Facebook Fan Page Irony
This is just dripping with sweet sweet irony. Thank you Facebook.
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Annoying Facebook Groups
Recently there has been a humongous amount of groups that have been making Facebook full of fail. It’s starting to make Facebook a lower class of social networking that almost makes it feel like MySpace. It started to be cute with the “1,000,000 strong to blah blah blah” but it’s now becoming asinine.
Here are some groups that are absolutly full of fail:
Anything from “Spambook”
The asshole that started this webpage made it so you can mindlessly spam everyone on your friends list by simply going to his page a clicking the like button on one of his listed items. Someone that is a friend of mine joined the group that joined the “Count to 20000″ group and it took me 53 hits of the Page Down button to scroll past it. After looking at this guy’s twitter, he’s obviously just a /b/tard that is trying to do it for “the lulz”. What he doesn’t realize is that is he in in fact 100% full of fail. p
Any groups that offer you free game crap.
I don’t mind that you play the games on Facebook. I don’t mind that you occasionally post something on your wall about your accomplishments. What annoys me, is that you think it’s a great ideas to join stupid groups that try and promise you free crap for the games you are playing. You are not going to get anything, there is no “hidden exploit” in the game, there is no secret items. Just save yourself some face and quit joining these groups.
Groups that make you Like them to see what they are about.
A classic bait and switch. They make you like their page for you to see what you are liking, and as a result others that are friends of yours do the same. These groups are just plain annoying because you want to know what they contain, but you don’t want to click the damn like button to spam all of your friends with something stupid.
Here are some examples of some of these stupid groups:
Guaranteed – 9 in 10 people get hypnotized into sleeping after seeing this!!
PROVEN – Men are NOT able to see a TREE in this Illusion BUT ALL Women CAN!!
Groups about Facebook starting to charge to use it.
Facebook will never start charging to use the product…. never. Even thinking that they might in the future is just stupid. This is just carry-over crap from rumors that were on MySpace years ago about MySpace starting to charge for their services. Anyone who joins these kind of groups or believes that it actually will happen needs their head examined…. seriously…
Some examples of stupidity:
Will myspace charge money for making accounts? – Yahoo Answers
We Will Not Pay To Use Facebook.Need As Many Members Possible To Stop This!
The amazing thing is, it’s not just a few people joining these groups, it’s 10′s or 100′s of thousands of people joining these groups to spread stupidity across Facebook. If anyone reading these joins any of the groups in this article, please do us all a favor and quit Facebook as soon as possible.
SaumZ
Making Drug Tests Required to be on Welfare?
This facebook group caught my eye as friends on both sides of the aisle were joining it, so I joined it as well to see some point of views on the topic. EDIT: The linked page has since been taken down, and this one is in it’s place: Click Here
It sounds like a good idea doesn’t it? On the surface, yeah, it could sound like a good idea. But when I thought about it more, it doesn’t seem like that good of an idea after all. Think of all of the checks and balances that would need to be put into place to try and save a little money.
One of the biggest arguments in the group is, “I needed to pass a drug test to get my job, why can’t they get tested for getting on welfare?” Cost would be the simple reason. When an employer hires someone and puts them through a drug test, they pay for that cost of the hospital doing that service for them. If a system would be put in place for drug testing welfare recipients, the government would have to pick up the tab on millions of tests to be done, which would in turn increase the costs of the welfare system as a whole.
You are probably thinking, why wouldn’t it decrease the costs? This could be debated, but my belief is that there are more non-drug using people that need the welfare system when they fall on bad times than there are people on drugs that fall onto the system. In the end, we would be paying more for testing, than the people that are denied would save in spending.
Now, what would happen to those denied welfare due to them using drugs? How would they make a living? They would most likely go to a life of crime, drug dealing, prostitution, etc. to try and make ends meet. This would also cost our tax payers more money to cover the costs of these citizens. We are not just covering their welfare now, but we are covering the costs of them being processed through the courts and then put into the prison system.
