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Facebook Adds Hashtags

Ian Delap — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:46:40 +0000

Facebook has taken a page or two from the playbooks of Instagram and Twitter by launching the use of hashtags. #Yay #Finally #Thesedidntusetowork #Abouttime For those unfamiliar, a hashtag is a word or a phrase prefixed with the # symbol. Hashtags provide a means of grouping such messages, since one can search for the hashtag [...]

Chili's Waitress Fired For Making Negative Comment About Cops on Facebook

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:23:08 +0000

In November, Ashley Warden was fined $2,500 when a police officer spotted her three-year old son urinating on the front yard of her two-and-a-half acre property in rural Piedmont, Oklahoma. The cop was ultimately fired for issuing the ticket. But apparently Warden still holds a grudge against law enforcement, which she made known through a recent post to her Facebook page.

Waitress Gets Fired for Insulting Police on Facebook

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:31 +0000

Looks like someone didn’t get the memo that what you post on Facebook can be seen by lots of people—and some of them may not like it very much. Ashley Warden, formerly a waitress at a Chili’s in Oklahoma, posted to Facebook a picture of three sheriff’s deputies and wrote the following message: “Stupid cops [...]

Meg Lanker-Simons Cited For Making UW Crushes Post

Trevor T. Trujillo — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:52:42 +0000

University of Wyoming Police have issued a citation to Meg Lanker-Simons for a charge of interference. According to the citation "Subject admitted to making a controversial post on UW Crushes webpage and then lied about not doing it."

UW Crushes Page Removed From Facebook

Trevor T. Trujillo — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:26:32 +0000

A Facebook page that recently came under fire in Laramie appears to have been removed from Facebook.

Facebook Page Sparks UW Controversy

Trevor T. Trujillo — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:10:16 +0000

A Facebook page called UW Crushes has come under fire after a harshly worded statment was posted on the page about a University of Wyoming Student.

Facebook Post Concerning Teachers Salary Gets Exposure

DJ Nyke — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:14:25 +0000

A Michigan gentleman posted his feelings concerning compensation teachers and raised quite a few eyebrows. Take a look for yourself and form your own opinion on his stance:

For all you Teacher friends:Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit! We can get that for minimum wage

Would You Use the New Facebook Phone?

Big Jim — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:55:49 +0000

I for one am glued to my iPhone. I don’t like Androids or Blackberry’s, but I saw the announcement of the new Facebook phone coming out from FB and HTC. My question is, would you use it? Would you foresake your iphone just because the new one is built or at least engineered by facebook? [...]

Do You Instagram? What Social Networks Do You Use?[POLL]

Jeff Easterling — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:05:01 +0000

I first started using instagram as an app just to make my crappy phone pics look better, but never really understood the lingo, or how it works… good thing I have a teenage daughter for IT work. According to my youngest, it’s about getting likes and using hashtags. Instagram has really blown up lately, and [...]

U.S. Marshals in Wyo. Turn to Facebook to Help Catch Fugitives

Trevor T. Trujillo — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:56:04 +0000

The Wyoming offices of the U.S. Marshals' Department have recently taken to facebook in an attempt to spread the word about fugitives in the Wyoming area.

Facebook's Radical New Changes to the News Feed [POLL]

Jeff Easterling — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:34:40 +0000

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerburg has introduced some radical new changes to the “news feed”. This is the biggest change to Facebook since the introduction of the “timeline” in 2011. The new “news feed” is designed for stronger consistency with all devices, laptop, pads, phones, etc… There is a bigger emphasis on photos, and images making the [...]

How Do I Stop the Facebook Beeping Sound?

Joe Hyer — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:41:36 +0000

Has your computer made any strange pinging sounds today, but you can't figure out where it's coming from? The answer is probably Facebook. The world's most popular social networking site now makes a sound whenever you have a notification -- you know, for timeline posts, friend requests and more. Luckily, the sound can be turned off by following these three simple steps.

What Happened to My Facebook Pages… Again?

Jeff Easterling — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:31:09 +0000

Maybe you have noticed fewer posts by your favorite Facebook pages lately, it’s because of more of those changes they keep making… I know how to fix it now! We all have our interests, and “liked” the Facebook pages we thought we would like to keep up with. I had noticed that I was not [...]

Facebook Poll

Ian Delap — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:45:28 +0000

Facebook is the largest social networking site in the world. It is also one of the largest breeding grounds for scams and hoaxes. Have you ever been scammed on Facebook?

Facebook Hoaxes & How You Can Avoid Them

Ian Delap — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:41:01 +0000

Social media dominates a good portion of many people's daily lives. Checking up on friend's activities online is something most Americans do few times a day. The ever evolving world of social media now lets us share photos and statuses to spread an idea at lightning speed. Occasionally you will be asked to share something in efforts to help raise awareness or improve the well being of individuals and groups. How can you be sure the idea you are passing to your friends and family isn't a total lie?

Wyoming FFA Association Asks for Your Help on Facebook

Erin — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:33:42 +0000

Ok, as sick as we all are of the rampant 'I'll get if I get likes'...here's one that (as Wyomingites) we can actually support!

The Wyoming FFA Association is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

The Wyoming FFA State Convention mentioned in the

Poverty Resistance Shut Down For City Code Violations

Erin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:34:27 +0000

“The overall purpose of Poverty Resistance is to help low income persons become more economically independent. The legal aid aspect of the program is just one facet of the overall program that was founded in Casper, Wyoming in 1987.” Director, Mary Ann Budenske, posted the following the evening of Monday, February 11th. [button href="http://www.change.org/petitions/mary-ann-budenske-poverty-resistance-servant-for-over-30-years-to-the-homeless-shut-down-for-city-violations?utm_campaign=friend_inviter_chat&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=permissions_dialog_false" title="See [...]

Dad Offers Teen $200 If He Quits Facebook For Five Months

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:06:43 +0000

Yesterday we learned that more and more people are taking long breaks from Facebook. If they’re not getting paid for these social network hiatuses they may be doing it wrong. Rachel Baier is getting the princely sum of $200 for handing her Facebook password over to her father and allowing him to deactivate her account for five months. The terms [...]

Have You Taken a Break From Facebook? Many Have

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:55:11 +0000

If Facebook was anything like Friendster and MySpace it would be only available in Malaysia or reduced to a Justin Timberlake vanity product.

Yes, the Harvard-born social network has beat the odds and looks like it will be around for the long-haul. In fact, the latest debate surrounding Facebook is what happens to a member's page when they die.

Mother Fired for Facebook Post About Sick Child [POLL][VIDEO]

Jeff Easterling — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:19:41 +0000

Misty Roberson, like many of us do, uses Facebook to keep in touch with friends and family, and that’s what she was doing when she posted about her sick child. Misty Roberson told CBS Atlanta that she was just updating family and friends about her 14-year-old daughter’s health issues. She never thought it would cost [...]