With more than 500 million active users logging on regularly to post an update, catch up with friends or tend a virtual farm, Facebook seems like fertile ground for connecting with consumers.

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He is off message, losing ground, not connecting with his own base, being severely chastised (and even dismissed) by GOP pundits who should be his friends.

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As Leah managed the page from New York with help from her mother on the ground in Tuscaloosa, Rebuild Tuscaloosa quickly became a hub for connecting people in need with the supplies and organizations that could help them, people like Stephannie Nixon.

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This role served his enjoyment for connecting with other people in his generation and his desire to build something from the ground up.

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