Facebook Resolutions

New Years resolutions were made (and probably broken ), but here is a new set of important resolutions that you might want to get started on. And, yes, they involve Facebook.

By Mazuba

I don’t mean updating your status every 3 hours instead of every 30 minutes (addict), or finally getting even with your sister by posting up those New Year’s Eve pics of her passed out in her own puke (ew); I mean using Facebook for different purposes. So here we go.

Facebook resolution 1: De-Clutter your friend List.

Remember when you first joined facebook and you added everyone and anyone who added you just so that you could gloat to your friend that you had five more friends than her? Well, when the games stopped, what happened to all those random people that you added? Do you still talk to them? Have you ever talked to them? While having 200 friends verses 25 is cooler, if you don’t talk to half those people, it’s time to delete them. Do you really want that rando who friended you to know what you are doing at all times? Who knows what he’s doin’ with those pics you put up last week?!

Facebook resolution 2: Learn to use the privacy settings!

Because you really don’t want to have to deal with your conservative aunt who suddenly calls you asking “Since when where you an alcoholic and hookah smoker?” (Um, since 9th grade?) Even if your aunt/mom/dad doesn’t have a Facebook account, chances are they know someone’s daughter’s- friend’s- niece’s- cousin’s (you get the point) who has a huge mouth and grudge against you. So customize your photo albums so that only the people who you get drunk with (and a few others) see those specific pics.

Facebook resolution 3: Network.

You know, Facebook is useful for more than just stalking your boyfriends ex. It is the perfect place to reach out to the people you would never get in contact with otherwise. You may not think that the editor of that magazine you want to work for someday has a Facebook page, or that, even if they do, that they bother to check it, but some do. Add them as friends, and maybe write on their wall about how you would love to have an opportunity to work at their company. Don’t expect them to reply the same day; these are busy people. And they may not reply at all, but you never know. They may just end up sending you a message with instructions on how to apply. In the end, you have nothing to lose, so network, network, network!

Facebook resolution 4: Join a Cause or write a petition!

With the state of the world that we live in there are so many causes to get involved in. And FB is a great place to make them public. Between the Newsfeed and Status Updates, you could give your cause a ton of exposure and get more people involved.

Facebook resolution 5: Get over the new facebook already!

Yes, the new Facebook was a change and some of us resented it and complained, threatened Mark Zuckerberg, and joined those “If You hate the new FB, join this group” groups. Bottom line is: it’s not going back to the old Facebook. So let’s deal with it once and for all and move on! At least until they change it again.