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Status updates are not diaries

By Jenn Markham

Ider generations are making fun of us about
O- stupid stuff we write in our Facebook

status updates. One of the main problems is
the content of these updates. Nobody likes to hear
about how you woke up this morning, brushed your
teeth, drank a coffee, read your bible/favourite book,
drove your car to work, talked to some co-workers,
went home for lunch, walked your dog, watched the
news etc. We all do those things, and frankly, nobody
cares. If you want to write something productive,
keep the updates minimal and interesting. Too many
love updates, too many woe-is-me updates, too many
I just-got-out-of-the-shower updates yell one thing:
PAY ATTENTION TO ME! Just a cyber-brand of
immature attention-seeking techniques if you ask me.

People that constantly have negative and

emotional statuses are particularly annoying. Most
people don’t cry or release any other outpourings of
emotion in public, so why is it ok to do it on a public
website? Such as, “Cindy is having the WORST DAY
OF HER LIFE for these reasons...” Some of my

Facebook friends are so bad, that when I look back at
their last few statuses, I want to jump off a bridge.

On that note though, too much of anything is a
bad thing. I had a friend who always updates about
being at work, school, or getting another coffee. If
there’s a serious trend in your updates, it’s time to
rethink your Facebook, and sometimes, your life
habits. Don’t even get me started on email forwards
style, “if you believe in our cause, post this in your
status” updates. If you really wanted to support their
cause you'd get off the computer and do something
about it.

The other problem with status updates is their
frequency. Don’t you have anything better to do with
your time than update your status every five minutes?
I understand how with smart phones it’s tempting to
update your status every time anything happens, but
any number of sequential statuses giving a play-by-
play is redundant and ridiculous. Next time you're °
writing a Facebook status, take into account the poor
sucker that’s actually going to end up reading it is all
I’m saying.

 

 

Statuses updates are self expressions

By Laurie Neale

Imost everywhere I go now, I overhear
Ase complaining about Facebook
statuses. The complaints follow a basic
template, as follows: Facebook statuses are too
[insert adjective(s)]. Facebook statuses are too long
and boring. Facebook statuses are too revealing. Too
this or too that.
People who try to dictate other’s statuses
are intolerant control freaks. It’s their way or the
highway. So some people are more expressive
than you? Facebook is just another form of social
interaction. Just because you don’t say J love you
in public doesn’t mean that others can’t. Facebook
statuses are an expression of one’s self, like
clothing or music. So you don’t like gothic fashion?
Somebody else does. Freedom of speech also applies
to Facebook statuses, I’m pretty sure.
If someone’s status updates bother you so much,
it’s probably less about the content of the status

and more about that you just don’t like them. Take,
for example, my ex-Facebook friend Katie. She
posted comments non-stop about food, coffee and
her new husband. I’ve never liked Katie that much,
though maybe that’s because she married the guy I
previously dated. One day, after a bitch-fest about her
status updates, I decided to analyze why I didn’t like
her posts so much. Turns out, other people I know,
myself included, have posted very similar status
updates. I finally came to the realization that I didn’t
like her status updates because, well, I didn’t like her.
Delete.

If you dislike someone’s status updates so
much, why don’t you just hide the person’s updates?
Facebook users have a wealth of options available
this day-in-age. Or better yet, DELETE the poor
sucker.

So just relax and realize that the whole world
doesn’t revolve around you. Let status updates be as
status updates are. In other words: butt out.

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