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Rush Limbaugh: Obama fudges the jobs numbers

In his daily radio show the uber-conservative accuses the administration of making the... more

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Sun shines as Florida jobless rate drops again

Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity reports today that the state... more

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Drop in jobless rate misleads

Don't start the celebration yet. The nation's jobless rate went down, but... more

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Tool giant cuts hundreds of jobs despite millions in profits

One of the giants of industry slashes their entire field force in the home improvement... more

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Tool giant cuts hundreds of jobs despite millions in profit

Read how this tool giant cut jobs while lying to employees

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Unemployed Vegan Survival Tips: Stretching Your Food Dollar

Survival tips on stretching the food dollar for an unemployed vegan

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Please Help Save My College

http://www.change.org/petitions/save-astorias-college Clatsop Community College,... more

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Upside Down

Why millennials can't start their careers and baby boomers can't end theirs.... more

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JOBS GUIDES

The search for career The search for job is getting harder and harder now a days.... more

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10 Unexpected Careers for Nurses

Just because you have a nursing degree doesn’t mean you have to work in a... more

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Survey: 83% of Prostitutes Use Facebook Pages to Attract Customers

In a multi-year survey of 270 New York sex workers, Wired has determined that 83% of the prostitutes involved have a Facebook page and actively use it for recruiting customers. Compared to 2003, Facebook has exploded in the sex marketplace, taking a substantial bite out of other venues — such as escort agencies, strip clubs, and Craigslist.

The above graph, from Wired’s article, shows the sources of sex workers’ regular clients. What’s surprising is the rapid adoption of Facebook, which launched in 2003 but was not opened to the public until 2006. That means that in just two years, Facebook has claimed 25% of the traffic.

Also remarkable is that while sex workers were using Craigslist prior to Facebook, its use was limited and has almost completely vanished as a source. One likely theory is that Facebook has a more positive image, making customers feel safer. Also, it is less anonymous than Craigslist, giving sex workers some leverage over their clients. This may be bolstered by Wired’s observation that sex workers prefer BlackBerrys, since it gives them a professional, almost business-like appearance — perhaps the same sense provided by Facebook.

The near 50% reduction of strip club traffic and 10% reduction from escort agencies may indicate that sex workers are moving more and more from a face-to-face industry, to one with little actual personal contact in the negotiation process.

Currently, Facebook’s terms of use do not explicitly ban the solicitation of sex, though there is a blanket ban on unlawful activity, and prostitution is currently illegal in every U.S. state except Nevada. From the terms of use:

You will not use Facebook to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.
Craigslist, conversely, has famously removed the adult services listing from its site, creating something of a defacto ban on using the website for prostitution. How or if Facebook responds to this new data will be especially interesting to industry observers.

Though interesting, the results from Wired are problematic. Firstly they represent the responses of only 270 participants, compared with over 100,000 sex workers operating in a $14 billion dollar industry. Furthermore, the study is geographically and economically limited. Though New York is large and varied, it is only one slice of America.

Though a nearly universally banned practice in this country, prostitution has always made use of legitimate, public spaces to advertise. Whether it’s street walking, or ads in the newspaper, it has been active in places were people can find it. In this light, the move to Facebook may not be so surprising.

If, and it’s a big if, these results can be regarded as representative of the sex market in the U.S. as a whole, it might indicate large shifts in the sex working landscape. America has always had a difficult relationship with the practice, begging the question: How will the nation respond if social media becomes the choice realm for prostitution?

http://www.geekosystem.com/prostitutes-use-facebook-to-find-customers/In a multi-year survey of 270 New York sex workers, Wired has determined that 83% of... more

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NO,...0 %,....VIRGIN Studio Artists ! HUZZAH !

ARTISTS WIN ! GO TEAM ! GET SUM, DRAW SUM, GUMMA GUMMA GOO ! ( - a most... more

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4 Common Job Hunting Mistakes to Avoid

Wondering that despite doing your best in the interview, why didn't you get the... more

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50 Best Careers of 2011

50 Best Careers of 2011 Now recession is over and anyone wants to change his old... more

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An unwelcome unemployment milestone

Just in time for Christmas, I am now officially a 99er.... more

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Tier 5 unemployment extension unlikely for nation's jobless

Congress isn't likely to pass emergency unemployment legislation creating a fifth... more

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Jumpstart your job search with Carlos Gils' JobsDirectUSA

Carlos Gil turned his own job loss into a never-ending pursuit of helping others find... more

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Unemployed need a bully with a pulpit, 3 of 3

The Obama administration should pursue reforms that would encourage employers to give... more

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Unemployed need a bully with a pulpit, 2 of 3

The hiring system is breaking down under the sheer weight of applicants: too many... more

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Unemployed need a bully with a pulpit, 1 of 3

More and more of the jobless find they are being shabbily treated by HR managers as... more

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