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This week, you took to social media to share your favorite stories from POPSUGAR, and we've rounded up the five most popular posts. The East costars Alexander Skarsgard and Ellen Page sparked rumors of a romance with a sweet kiss, while Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler tied the knot in Nashville. Meanwhile, Robert Pattinson was officially named the face of Dior Homme, and Kate Middleton took her baby bump shopping in London. Find out what else kept you talking on Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook this week when you read more

Do you allow your kids to have friends over in the evening when you can't be there to supervise? As one mom recently discovered, the allure of a house with no parents around should not be underestimated.

The Aptos, CA-based mom left her 16-year-old daughter and three friends at home one night to bake cupcakes and watch a movie while she went out for a couple of hours. But as the Huffington Post reports via CBS San Francisco, the small gathering quickly turned into an "out-of-hand mob crime scene" after one of the teens sent out a text message about a party taking place at the home. The message quickly made the rounds of social media outlets such as Facebook, which resulted in about 300 people rushing to the neighborhood, invading the house, and causing tens of thousands of dollars in property damage.

To find out why the homeowner remains unfazed, read the whole story at the Huffington Post.

This week, you took to social media to share your favorite stories from POPSUGAR, and we've rounded up the five most popular posts. Kim Kardashian celebrated her baby shower in California while Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan welcomed the birth of their daughter, Everly, in London. Meanwhile, Lake Bell got married and invited Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, and Cameron Diaz to be a part of her big day, and Paris Hilton reminisced about being robbed by a group of teens at The Bling Ring's premiere in LA. Find out what else kept you talking on Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook this week when you read more

This week, you took to social media to share your favorite stories from POPSUGAR, and we're rounding up the five most popular posts right now. On Monday, a group of high-profile hockey fans including Tom Cruise, Justin Bieber, and the Beckham family got together to cheer on the LA Kings. During the game, David ended up on the kiss cam — with his baby daughter, Harper! The resulting video is adorable, and David and Harper Beckham's sweet smooch was the fifth-most talked-about story this week. From a high-profile wedding and hot new celebrity couples to a shirtless stud on the beach, find out what else kept you talking on Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook this week when you read more

This week, social media platforms were about as active as Leonardo DiCaprio! While Leo lived it up in Cannes following his international premiere of The Great Gatsby, readers couldn't stop talking about his ladies, yachts, and party-hopping ways. In fact, his story was the fifth-most talked-about story this week! From a bittersweet goodbye and unforgettable Billboard Music Award moments to a serious A-list breakup, find out what else kept you talking on Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook this week when you read more

You know the drill: you can't access Twitter or Facebook, and you refresh and refresh before asking your co-worker if it's down for her, too. Next time that happens, skip the hassle and try a simple solution: visiting one of these sites that checks for you. With just one click, you'll see whether everyone else is having trouble with a certain site or if it's a problem on your end.

• Down Right Now: Combining user reports and official announcements, the site monitors the status of most social networks (plus other services like Yahoo! Mail) with accurate updates. Bonus: it lists when a site's last service disruption was.
• Is It Down Right Now?: Similar to Down Right Now, Is It Down Right Now? differs with graphs that display service status activity, gives you a response time, and monitors a much larger pool of sites (besides social media) that includes Chase.com and T-mobile.com.
• Down For Everyone or Just Me: It doesn't get much simpler than this. Just fill in the blank to the question "Is ___ down for everyone or just me?" and voilà, you have your answer without many ads or graphs on the page to distract you.

Sign online in the morning and it's likely your first stop of the day is a social network. We pour our lives into these digital communities, sharing party photos, funny videos, and clever status updates. Do you know who's looking at all these updates, though? Take today's Spring cleaning tips as the chance to finally update your social media privacy settings and take charge of the online image you're sharing with the world. Perform a social media audit by following these tips to put your best profile forward.

• Search yourself — Sign out of every social media account and view how your profile looks to a stranger. Does any embarrassing or questionable material show up that you'd rather future employers, family members, or anyone of significance not see? First, secure your public accounts if you prefer to control who sees your tweets and "likes." Update account privacy settings to further secure your profile from people you are already linked to, or play it safe and delete the material entirely. Go an extra step and Google your name to ensure there's really nothing wild out on the Internet you don't want others to see.
• Use a pseudonym — If you're looking to keep your online activity private, don't sign up for accounts under your full name. Also avoid usernames you used before privacy was a concern, you know, like that AIM handle from high school that's just slightly inappropriate for anyone over the age of 16.
• Use an alternate email — In addition to the alias, separate your social media accounts from your work and personal email by using a secondary email account in your profile information. This way people searching for your profile via your personal email address won't find you as easily. Don't worry if your Facebook or Pinterest account have already been created, you can change the default email address.
• Prevent future offenses — Avoid future online embarrassing moments by keeping your social record clean. Don't add photos of you raging at a party to Facebook or bite your digital tongue when it comes to ranting about a current work situation. Even with hypersecure privacy settings, a good rule of thumb is just never share images or thoughts online you wouldn't want forwarded to someone else, since anyone can screen capture your content.

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