It’s cheesy. It’s kinda stupid. It’s about time.
Become a fan of LandonHowell.com on Facebook.
Watching people get in college football arguments on Facebook. It’s awesome.
We all love our team – some of us more than others - but there are some people who need to find something else to cling to in life. Until they do… it’s just so much fun to egg them on.
TIME Article: How Not to Be Hated on Facebook
10. Cryptic status updates about your mental state — “Rachel is trying so hard,” “Rachel wishes things were different,” “Rachel is starting her life over” — don’t make you sound intriguing, just lonely and pathetic.
I’m going to go ahead and apologize for this… but I have a “friend” on Facebook who needs to get a life. I use the word ‘friend’ in the loosest sense of the word because I haven’t talked to this individual in 5+years. In fact, I’m only ‘friends’ with her on Facebook because she’d notice if I de-friended.
This friend updated 22 Facebook albums in 1 day, yesterday. The themes ranged from Halloween 2007 to crawfish boils from last weekend.
22 albums… 22.
I know, I know… we all have our moments. Whether it’s incessant status updates or 27 photos (all of the same pose/setting) of our loved ones in a single album, everyone has their moments on Facebook.
However, this individual clearly needs something else to do. Wednesday, while the rest of us worked diligently, made dinner for our family, did yard work, fed the homeless, and led people to Christ… she updated 22 Facebook photo albums.
Hey, pumpkin: get a life. Meet a nice guy (Match.com is free!). Find a hobby (the kids on Grey’s enjoy knitting). Work on your social life (showing the world that you have time to update 22 photo albums on Facebook isn’t helping others’ perception of you).
Get a life. Please. When you do, please create one (just one) Facebook photo album with pictures dedicated to that life.
God bless.
Interesting thing happened when I received an invite to use a Facebook application on my profile: I realized one of my photos had been stolen borrowed in order to be implemented into the opp.
Application: Jasper Alabama Stuff
So I saw the best status update ever as I was on Facebook on Christmas Eve. I’ve removed the name, though I think you’ll find it funny without knowing the person.
- [Name] is wondering when these kids are going to bed, so santa can come and pour the milk back in the jug and throw away those nasty cookies, lol.
…with a ‘b’.
No, seriously.
I befriended Caitlin Upton on Facebook the other day [profile link] in an effort to apologize… and add another friend I’ve never met for mu own self-serving purposes.
I wrote her, apologzing on behalf of all the naughty bloggers in the world who thought she was as stupid as she appeared on TV. Well… she wrote back.
During our company softball game last night my phone went off with a notification of ‘message recieved’. Here’s our brief, but authentic interaction:
Landon HowellI think people (like myself) are realizing that it wasn't cool making fun of you. Good call on going on the Today Show... I think it showed everyone that you could handle the situation professionally...
Caitlin Upton
thanks so much
i apprecaite it alot
<3
We don’t quite know what to make of the ‘<3′, but we’ll take it. We’ll also forgive the misspelling of ‘appreciate’. She’s had a rough week and I’m sure that spell checking her Facebook messages is the least of her worries.
In case you think I be fibbing, there’s a screen shot below…
You can only appreciate this if you are a user of Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook responded to the outcry of the masses in response to Tuesday’s launch of the most in-depth stalker feature I’ve ever seen.
Basically he said… we know you hate it, but it’s here to stay, change your privacy settings.
You can read it here. If you can’t get acess from where you are, I’ve copied and pasted it below.
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Calm down. Breathe. We hear you.
We’ve been getting a lot of feedback about Mini-Feed and News Feed. We think they are great products, but we know that many of you are not immediate fans, and have found them overwhelming and cluttered. Other people are concerned that non-friends can see too much about them. We are listening to all your suggestions about how to improve the product; it’s brand new and still evolving.
We’re not oblivious of the Facebook groups popping up about this (by the way, Ruchi is not the devil). And we agree, stalking isn’t cool; but being able to know what’s going on in your friends’ lives is. This is information people used to dig for on a daily basis, nicely reorganized and summarized so people can learn about the people they care about. You don’t miss the photo album about your friend’s trip to Nepal. Maybe if your friends are all going to a party, you want to know so you can go too. Facebook is about real connections to actual friends, so the stories coming in are of interest to the people receiving them, since they are significant to the person creating them.
We didn’t take away any privacy options. [Your privacy options remain the same.] The privacy rules haven’t changed. None of your information is visible to anyone who couldn’t see it before the changes. If you turned off your wall to non-friends, no one who is not your friend will be able to see a post on your wall. Your friends can still see it; it hasn’t changed. Secret groups and secret events remain secret from other people. Pokes and messages remain as private interactions. Nothing you do is being broadcast; rather, it is being shared with people who care about what you do—your friends.
We’re going to continue to improve Facebook, and we want you to be part of that process. Test out the products and continue to provide us feedback. Use your privacy settings so you can feel most comfortable using the site.
We hear you, and we appreciate the feedback.
Stay tuned... Mark
As most of you Facebook users know, the website released “Facebook Notes” yesterday.
Possibily the coolest part of this new feature is how your blog posts can automatically appear on your profile. I’m told that this is very similar to MySpace‘s blog entries… but I don’t have MySpace (though I’m still thinking about it) so I couldn’t say whether or not this is true.
So if you have a blog, enter your blog info into your profile under the Notes section. If you need any help, send me a message.
In a tribute to Lance Clay’s birthday (which was Thursday) someone snagged him a “Facebook Flyer” on everyone’s favorite time-wasting website.
I snagged this screenshot as I have never personally seen anyone buy one of these flyers before.
Happy Birthday to ole pal! We’ll miss you in your MC post.
NOTE: In real life I do not have a red arrow that connects Jennifer’s upper lip to my chin.
He’s back at it again. Joey’s new Facebook group.
Group Name: 80s Nintendo World
Description: It is simple: Old 80s nintendo
Previously:
Everyone’s favorite Facebook group creator is back again.
Group Name: God loves and we love the American Idol contestants. Discuss your feelings!
Description:
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Kellie Pickler, who had never been in the bottom 3, much less bottom 2, was voted off this week on American Idol. Chris Daughtry, along with Kellie Pickler, had been in the top along with Katharine and Taylor most of the time. Chris was in the bottom 3 last week. There are so many things that America goes by that the judges do not. …continue reading
