Facebook statuses are little updates to keep everyone informed about what is going on in your life. Since the user has control over what is being sent out, is what we are reading the whole truth? Facebook users only show the world what they want to be shown. A status can be anything from a quote, a video, or a personal detail about what someone just ate for dinner. Just because someone posts a status about their day, doesn’t mean it is even true. A Facebook status is the ultimate impression management.
Although most people are careful about how the social media world views them, there are some that have not quite thought their statuses through. Failbook.com and Lamebook.com are both internet sites dedicated to the dumbest and funniest Facebook statuses. For instance, a lady’s status was featured on Failbook.com when she expressed her concern for the third world country of Japan after the earthquake. Her friends quickly corrected her that Japan was in fact a first world country. Even if she wanted to delete this unfortunate status, someone caught it and submitted it in for ridicule to this merciless site. This just goes to show that what you put out there cannot really be erased, even if you delete it. So they next time you want to show concern for a tragedy, make sure you have your facts straight or you too, could be the next Failbook.com star.
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