In the past four months that I have had a Facebook, the greatest thing that irks me is the Relationship Statuses. It is my understanding that friends know whether or not you are single or in a relationship (or one of the other options). For me, it does not follow that I would need to inform every one of my Facebook friends of this, because I try to keep my friends on Facebook limited to people who actually are my friends in real, non-virtual life.
I have never understood the compulsive habit of changing Relationship Statuses, unless it’s for fun. If you want to know someone’s “relationship status,” just ask. There really is no purpose in plundering through their Info page to find it. It’s another clever ruse to get us to spend more time on Facebook stalking people.
I was talking to a friend the other day about this. He claims that Facebook has changed relationships and how they progress. He and his girlfriend became official when she asked him if they could make it “Facebook official” and he said yes. While I do not disagree that Facebook has changed the way relationships progress, I do not believe that Facebook should be the way in which a relationship is formed. I would much rather the now “outdated” form of a simple question, “Will you be my girlfriend/boyfriend?” and the many variations thereof.
Also, there seems to be much hullaballoo about Facebook chat and all the other chats there are. Hullaballoo like, “Oh I like him, let me Facebook chat him, or write on his wall.” These things escape me. What is so difficult about just talking in person with him? If you like him, you’re gonna have to talk to him eventually. Unless he avoids you like the plague. In which case, just get yourself over him. I personally believe that if he doesn’t realize how incredible you are, then he isn’t worth a second of your time. (Same works for guys talking to girls. To guys and girls both: effing grow a pair already!)
All in all, I would like to proclaim that the advent of Facebook, though well conceived, is now taking too large a role in how we create and maintain friendships. If you would like to know something about me, do not hesitate to ask, because I’ll most likely answer you.
Now if you’ll be so kind as to excuse me, I’m going to go stalk people on Facebook. ;-)
