn’t have to spend too much time un-tagging yourself in NYE pictures on Facebook. 2010 is here. Still no hoverboards .

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For those of you who think Facebook is as ridiculous as we do.  [birth control] Come on, LinkedIn. Don’t you guys have people?

We’re not sure what we’ll do without our daily Tech Daily Dose, but congratulations are in order for one of DC’s famous journalists: Andrew Noyes We just learned that Andrew is leaving Congress Daily and heading over to Facebook where he’ll head up public policy communications in their Washington, D.C. …

John Kelly’s most recent column tackles the ridiculous nature of everyday people and their addiction to social networking. I’m Writing to Say That I Wrote This Column and That I’m Writing to Say That I Wrote It We’re writing to say that he wrote it, we read it and you …

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Facebook hilarity. Christopher Beam and Chris Wilson: Barack Obama’s Facebook Feed

Dumbest criminal to ever walk the streets, or just extremely addicted to Facebook updates? The popular online social networking site Facebook helped lead to an alleged burglar’s arrest after he stopped check his account on the victim’s computer, but forgot to log out before leaving the home with two diamond …

Apparently FamousDC isn’t the only game in town when it comes to warning folks about over-Facebooking. Obama recently said: "be careful what you post on Facebook. Whatever you do, it will be pulled up again later somewhere in your life." He must have read our most recent Facebook post.  Some …