The Facebook Friends List is a great tool that can help you to organize and categorize your Facebook friends and keep you from getting overwhelmed by your social media life -- seriously, it's supposed to be fun, folks.

Here's the lowdown on Facebook Lists: what they are, how to use them, and how to set them up.

Does your Facebook friend list ever look like old home week, and not in a good way?

I've wondered if I was drunk when I accepted a friend request from a certain few people, and can't for the life of me figure out how certain former high school friends snuck in there.

Fortunately un-friending someone on Facebook is drama free.

Unlike high school.

Like them or not, pretty much every person, place, thing, cause, and quirky thought has a Facebook fan page.

It's so easy to show all of your virtual "friends" what you like with just the click of a button ... and then forever after get updates from whomever or whatever it is of which you're now an official fan.

Here are 20 to consider "liking" now. Most require no explanation.  

Moms in their 50s are using Facebook just like the rest of us are, with one major difference: the ages of our kids.

Ever since Facebook graduated from college, the average user age has gone up -- and up and up. According to Inside Facebook, as of last year the fastest growing group of Facebook users was women over the age of 55.

There are a million ways Facebook can entertain any mom of any age: online games, staying informed about politics and local news, hilarious apps, and of course the running commentary from your FB friends. In addition to the good time Facebook has to offer all moms, here are some tips for using Facebook when you're over 50.

It's no doubt that social networking websites have single-handedly changed the way we interact with each other. While Facebook may be the first life-altering site to come to mind, there are others that have made their mark in their own special way. Here are five examples of some of the hottest social networking websites right now and what makes them so popular:

You just read an interesting OP/ED, seen some juicy gossip, or found a yummy recipe on The Stir -- or one of your other favorite blogs -- and you want to share it with all your Facebook friends.

There are two ways you can do it -- and they're both super-easy (even my mom can do it!).

Flickr photo by cambodia4kidsorgWhen Facebook published their privacy guide earlier this year, a lot of us thought, "Wait, people can see my what?"

But if you still haven't cleaned up your FB account to make sure the whole world isn't able to find your kid's pictures or how you're doing on Farmville via Google, you can read through the Facebook privacy policy page, you can download a 24-page booklet, or you can read on and find everything you need to know in The Stir's handy-dandy Facebook Privacy Guide.

There are two areas of Facebook privacy: What you can, and what you cannot control. First, let's take a look at what you can control.

Photo from FacebookFacebook used to be about reconnecting with old friends (and flames).

Who knew your old high school boyfriend was so obsessed with chickens. And barn raisings. And now he wants you to help feed his stupid fish?

Was he always this needy or is this just a case of Facebook app overload?