National unemployment remains stuck at nearly 10 percent and economic growth is tepid. But there are still golden tickets for workers if they're inside the tech bubble, especially if they're Google engineers courted by Facebook. And especially if they're women.

One in four web pages viewed by Americans last week was on Facebook, helping the social network steal the largest share of internet visits from archrival Google, according to stats firm Hitwise. Karl Lagerfeld's "white gold Facebook" remains exclusive, however.

Is it really surprising that debt collectors use Facebook to try to contact debtors? They're basically paid to annoy people by any means necessary. Now a woman is suing a debt collection agency for using Facebook to harass her.

The classmate Willow Palin called a "faggot" on Facebook does not accept big sister Bristol's apology: "Willow called me a faggot in front of the whole world and my family." He thinks she "may be" homophobic.

The Office's focus this week on Ryan's WUPHF.com seemed to serendipitously coincide with the announcement of Facebook's new messaging platform, linking all communications between phones, web, and other devices. Facebook will probably be a little more seamless.

New Jersey pastor Cedric Miller ordered married congregants to give up Facebook because the "temptation is just too great." His inspiration: The plight of congregant Elliott Subervi, who says 2000 beautiful women friended him, then tormented him with sexy messages.

Last night, Jon Stewart begrudgingly covered four Palin-related stories: Bristol's shocking DWTS upset (here) and her pro-abstinence PSA with The Situation (here), Willow's homophobic Facebook rage (here), and the whole family's ridiculous new reality show (here). The video, inside.

On her Facebook page, Bristol Palin quasi-apologized for egging on sister Willow during a Facebook freakout about a "faggot." Then, Bristol took a page from her mother's playbook, complaining about "haters" who seek to "destroy" her magnificent televised dancing career.

Zynga, the more-than-a-little-sketchy company behind the insanely popular Facebook game Farmville, is debuting a new product: Cityville, "Zynga's most social game ever." Great! Because what Facebook really needs is another blockbuster game that constantly encourages people to invite their friends.

The gay conservative group GOProud, fresh off of warning Republicans to avoid playing up social issues in the next election cycle, has now come to the support of 16-year-old Willow Palin for calling someone a "faggot" on Facebook.

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had the brilliant idea to declare November 17th National Unfriend Day, when Facebook users should cull the unnecessary from the ranks of their friends. Here are the first people you should cut.

Facebook's inadvertent war on women continues. After saying it fixed a glitch locking scores od female user accounts yesterday, Facebook went on to tell more women this morning that they are banned for life as impersonators — of themselves. (Updated)

Mark Zuckerberg is startlingly young for a billionaire CEO. But he was even less mature in 2003 when, barely 19, he apparently set up a Friendster profile disclosing his taste for Asian women and dislike of books.

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld talked about technology in an interview with The Business of Fashion. He says he doesn't use it, but that Facebook is "a flawless object." That's when it's clear he has no idea what he's talking about.

What was Sarah Palin's daughter Willow up to during the premiere of her family's new TLC reality show, Sarah Palin's Alaska? According to TMZ, she was engaged in an epic Facebook war about the show. There are screenshots!

A flood of female Facebook users woke up this morning to find their accounts disabled — and the social network demanding government ID to let them back in. Facebook admits there was a problem, but says it's been fixed.

What if David Fincher hadn't directed The Social Network? What if the Facebook film had been made by, say, Wes Anderson? Or Michael Bay? Or Quentin Tarantino? Or, even, Frank Capra? Inside, a humorous video with those interpretations, and more!

Soon, all of Facebook's 500 million users will be eligible for an email address @facebook.com, the domain once reserved for trusted staffers helping users. That trust can and will be exploited by fraudsters, until everyone knows actual staffers are @fb.com

[For the start of the 111th Congress, former "Real World" cast member and newly-elected U.S. Representative Sean Duffy makes a video for his Facebook page in the U.S. Capitol, leaving someone else to "clean up Washington." Image via Getty]

No human relationship can withstand complete transparency. Facebook gives you plenty of opportunities to commit social faux pas in the name of "connecting," but there's no feature to help you keep necessary secrets. You have to get tricky about it.