I'm going to pick up where I left off with my Facebook dos and don'ts. But I'm going to talk about one big annoyance rather than a whole list of them. These big status update games have got to go. Bra colors, where you put your purse, changing pictures to cartoon characters, messaging numbers to people to get them to tell you how they really feel about you... it's getting old. Really old.
It started with the damn bra colors for breast cancer awareness. I didn't fully understand the point of this. We're women, we have boobies. Of course we're against breast cancer. And I'm pretty sure 99% of the adult population is aware of breast cancer. Awareness isn't the goal, raising funds for research and to help find a cure is. How does me announcing my bra color to the world affect that? I participated in Walk for the Cure this year, and it's events like that that make a difference in stopping breast cancer. Sharing intimate details about my unmentionables doesn't make a difference. And the purse thing from this year? What does my purse and where I like to put it have with my boobies? If people just want to play these games, that's fine, but don't go claiming that it's for a good cause.
This cartoon character thing was very similar. Kind of redundant, actually. Very few people are actually going to be for child abuse. And if they are, do you really think they are going to label themselves by not changing their picture to make a statement? Nope. I saw a few people update their statuses encouraging others to change their pictures too and it said "every picture that's changed stops one child from being abused." Umm... forgive me but I don't get it. How is me changing my picture going to make some douchebag somewhere stop hitting his kid? It's not. It's bullshit. I mean, it was a sweet thought to change pictures to speak out against it, but not effective. I am all about volunteering and speaking out against things I feel are wrong, but these little Facebook games just aren't effective. Again, if you just want to do it for fun, do it. Don't go claiming it's for something special.
And last night this new thing started... Ugh. People were posting numbers and special messages for specific, unnamed people on their statuses. Apparently you send a random number to a person through a message and that person is supposed to post the number and their true feelings about you. I'm glad I never got one, I would have had fun with it and posted something like "4298: You're a douche. Everyone knows your a douche. Stop being so douchey." How about this, how about you send the response back in a private message!! If I don't know who or what you're talking about, I don't care to read it. Stop raping and trashing my news feed!! This stupid game blatantly violates my Facebook rules no. 1 & 2- Avoid "this is about YOU, but I'm not going to use your name" status updates and avoid status updates that are just notes to a specific person. Geez, people...
These aren't necessarily bad ideas, just poorly thought through ones. There was a twist on the concept of the cartoon pictures thing for Veteran's day and in my opinion, that was a MUCH better use of Facebook to make a point. People were changing their profile pictures to include a veteran close to their heart and I thought this was FANTASTIC!! There's really nothing to speak out for or against in this instance, it's just a really sweet way of saying "I love this person and they make me proud!" Take notes! This is how it's done! The doppelganger thing was good too, because it wasn't masquerading as something else. Saying "Hey, this is who I think I look like" can be entertaining at times. Bottom line: Facebook status/picture games are dumb. Wanna play a long, drawn out, boring game that loves to overstay it's welcome? Play Monopoly.
On a side note, I really do love to play Monopoly... Oh the irony!
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