Facebook

Over the last several years, Facebook has become a public good and an important social resource. But as a company, it is behaving badly, and long term, that may cost it: A spring survey found that almost half of Americans believe that Facebook will eventually fade away. Even the business side has been a bit of a disaster lately, with earnings lower than expected and the news that a significant portion of Facebook profiles are fake. If neither users nor investors can be confident in the company, it’s time we start discussing an idea that might seem crazy: nationalizing Facebook.

NEW YORK — In yet another change that upset users, Facebook has replaced the email addresses users chose to display on their profile pages with (at)facebook.com addresses.

HUNTSVILLE — Feeling left out because you’re not living the tweet life, blogging and making friends on the Internet? The Weber County Library Ogden Valley branch, 131 S. 7400 East, is offering a series of basic social media “how-to” classes for adults.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., on Tuesday criticized his Republican primary opponent, Thomas Bleming, following news reports that Bleming posted pro-Nazi material online.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Jamael "JGood" Goodman posted his intentions on Facebook just hours before he shot his girlfriend to death and then committed suicide.

In the past several weeks, Mark Zuckerberg has hit the road in anticipation of Facebook's public offering of stock. At the same time, the company's chief privacy officer, Erin Egan, led her own road show to help explain Facebook's revamped privacy policies.

NEW YORK -- Facebook is trading up 8 percent Friday, as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon.