I, like every other college student, spend a fair amount of time on the ‘book, from creating party events, to shameless stalking of ex boyfriends, and of course, rick rolling people like it’s my job (never gonna give you up!). There’s nothing wrong with that; I mean, that’s what Facebook is for.

Unfortunately, as Facebook becomes more and more pervasive, for some people it’s becoming less of a place to post pictures and musings from their lives and more a place to actually live them. Remember the groom who posted on Facebook during his wedding? Funny? A sign of the times? Yeah, but also a little bit pathetic. And that doesn’t even hold a candle to these most recent Facebook updates…. Read More »

"Spending the day snuggling with my snuggle bunny. Smoochy smooch!"

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“Jane Doe adores John so much, it’s like fluffy pink bunnies of love are frolicking around inside of her. Wuvs U Baby!” Gag me. Seriously, how many times have you looked on Facebook and seen somebody else getting all schmoopy over their significant other in their status? It’s right up there with Farmville for my top FB pet peeves. My question is, have I become a jaded cynic who can’t appreciate open expression of love, or do other people think these overshares need to be outlawed too?

OK, maybe I’m reacting too strongly – I’ve totally been in that cuddly-baby-animals-feeling phase of relationships and have totally overshared it on Facebook without a second thought. Is it really fair to want to go punch a friend in the face because of the multiple daily updates on how much she misses her BF when he has to go to class? (Sidenote: don’t you wish FB had a “punch” feature similar to the poke? Come on, Mark Z., get on that!) No, probably not. I get why people do it, and it’s their business so I shouldn’t even let it get to me. If I don’t want to see it, just don’t check FB, right (ha! Like that’ll ever happen!). People have the right to put up whatever they want in their statuses and the rest of us should just deal. Read More »

I am a Facebook creeper.

I have this compulsive clicking disease when it comes to my news feed. All of a sudden its 12:33 AM on a Sunday and I am looking at photo 433 out of 602, trying to figure out who this person is and how I even got to their page.

It is a SERIOUS problem.

I over analyze guys that I hook up with by the state of their Facebook wall, I get jealous of ex-friends spending drunken nights together, and I stalk profiles of people I know who are abroad like there is no tomorrow. It affects my school work and my overall productivity. This is why I decided to quit Facebook cold turkey and give up my creeper tendencies for one loooonggg month.

And hopefully, by the time I’m done and back at school, I will be able to get things accomplished without wasting hours on the world’s best procrastination website.

Instead of completely deactivating my account (I don’t want to be that girl without a Facebook account), I let one of my friends change my password (one I trusted enough to not change my status to ridiculous things that I wouldn’t even know about). I didn’t want the temptation of opening up my Facebook app on my Blackberry or drunkenly logging in.

In preparation for my Facebook diet, I’ve reactivated my library card, found some websites that stream movies, and stocked up on good blogs to read and new websites to browse (DearBlankPleaseBlank, Catalog Living, and, of course, CollegeCandy). Unfortunately, I don’t think any of that is going to be enough to fill the gaping, Facebook-sized void in my heart. Seriously, I dare you to try and find a site that can entertain me for hours on end like FB. Not because I don’t think you can, but because I need it for my mental health. Please. I’m begging you, dear readers! Read More »

Back in the day (when I still had a MySpace account) Facebook was a brand new platform for social opportunity and getting to know people in college.  I remember the days when my status was restricted by the word “is” and I only had 50 pictures tagged of myself at graduation parties and I thought I was super rad. Suddenly, My Space turned into the Britney Spears white trash of all social networks and I was spending the majority of my time on the blue and white pages of Facebook.

And like any social practice, social etiquette has hereby ensued.  There are things on Facebook you just can’t do, either because they are annoying as sh*t or they can put you in danger.

I’m serious. If you want to save your plasma TV and your online reputation, read on.

1. List Details of Where You’re Going  & When

Take this couple. The girl left a Facebook status saying was going out to a concert with her boyfriend, and her friend (since she was seven) busted into their house and stole their flat-screen TV right off their wall.  Nice guy. La Lohan and Paris Hilton (amongst other D-list celebs) had similar experiences when they compulsively updated their Twitter status letting the world (or that annoying girl from that stupid show on E!) know when their homes were free for thievery. It’s time to stop giving everyone an itinerary of your life and live a little more mysteriously. Read More »

Apparently, 2010 is not the year we move beyond pointless and redundant status updates.

Girl Who Should Delete Her Facebook Instead of Updating Her Status I have nearly 600 friends on here, but I barely talk to anyone on here. it’s just turned into a means of procrastination that nobody looks at rather than a means of communication. I think my new years resolution should be to delete it…

Dieting Diana is currently a whale and pissed off at herself for it and she WILL fit perfectly into all of her Christmas presents! Not even going to wait till the new year… new diet and exercise tactics start right now!

