A tornado touched down Sunday in Joplin, Missouri, killing 89 people.  If you can’t get on the ground to help in person, social media offers ways to help those most in need. Please take a few minutes to see how you can help.

Worth the watch. The local FOX station in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas recorded a segment satirizing social media called “The Fox 4 DFW Roast of Social Media” and it’s pretty funny. Facebook, Foursquare, Skype and Twitter are all spoofed, and we have the YouTube video here. h/t Almacy

New York Times: When Couples Fight on Facebook, Everyone Knows the Score

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 …

Capital Gig rounds up the top 20 social media stories from 2009

This pretty much sums it up perfectly.  h/t Despair Inc.

What do you mean my 7 year-old nephew can’t do this for free?  [Damn, Twitter is expensive]