The Great Facebook Experiment

You have probably noticed those annoying “see how many people” posts on Facebook. The posts are threats and if you don’t respond the person posting the threat will eliminate you from his or her friend list. The idea is if you don’t read and respond that person will unfriend you to clean up his or her friend list because it’s a nuisance to have too many friends I guess. I usually read and don’t respond because I want to see if the person is stating a sincere threat or just getting attention. So far, to the best of my knowledge, I have not lost one friend by not responding. Continue reading

Usurpation in Facebook

Have you converted to the new timeline in Facebook yet?  If not, do you have a Brady Bunch listing of smart phone friends on the left?  If so, have you noticed the order of friends changes slightly?  If so, do you ever wonder what happens when you log off Facebook?  Ever think that maybe they play some kind of King of the Hill game to determine who is the first friend when you log back on?  Have you ever logged off with one friend in the top spot and then log back on and that friend is now two slots to the right?  Ever speculate if it’s all part of a coup among all the gravatars?  Ever conjecture if there are tiny little uprisings when you’re logged off?  Yeah, me neither.