No, I’m not particularly bitter that the Facebook deleted my Flying Spaghetti Monster profile. It’s not like I was the first one to create one of those silly fake accounts. The fact that they’re starting to police the existence of these gimmick accounts is bothersome for people with too much free time like me, but I understand why they would. Opening the service to the general public lends itself to massive friend whore abuse—among other things. Surprisingly, there are worse reasons for me to be peeved at Facebook.
The implementation of the news feed is a topic over which many people have voiced their concerns. Quite frankly, I don’t care if you made a new friend or changed your profile picture. As a result, I tend to ignore it most times. The following “note,” however, caught my eye.
Why, that’s not a note at all! It’s blogspam. How do I know? Well, I’m quite certain that I’m not friends with this “the Washington Post” fellow.
I’m not sure if the Facebook developers thought that having an offbeat news wire on everyone’s accout would be cute or if it’s just shameless advertising. Either way, I don’t like it.
Shame on you, Facebook. Even Myspace doesn’t stoop to that level—unless you’re friends with Tom. Why anyone would keep Tom on their friend’s list is beyond me.
