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In terms of actual usage, TechCrunch said in a recent report that 60% of all Facebook members log on daily, 85% at least once a week and 93% at least once a month. Members spend about 18 minutes a day on Facebook, according to website spokesman Chris Hughes.
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Facebook has been scientifically proven to cause severe brain death, reducing a student to an enslaved, shambling monstrosity within mere seconds of joining the website. All their time is then taken up by joining useless clubs that only serve to express how much they love Facebook.
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LONDON, November 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Moneybookers, one of the world's leading online payment providers, foresees a sharp increase in identity fraud due to the dramatic growth of Web 2.0 communities like Facebook. Presenting yourself in online communities is nothing new; ... Moneybookers security experts are concerned that the immense and ever-growing popularity of Facebook combined with typical privacy settings is potentially even more threatening to personal internet security than phishing attacks.
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[H]ow is that really different than what college students already do on Facebook or MySpace? One thing College Tonight seems to ignore is that the internet is the playground for the introverted. Social communities have virtually replaced the pickup line. And, by the way, introverted students already use those other sites to do extroverted things in real life; to go to concerts, promote campus activities, you name it. In fact, doing anything online is an introverted activity.
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