Let’s state the obvious first: Basically anyone in a Tyler Perry movie or television show got nominated for a 2011 NAACP Image Award. More interesting, however, from the newly announced nominees are some of the people competing against the likes of Ms. Jackson, Whoopi and company.

Surprise #1: Justin Timberlake lands an acting nomination for The Social Network. (Umm...

To raise awarenes for its Gays and Lesbians Adorn the World campaign, the Serbian-based Gay And Lesbian Info Centre (GLIC) is hoping they do.

We all know that Betty White's return to the top can be accredited to a Facebook Page campaign. But the effect's of the latest social network awareness-raising trend -- changing one's profile picture to coincide with the cause of the day -- are ambiguous. 

Still, the GLIC is asking that those in support of World Human Rights Day (more on it here) on Friday, December 10 add a picture of a well-known LGBT leader as their profile pic to call attention to the group's new campaign. 

We did it to fight bullying, we did it to fight child abuse, and we'll surely keep changing our pictures. But ...

And this is reason #42974 why it's a good thing Facebook wasn't created until after I graduated high school.

A vengeful teenager has posted her sister's private BJ list (never heard of one, but a great idea!) to Facebook, tagging many of the names scribbled in bubble letters on the intimate page. Behold the tip of the iceberg for parents in the Internet age (please note my new favorite Internet meme: "If  he cuts his hair, I might give him a blow job."):

(Via OMGBlog and Nerve.com)

Update:

This fishy plot thickens. CBS has now officially rejected the ManCrunch.com ad, as questions still float around about whether or not the company even intended for the ad to run, or whether it just wanted free publicity.

"After reviewing the ad—which is entirely commercial in nature—our Standards and Practices department decided not to accept this particular spot," said CBS in a statement. "As always, we are open to working with the client on alternative submissions."

"We're 100% serious," said the site's spokesperson, Elissa Buchter. "We have the money to pay for it. If the ad showed a man and woman kissing it would have been accepted. You see ads for erectile dysfunction morning, noon and night. It's discriminatory that they...

In other dating site news (see eHarmony post below), OKCupid has conducted a massive scientific study on social network profile photos, arriving at a wonderful academic theory: headless shots showing off abs work wonders! Great news for those of us discreetly posting to Craigslist or Manhunt or A4A, wondering if we'd get more response if we butched it up and revealed our mugs.

The study of over 7,000 profiles and photos reveal that ab-shots gain nearly 1.5 more meetings than those with clothed photos. Though a caveat: the statistics decrease as the photo owner's age. It seems possible interested parties would much rather see a shirtless 19 year old than a shirtless 45 year old, for some reason :(

And another thing, the numbers reflect a...

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It was only a matter of time. Social networking's ubiquity has now been linked to a school yard assault, thanks to an event page on Facebook last week titled “Kick a Ginger Day.”

In two incidents, a redheaded student at Wright Middle School in So-Cal was beaten up by groups of boys linked by the aforementioned event page. The page reportedly encouraged students to target redheads with violence on Friday, acts that, because of a recent episode, some might also hold a now-antiquated target, South Park, accountable for.

What's the proper response to this latest “anti”-crime committed with the help of Facebook? Censorship?

Think that refusing to mention sexuality on social networking sites keeps it discreet?

A team of researchers from MIT have discovered an algorithm that can accurately determine if a man is gay, based upon his friends and their sexualities. The software correctly identifies gay men, regardless of whether or not they declare it on their profiles. It doesn't determine if men are bisexual or if women are lesbian, however.

What is it about the company we keep that lets computers predict if we're gay?