'You know the down side of the Facebook layout, that you sometimes get people’s photos albums? Well, now they’ve introduced ‘Memorable Status Updates’ … Really? Really?
Somehow Facebook can tell what status updates had emotive impact upon my brain, thus causing the event to be logged for later reference.
‘Memorable’ is highly subjective though. I doubt they use mind reading. I like to think it’s done by one guy, sitting in his cubicle at the Facebook offices. He just scrolls through every status. A dark room. Face lit by the pale glow of the monitor, shining off the slightly balding mans moist eyes and lips. A smile creeps across his face. ‘Oh yeah, that was a great one’ He clicks his ‘memorable’ button and thus it is.'
THAT’S ALL FOLKS FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF THE FIRST AND LAST EVER: MYLES TELLS YOU SOMETHING HIS BROTHER SAID ABOUT FACEBOOK CHANGES!!!!
Oh and talking about Facebook things, I got an emaill yesterday:
Sounds interesting, gonna follow it up.
I'm not sure if I've ever seen a memorable Facebook status update. But then, I don't have many great philosophers friended, either.
ReplyDeleteHaha!! You are probably right, the MSU's are selected by one guy in the Facebook offices. Spirit is right, I don't think I've ever seen a memorable one. Status updates are supposed to be "in the moment." Once the moment has passed, they are now stale, especially when they are presented without context. I have a facebook protest page if you would like to check it out.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/pages/FB-Lose-Memorable-Status-Updates-or-Give-us-Control/189147887795799