I had a good chuckle over the news yesterday that Facebook apparently has caused an increase in syphilis (or not). So reported the Daily Telegraph, which turns around today to add that to a list of other things Facebook supposedly causes, such as cancer or a surge in rickets. Anything missing? How about asking Google, Yahoo and Bing.
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All those search engines automatically suggest things to search for, as you begin typing. The suggestions come from looking at their records of popular searches that are being done by millions of people. So wondering what many people think that Facebook causes? Just type that in and see what suggestions come up!
On Google, it’s like this:
Going down that list, we learn
- Facebook causes divorce
- Facebook causes application [this confused me at first. It's probably the Facebook Causes application, says Marshall Kirkpatrick ]
- Facebook causes depression
- Facebook causes donations [hey, something positive!]
- Facebook causes internet explorer to crash [clearly unfair to investor and partner Microsoft]
- Facebook causes app [probably to crash]
- Facebook causes jealousy
- Facebook causes problems [see, Facebook is the universal cause of all problems]
- Facebook causes statistics [probably stats on things that Facebook causes]
- Facebook causes cancer [it was in the Daily Mail; it must be true]
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