What about legal drug abuse? There are some people that use the system and abuse the money that they get on legal drugs such as nicotine and alcohol instead of feeding their kids. How would this idea govern that?
What about corporate welfare? How would this idea be extended to that area?
All in all, this will never be more than just an idea the more you think about it, and will never make it through any congress or senate.
Unfortunately, the group on Facebook supporting this has devolved from what sounded to be a good idea on the surface to something that is bringing out the hate and racism in droves.
The current system is being abused, yes… but that is the nature of the beast. If there is a system, someone out there will abuse it. This system just happens to carry a stereotype with it where people are looked down on as a result of their misfortune. It all comes down to how you enforce regulations on how to make sure that the people that need it, receive it.
There are ways to deal with people who are abusing the system, turn them in. http://www.ucowf.org/
Of course there are alternative groups out there we well, such as this one.
Stand for what you believe in, look into the issues and don’t blindly follow them.
SaumZ
Facebook Bra Colors Gone Viral – Wtf?
So, you’ve noticed that women have been updating their status with just one word, a color. Why? It is for breast cancer awareness, but they aren’t telling you that.
As one blogger put it on NPR, it’s slacktivism at it’s finest. Have you learned anything more about breast cancer? Have you shared a story about how breast cancer has affected you? Have you learned how to fight against breast cancer? No! You just know the bra colors of women on your friend’s list, and are leaving people in the dust about what you are talking about.
It could be that people are a little late in noticing that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, so expect another viral surge 3 months from now in the form of colors of underwear.
As a recognition of prostate/testicle cancer, blue. Oh, and you can go here to learn more about it.
SaumZ
Facebook Ad Fail
Here is yet another Facebook ad fail.
*shakes head* Kirk Skywalker would be disappointed.
Facebook Dislike Button = Bad Idea?
Chances are that you have probably seen someone join a group on Facebook or are even in a group on Facebook that has to do with getting the “Dislike Button”. Right now, there are 3,204,192 people that are fans of the main page for the dislike button. There are millions more in other groups as well, and of course there are people that have joined every group they have found that has to do with the dislike button.
I have not joined any of those groups, and for a very simple reason. I do not think that the dislike button will be a good thing for Facebook. Here’s why:
- Non-Interpersonal Conflict – When someone posts a status update or a link, a user could simply click dislike the item. Without the dislike button, someone would have to comment with a rebuttal or some type of argument which would take some time to be thought out which would result in a lot less negative feedback or debate. The dislike button would give access to a lot more trolling and would initiate a lot more heated debate than there would be in the first place.
- More Confusion – Just as there is with the like button now, people would be more confused with both buttons available. Did you like the post? Did you like the fact that I posted it? Did you not like that I posted it? Do you not like the topic? Do you not like the website? Do you not like me? Do you like the topic it is about? All of these questions could arise from simple button clicks of like or dislike to what someone says or what someone posts.
- Atmosphere – Facebook was a big sigh of relief for many people who went to Facebook from Myspace. It has a positive atmosphere, clean interface, and you interact with your friends. The dislike button will change that atmosphere. It will create a darker, more negative atmosphere between you and your friends. Why would you want that? Making the atmosphere of Facebook into a more of a negative place will only cause friction, drama, and people’s feelings to get hurt.
- Learn From Myspace – I think that Facebook needs to learn from Myspace. The darker, more negative tone of the site as people were arguing and begging for a top 8 spot, asking why they are out of your top 8, etc. is what made Facebook the new leader in social networking. If Facebook implemented the dislike button, it will turn into Myspace 2.0 and another site will be created and eventually overtake Facebook sooner rather than later.
I think that Facebook will not implement the feature due to some of these reasons. These reasons are what made the site into the successful site it is today.
If you are absolutely set in wanting a dislike button, there is an add-on for that in Firefox. But then again, why add to the drama?
SaumZ