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Many employers these days readily admit to scoping out the social media profiles of potential hires during the interview process. But what if all that Googling could be replaced with a single ID scan from a card you carry in your wallet?

Unless you have a lot of spare time on your hands and enjoy reading privacy policies and terms of use, there are probably many things about Facebook that you aren’t aware of. Here are ten things you probably didn’t know about the agreement between you (the user) and Facebook.

With a new hit album, a record-setting string of No. 1 singles, and a role in one of 2012′s big-budget blockbusters to her name, it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people like Rihanna. Now we know that a lot of people also ‘like’ her — on Facebook, that is.

Facebook, Twitter and all the other social media sites have changed the way young people interact with each other, but according to a survey from Poll Position, the majority of Americans don’t think this has been a change for the better.

Look, we all know suicide isn’t something you should usually joke about, but Michael Abraham has made it kind of funny by posting on Mountain Dew’s Facebook page.

An analysis of who Mark Zuckerberg follows on Facebook’s new subscribe feature suggests the 27-year old mogul is either a closet ‘Glee‘ fan or has a thing for Dianna Agron, one of the hit show’s singing stars. We always figured the Zuckster for a ‘Gleek.’

Being a zombie on Facebook seems a lot more appealing than being one in real life. And thanks to AMC, it’s super easy. In fact, all you have to do to get a highly-detailed zombie version of yourself is visit the Facebook page for the AMC series ‘The Walking Dead.’

Get your crops ready, hayseeds — there might be a FarmVille movie coming. As one of the most popular video games probably ever, the scourge of Facebook is about to hit the silver screen thanks to screenwriters Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen.

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them. “Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.

A study by technology research firm Gartner, which recently surveyed 6,295 people between the ages of 13 and 74, reveals almost a quarter of 18- to 29-year-olds use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter less than when they first signed up for the services, with many saying the services simply aren’t that much fun anymore. “The trend shows some social media fatigue among early adopters,

What do you get the teen idol who has everything (including his own 3D movie and nude bronze sculpture)? Pop star Justin Bieber joined the ranks of Duke Ellington and Oprah when he had a street named for him on Tuesday. Main Street in Forney, Texas was temporarily dubbed “Justin Bieber Way” by  11-year-old Caroline Gonzalez, who was named town mayor for a day after winning a Facebook contest. Mayo

Technically, Dallas city workers aren't allowed to do personal business when they are on the taxpayer's dime. Which is why two dozen workers at Dallas' city hall are in hot water after a probe revealed that they were spending a good chunk of their day on Facebook.