Facebook rant, Pt 2

For this brief post I thought that I would once again talk about that big blue social behemoth that is Facebook. To be honest I do not really like treading over old ground, but in this case I am willing to make an exception.

Every now and then the makers of Facebook will decide that they deem it neccesary to change some of the aspects of the site to try and make it easier to use. Sometimes when they try and do this they don't always get it exactly right first time.

This of-course leads some of the members to become very angry and annoyed, and to my dismay, increasingly more vocal.

Now before I go any further I would like to stress that Facebook, besides being a den for sex offenders, z-list celebs and YOUR MOTHER, is an entirely free service.

Can you remember a time before Facebook, before metaphorical walls and un-neccesary notifications telling you how many times a week your friends wash their hands, (true story).
A time where there was no tagging or poking, (or as I like to call it the, "lolololol its sounds kind of rude" button).

My point being, in the past if you wanted to talk to an old friend you would have to get their contact details and make the effort to get in touch. Facebook, (and as much as I loathe to say this), has made socialising a hell of alot easier.

So what I am going to suggest is that all of the people that have decided to take it upon themselves to fight the war on change, please take a second to realise that if your life has got to the point at which you feel the need to whinge about what order your "poking" buttons are in, then you may have gone completely mad. Maybe you could step outside of your den of internet debauchery for a second and take a trip into that wonderful world of REAL LIFE, where you may find your liberal use of the word, "lol", and absolute disregard for any subject matter that Simon Cowell hasn't touched with his brush of seemingly never ending originality, just a tad on the side of UNBELIEVABLY ANNOYING.

The best story I have read all year.

This as you may have noticed, (or your might have not), is my second post of the day, and it's not something I normally do. But I have come across a story that i feel is so utterly ridiculous in every conceivable way that I felt absolutely compelled to let you know.

The story is very straight forward, basically, The World War 2 concentration camp Auschwitz now has its own Facebook page. This firstly proving the point I made in my first post about everyone being on Facebook. Though I will admit that at the time I was not thinking that my statement would stretch as far to include this temple of un-necessarily bad hygiene, forced head shaving and MASS GENOCIDE.

A spokesman has said that this is an attempt to reach the youth of the world and teach them a little about history. They went on to say that because Facebook seems to be the most popular thing since the intake of oxygen, that this would be the ideal platform to do it.

But I have spotted one glaring flaw in their master plan, namely that no one in their right mind and with any shred of common sense will want to be friends with somewhere that was responsible for THE DEATHS OF MILLIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.

I can only imagine the reaction of my friends when it appears on my Facebook page that I am now, "friends with Auschwitz". I can only suggest the people that have that message on their page also have the fact that they are friends with, Stalin, Mussolini and Satan in clear view on the same feed.

Any way I have made my point but unfortunately I shall have to go, I've just been poked by Harold Shipman.

And so here we are............................Post no.1

And so here we are, my first post, and i guess there is only one place to start, little old me and why Iv decided to delve into the world of blogging.

Well I am currently doing a Ba HONS in Journalism at the Universtity Of Central Lancashire, and i thought it was about time to have a dip into that swirling pool of hype, lies, and gossip that is the online blog.

My vast array of interests contains many things, including film, music, sports, cars, books and all the usual fantastical things that a man of 21 gets up to. So I would guess its time for me to make a point of all this and actually talk about something.

I thought that as this is the first post on my online blog then I may aswell talk about how I feel about the internet in general. And so I also thought I may aswell kick off with that giant, hulking, blue monster that is Facebook.

Back in the day when Facebook was only a wee toddler, and was only for students, it seemed fresh and different. It was somewhere that you could chat to friends about uni life, and see what a mess you looked after taking advantage of all those student drinks offers in the local bars. Where a pint is one pound, a shot is 50 pence, (and if you listen to the media), crack flows from the taps as freely as the water.

These days though the nature of the beast has changed somewhat, and its not only for us sleep deprived, drinks guzzling students. Now anyone can get on Facebook, whether that be your Gran, your Mum, your brother or your dog, everyone can get involved and if you have a look you will see that they have.

Instead of hitting the bingo on a friday night it would seem as if most women of middle age will quite happily spend their evenings doing quizzes to find out when they will next get pregnant. Either that or rummage through all of your photos to find the one where you looked at your most stunningly legless among a group of what a appears to be a pack of hungry dogs. Then usually decide to leave a suitably embarassing comment along the lines of, "oh well atleast you seem to be having fun".

Which brings me to my next point on peoples tendancy to feel the need to broadcast their every breath all over their page. I mean dont get me wrong I could not be more interested in the type of sandwich you are eating or what you are doing inbetween your seemingly life assuring sessions of watching the X-factor, but is it really neccesary ? Though I am aware of my hypocrisy as I myself tend to be on Facebook quite alot, and do write the odd cheeky status update from time to time.

But I dont want to sound like im having a complete dig at it, because Im really not. Besides theres alot more to talk about, and things much more interesting than Facebook, but that can always wait until my next post.