March 23, 2005

• So due to the weather thet trip to White Castle is postponed til tomorrow

  here’s something to entertain you:

  Five Facebook Faux Pas

  Facebook is an epidemic. What started slowly among people who now think that they are better than everybody else for using Facebook first has grown into a large network connecting college students from sea to shining sea. Many sociology professors, when they aren’t lecturing on how the White Man has kept everybody down, are surely having a field day studying Facebook. Hopefully they aren’t stalking their students. Anyway, I too enjoy the Facebook phenomenon, but I must warn you about common rookie mistakes. Here are five Facebook faux pas: Accepting friend requests immediately. Immediately clicking “accept” 30 seconds after receiving a friend request shows that you are a total loser. Before you accept a friend request, wait a day. For an explanation of what a day is, I turn to Swingers: Mike: So how long do I wait to call? Trent: A day. Mike: Tomorrow. Sue: Tomorrow, then a day. Trent: Yeah. Mike: So two days? Trent: Yeah, I guess you could call it that, two days. Befriending someone who just recently joined Facebook Don’t be that guy. Always check the profile to see how long the potential friend has been a member. Immediately adding a new member as a friend creates the impression that you are always on Facebook looking for friends. When somebody is new to Facebook, he/she should look for you, not the other way around. At least wait a week and then “stumble” across the person like it is totally a chance encounter. Befriending friends of friends Contrary to popular belief, a friend of a friend is not a friend. The English language lacks a word for “friend of a friend,” but you know what I am talking about. Just because you saw my photo through a friend does not make me your friend, nor does it mean that I have any desire to be your friend. Do not add strangers to friends. There are plenty of websites for that. JDate, for example. Not having your face on facebook It’s called Facebook. A book of faces. If you have a giant question mark appearing where a photo of your face is supposed to be, go sit in the corner until you realize what you’ve done. Your profile says that you have 356 friends at your school and 297 friends at 36 other universities, but not one of these so-called friends is friendly enough to send you a digital photo of yourself? Befriending someone whose presence you would not acknowledge if you passed each other. Only befriend people whose presence you would acknowledge in the event that you actually logoff Facebook to interact with real friends. Acknowledgement-while-passing is a really loose definition of friend, but it’s all I got. Take it or leave it.

  -collegehumor.com

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