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….

Clearly, the world’s complete and utter obsession with Facebook has gone way, way too far. The site that started out as an easy way for college students to connect has now turned into a place that is quickly changing the way we all interact, phasing out face to face communication and creating new social problems as it goes.

What’s next on the social network frontier? I’m afraid to find out.

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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.

Except they’re putting it up online and thus making it my business! I’m not some haggard old spinster bitterly mumbling to myself about cutesy young couples; I’m happy for my friends who are in good relationships, really. I just don’t want to have that schmaltz pop up in my newsfeed 6 times a day! I’m not saying don’t ever put it in your status, but you wouldn’t call your friends up several times a day to tell them how much you love your guy, so why the heck would you make them read about it? I’m just asking for a basic level of courtesy here.

What say you, ladies? Have you been a victim, or are you the guilty party? Are we so over the overshare, or am I freaking out about nothing? Duke it out!

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!

Anyways, one week without The Book and I already feel like I have the shakes. My body even decided to fight back with a nasty bacterial infection. Seriously. I can’t make this stuff up. My friends are texting me complaining that I haven’t filled their walls with my latest antics. I can’t leave inappropriate comments on photo albums and status updates as they filter through my newsfeed. And I won’t be able to stalk my sorority’s potential new members once recruitment starts. Oh the HORROR.

I don’t think a Facebook-free epiphany will happen by August 31, but I think I’ll be okay. I’m going to spend more time enjoying my life instead of watching everyone post about theirs. And people really don’t need to read about my opinion of Bethenny’s assistant Max (absolutely adorable but six inches too short) or the concept of the shirt-before-the-shirt (pure genius).

Let’s just hope I can last 31 days without hearing about theirs.

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

Pregnant Priscilla Note to self: Don’t use condoms that have gone through the washing machine more than once.

Guy Who Thinks He’s Weather.com yeah its cold! pretty depressing when I could have been in 70 degree weather

Lonely Lauren i miss laughing with you and feeling like we didn’t have to overcome any heartache we caused each other…i just miss you. i miss us. feel so…blah idek what word to use to describe it.

Guy Who Posts Outdated, Annoying Song Lyrics he was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it anymore obvious?

Alcoholic Adam Breakfast of champs. Eggs and vodka and OJ who’s coming over?

Anal Sex Abby someone PLEASE rip me a new a**hole!!!!!!

Submit the most annoying statuses on your Newsfeed to FBWallOfShame@CollegeCandy.com. Don’t tell me you don’t got any….

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??

Desperate Dana somone invite me to something on new years. im a lonely hermit.

Another Girl Who Skipped 3rd Grade Grammar HustLiN’ at FoX toNIte comE buY some shotS froM mE :

Betrayed Betty for every 99 times you looked me in the eye and swore you werent lyin…theere comes a time in life when your faced with the truth..or glimmer of the truth..and might have to make a decision that hurts….hmm

Woe-Is-Me Wally i love, when a college takes the course out of their schedule and they decide to make you short a class, how the person you need to talk to to pick up another class is not in their office on a regular work day..it’s like they knew i was coming and called in sick…

Over-Obsessed Octavia im going to miss [roommate] so much i will masturabte to her picture every night♥

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?

Too-Old-For-Facebook Tammy Not happy to discover the beginning of wrinkles on my face the day of my 10-year high school reunion. There better be some horrible lighting at that restaurant!!

Girl Who Graduated (Community) College But Still Can’t Spell Assistant 5 Semesters @ MVCC + 3 college courses from High School. A total of 67 credit hours. An accumulative GPA of 3.0 = My Associates Degree in Administrative Assitant.

Angry Alyssa and who are you to tell me how to conduct myself? why don’t you practice safe sex and go F**K yourself.

Annoying Countdown Girl 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! 2 days! …

Jealous Jessie you may be prettier, have bigger tattoos, and get drunk all the time, but i have this on you. all those things are going to get you no where, and i actually have a future. so stick that in your juice box and SUCK IT

Bragging Betty today was a 100% great day! spent some time with [friend] and [friend], got an amazing performance review from my internship, got 100/100 points on my final portfolio, got a great set up from College Success Connection, and a cutie made me smile today!!! now going to work on a paper but i am going to Ace it so I am ok with that!!!!!

Bad Choices Becca I’m gonna get a DUI on the drive home right now. F**kkkk

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:

-       Change her language setting to Icelandic.
-       Re-tag all of the heinous pictures from last week that she immediately un-tagged the second they were posted.
-       Better yet, make one of them her new profile picture.
-       Change her listed AIM screenname to whatever embarrassing SN she had in middle school: MrsJTT, anyone?
-       Reply affirmatively to every single request that’s accumulated on her page since she last denied all of them. That weird kid from down the hall wants to challenge her to a ZombieNinjaPirate duel? It’s on.
-       Change her major to “Arts and Crafts,” or maybe “Gym.”
-       Become a fan of Heidi Montag and express her love in her status message.
-       Have her “like” every depressing, melodramatic status message on her newsfeed.
-       Change her relationship status from “In a Relationship” to “Single.”
-       Create an event for her “First Annual Swingers” party and invite all of her friends. Including her parents.
-       If her parents aren’t already her friends, submit the request. Then invite them to said party above.
-       If she’s a hipster, change her favorite music to the Dave Matthews Band and her favorite books to Twilight and “anything by Dan Brown.” Oh, and I can’t forget to make her quotation lyrics from a Toby Keith song.

Got any other ideas?
Re-thinking leaving that password saved?

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.

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).

BF: You still have his daily schedule memorized, so you “check up” on him every now and then.  (Wait, why is he lingering in Starbucks so long?  When did Starbucks start hiring models as baristas??)
AF: You and your Blackberry settle down for a productive day of Facebook stalking.  Looks like your ex hasn’t posted any photos since your break-up.  Is that because he hasn’t done anything worthy of photos, or is that because he’s been too busy with someone else to get any photos taken??

BF: You avoid any sort of knowledge that he has moved on before you.
AF: Your Newsfeed tells you that some new chick has posted pictures of him. You spend the next 3 hours checking this girl out, seeing who she knows, Googling her, and trying to figure out if they are just friends or if it’s something more.

BF: You totally cut your ex out of your life: ignoring his phone calls, staying away from his favorite places, etc.  Cold turkey on the communication.
AF: You un-friend your ex on Facebook so he can’t see your frequent status updates that include comments on your daily testing of waterproof mascara and the merits of  the different flavors of Ben & Jerry’s (seriously, they are the bearers of peace and serenity). And then you regret un-friending him because you can no longer see what he’s doing. But you can’t re-friend him; that would just be pathetic. What should you do? Oh why did you act so abruptly? Now you are going to have to stalk your friends who are still friends with him so you can use their FB to look at him.

Ugh. As if breaking up weren’t hard enough already…