Posts Tagged ‘Status’

Many Facebook users will be relieved to know that the ability to hyperlink to names and pages in status updates will return shortly.
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Last week we learned of the outcome of Facebook’s lawsuit with Power Ventures aka Power.com – terms of service violations are not criminal offenses. This was somewhat of a loss for Facebook, and they don’t want users talking about it now.
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The changes that went along with the official beta release of Facebook Questions today make it slightly more difficult for users to write a regular status update. For users who have beta access to Facebook Questions, the old status update box is gone and it now takes two clicks to write a status update.
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While we love covering the news about Facebook, we couldn’t resist having a little fun and checking out some of the more entertaining things people were saying on Facebook. If you’re looking for controversy as well as jokes, look no further than Lebron James who had a 1 hour ESPN special dedicated to him last week as he chose the new team he was going to.
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While you would think most people would use common sense when posting status updates, it’s surprising how many ridiculous updates people post. We’ve compiled 7 of the most common status updates that people really shouldn’t be posting. Whether they’ll lose their job because of it, or simply are boring their friends with their status, below is seven Facebook status updates you should never post.
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One Facebook feature which many users are still unaware of is status tagging, which lets you reference your friends within each of your updates.. We get regular emails from people how to accomplish this and while the functionality may feel normal for Twitter users, most people still aren’t on Twitter, which makes tagging your friends a less intuitive feature. In this article we explain how to tag your friends and why you’d want to.
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I was in the process of writing a post today about the new ability that Facebook’s adding for users and Mike Arrington of course beat me to the punch. Mike is calling it the “Everyone Button” and while I can’t confirm that an “Everyone Button” is how it will be implemented, I can confirm that Facebook will be launching a tool to let users post public status updates. I’ve also heard that users will be able to subscribe to the public status feed of users, in a model that’s similar to Twitter.
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Yesterday tons of people wrote that my description of Facebook’s new status API as a “Twitter killer” was absolutely ludicrous. They claim that I don’t understand the difference between Facebook and Twitter and how Twitter is much more than just status updates. Trust me, I fully understand the difference between the two services. I would argue that the ability to “follow” people you aren’t connected to and the ability to @ reply (“at reply”) to other users is just a feature.
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Something about public proclamations tends to make them more official. Wedding vows, for instance, seem to seal the deal to all who are present. And Facebook relationship status updates kind of have the same effect. I guess that’s why it’s such a big deal that Prince Harry’s now ex-girlfriend Chelsea seemingly made their most recent break up official by changing her status on Facebook to no longer being in a relationship.

Most of us have been there before, either one of the participants of an ended relationship or a friend that merely witnesses the proclamation on our Facebook newsfeed. Not to mention, public proclamations on Facebook seem to be the trendy thing for celebrities to do these days. But why is Facebook, of all things, such a powerful factor in Harry and Chelsea’s breakup?
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That’s what Kara Swisher suggests this morning. I’ve been saying for weeks now that Facebook needs to hurry up and open their status API so they can put an end to Twitter’s growth but many people are skeptical of such a situation. The second best option would of course be to acquire the company. If you put two extremely hyped companies together do you create a lot of value though?
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