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The Illusion of Facebook 

The theory that Facebook is just like heroin.

Heroin is highly addictive gives you the impression that you can do anything and be super-productive, when in fact you're doing the exact opposite.

Similarly, Facebook is just as addictive and gives you the impression that you're socializing and making new friends when in fact you're doing the exact opposite.
Guy #1: Bro theres a huge four kegger out at the lake tonight! Let's pick up some bitches and get shit faced!

Guy #2: Naw man I'm gonna stay in tonight and go on Facebook.. theres this girl thats going to be in my class at AU next year, I'm gonna rail her!

Guy #1: No, you're not. You're being deceived by the Illusion of Facebook.
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Face-to-Facebook

Adding only your closest friends in Facebook and keeping in touch with them, for real.
Jake -I got 1,500 friends in this cool networking game called Facebook and you got like 10. LMAO, you suck..
Marcus -For me it is more like Face-to-Facebook, like seeing my friends when not really being able to meet them in person.
Face-to-Facebook by Finnish-linguist December 14, 2009

Six Degrees of Facebook Separation

The idea that any two people on Facebook can be connected through no more than 4 mutual friendships.

The average person has 130 friends on Facebook, meaning that they have on average 130² friends of friends, 130³ friends of friends of friends, and so on. In six degrees that encompasses 130^5 people. This is 3.7 billion people, more than the entire global Facebook community.
Jane is friends with Mark
who is friends with Karisa
who is friends with Oleshia
who is friends with Chenwei
who is friends with 손재호

Six Degrees of Facebook Separation

The 10 Personas of Facebook 

The 10 Personas of Facebook refers to the 10 most common types of user personalities found on the social network:

1. The Activist
2. The Trivialite
3. The Publicist
4. The Lurker
5. The Elder
6. The Socialite
7. The Comedian
8. The Gamer
9. The Philosopher
10. The Enthusiast
Hollywood stars are just like The 10 Personas of Facebook. You have lurkers, activists, and socialites working together all in one place.

I've seen them on facebook 

a classier, more socially acceptable way of saying that you have facebookstalked a person or persons. Similar to It was in my news feed.
Tom: Have you met Sally and John yet?
Alice: No, but I've seen them on facebook.

URBAN DICTIONARY IS WRITTEN BY YOU Define a Word TWITTER FACEBOOK HELP SUBSCRIBE 

that one little screen at te top right of the urbandictionary homepage
URBAN DICTIONARY IS WRITTEN BY YOU Define a Word TWITTER FACEBOOK HELP SUBSCRIBE

nom de Facebook 

A pseudonym you give yourself on Facebook so that you can avoid hearing from people from your past and/or maintain your professional image at work.
Bob Johnson’s nom de Facebook, Jim Boothe is working well for him. Sheila, his second ex-wife, hasn’t been able to find him online.

Mary has a high profile corporate law job. She developed a nom de Facebook so she can dish with her friends about Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus, as well as express her political views without worrying about repercussions at work.
nom de Facebook by jayede June 28, 2010