Girl Who Still Uses “is” Even Though It’s Not Required And Makes No Sense is one day I will look at you and go “Just because you’re sleeping with him doesn’t mean you’re dating him…” hahaha

Clingy Cassidy in bed, hubby isnt here and its freeezzingg ): wtf is wrong with this pictureee Read More »

This week’s Wall of Shame is dedicated to all those status-updaters that have yet to learn the basic rules of English grammar. Sure, grammar isn’t as important on Facebook as for your midterm paper, but your “friends” would appreciate it if you could at least spell the names of states correctly. You’re giving us all headaches.

Girl Who’s Too Busy Updating Facebook to Enjoy Her Vacation In flordia with my amazing boyfriend who got me a beautiful diamond necklace for xmas

Girl Who Skipped 3rd Grade Grammar Class ,,liquor makess my blooood run hott;;; strippp downn babbyyy ♥ ;; show mee wutchaa got,

Emo Elana paintin my nails blue to match my mood… i hate lyf but rly who doesnt?? Read More »

This week’s Wall of Shame contains some of the most horrifying status updates that have appeared on our readers’ (and my own) Facebook walls… this week. Because – come on, people – we don’t need to know how many times you poop a day, or exactly how many credits you had to complete at community college to get your degree.

You know you’ve got people like these in your newsfeed. Send the worst statuses you see to FBWallOfShame@CollegeCandy.com. Then send the perpetrator a link to this article. Consider it a community service.

Heartbroken Harry wonders why the ones who are SO convincingly nice and awesome ALSO turn out to be a**holes. WOW.

Girl Whose Updates Consist Solely of What Her Dog Does Getting Dooney out of bed to play in the snow is next to impossible. She just looks at me and then lays back down. She is such a teenie-bopper. I literally put her leash on and tried to pull her out of bed with no luck, the bed would have had to go on a walk also!

TMI Tina why have i already sh*t 4 times today?
Concerned Commenter why are you posting this on facebook? Read More »

Ha! I got you, bitch!

Poor Mike! He should have known better than to leave his Facebook profile open on someone else’s computer. Usually, I’m pretty unimpressed with jokes that hinge on dudes acting like there’s something inherently hilarious about homosexuality—unless they’re Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd—but this prank is pretty genius. (Side note: How on earth are there that many groups about loving cock??)

Changing around someone’s Facebook profile is the ultimate prank. We all spend way too much time worrying about presenting ourselves in the best light possible on Facebook: listing the right favorite movies and music, displaying a flattering profile pic, writing something funny and pithy in our “About Me” sections. When someone messes with your profile, then, they’re poking fun at your image-consciousness in an extremely public way—and they’re also making sure that an audience of hundreds can immediately see that you just got played.

So, since witnessing a Facebook prank at its finest, I’ve been thinking about other ways to subtly mess with my friends’ Facebook profiles, given the chance. And considering they stored their passwords and leave their bedroom doors unlocked, that chance is most definitely given.

Here’s what I’ve come up with so far: Read More »

I’m all about the importance of spelling in a status update, but there is a time and a place for everything. And I’m pretty sure this is not it.

We are the Facebook generation.  With this glorious title comes many responsibilities (well, sort of): we must immediately inform our friends of any and all actions we take and decisions we make during our day.  This includes what TV show we’re watching, what we are eating, the status of our relationships and, subsequently, our break-ups.

Now that Facebook is in the picture, there is a whole new slew of issues we must face when dealing with a heartbreaking, make-you-wanna-sit-in-your-room-alone-crying-to-sappy-music breakups.

Before Facebook (BF): You break it off with your lover and tell everyone that you ended it, so you need your besties and Ben & Jerry’s, like, stat.
After Facebook (AF): You break it off with your lover and they change their relationship status first, making it look like it was their decision.  Which it was not. Ok, maybe it was, but did they have to change that so quickly? Now you’re getting 45 FB messages and wall posts asking if you are OK.

BF: You rip up all your pictures, cutting out your ex’s face and even burning the particularly painful ones.  Ah, satisfaction.
AF: You untag the 1,938 pictures of you guys as a couple.  It takes four hours and is in no way satisfying because there is a sad lack of sharp objects and fire. And the pictures are still fully intact.

BF: You carefully orchestrate a plan to “accidentally” be at the same social function as your ex, looking fabulous and with what looks like the next Calvin Klein underwear model.
AF: You post pictures from a bender with your besties, carefully editing out the embarrassing bits (oh, thousands) and making sure to post an appropriate, make-him-jealous Facebook status (“Sooo tired but had the best time EVER last night!! <3 Mike” Note: Mike is not your ex). Read More »