Email This StoryPoint of View: Facebook statuses need to be removed or annoying updating practices must change
Nov. 5, 2009
By Sabrina Landwer
"Word to the wise: don't mess with my friends or family in the least way possible. Cause if you do, you've got another thing comin', my friend."
Because why wouldn't you use the Facebook status application to threaten someone? Why wouldn't you use it to tell everyone on your friend list what you're doing or have done that day and who you did it with?
There are 1,440 minutes in a day, and according to my friends list it is crucial to update your status by the minute letting everyone know what you are up to or what you want to be up to, in that moment.
I mean, I know for a fact that I love signing on to Facebook and seeing my newsfeed be blown up with song lyrics from Hinder that a girl put on her status about her breakup with her boyfriend. Because why wouldn't everyone want to know about it? Let's be honest here ... nobody cares and the fact that you are using Hinder as a lyric-go-to, means you should probably be allocating your time broadening your musical horizons rather than updating your status.
Or my personal favorite, the daily Bible verses from the constant partygoer whose current default picture is one of them "living it up." Hallelujah!
If you think about it, the status application is a funny concept, providing me with lots of laughter. I actually want to thank Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, for the extra laughs that the status application has offered. Because thanks to the application, I know more than I would ever want to know about "Betty Baylor" and her boyfriend's private life and I have only met her once.
I mean it only makes sense to update your status letting everyone know you're headed to the gym, then you're going to shower, and then you're going to eat a turkey burger WITH the bun toasted, and THEN you will do your homework, and hoping to possibly go to bed at a decent hour.
I, Sabrina Landwer, vote to have the status application removed. I can't tell you how many times I've met someone that I wanted to possibly invest my time into hanging out with, only to find out that no time was needed.
Not only do I learn about relationship troubles daily, but I'm also constantly updated on people's faith, day-to-day activities, musical taste and which party is happening where. Also, every Monday my friend list never ceases to remind me of how much everyone truly hates Mondays, and every Friday they let me know that "It's the weekend!"
Now that I've finished writing my column, I'll go update my status letting everyone know how accomplished I feel making my deadline. And I might just add a heart symbol to the end of it.
Sabrina Landwer is a Houston senior majoring in journalism and a reporter for the Baylor Lariat.
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