You know, I have enough people trying to make me feel guilty: PBS with their fund raisers, my mom on the phone, Hallmark with their insistence that I'm a bad friend who doesn't care enough to send the very best if I don't buy their cards.
Now Facebook is joining the guilt chorus.
I see in my suggestions column that they've taken to putting a friend's face there and saying, "You haven't connected with ___________ on Facebook in a while. Send______________ a message."
Better yet, they put: "Help make Facebook better for her."
What is the meaning of this shit? How did I become a Facebook charity work volunteer?
Why is Facebook telling me that I'm an uncaring asshole? Facebook is like one of those irritating, overbearing moms who always tried to mediate grade school conflicts:
Irritating, Overbearing Mom: Wendy, why can't you just forgive Saara for trying to steal your Little Pony, even though I'm sure her family can afford to buy her one and it was very rude of her.
Wendy: No! She's fat and ugly and I hate her!
See? And I understand Wendy's outrage. Truthfully, I still hate her too. Plus, I already had a Little Pony, I just took hers out of spite. And I'd do it again, bitch!
So Facebook, stop dropping unsubtle hints about friends I may be neglecting.
But if you still want to emulate an Irritating, Overbearing Mom, at least have the courtesy to carpool in an unflattering velour tracksuit, bathed in Elizabeth Arden perfume while you're doing it.
2 comments:
It really sucks when Facebook tells you to make Facebook better for someone that is dead.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/Facebook-Changes-Upset-Users-Reconnect-Feature-Suggests-Dead-Friends/Article/200910415417724?f=rss
I was wondering if that had ever happened! But you know, I'm surprised that some mystics haven't seized this opportunity. They could create a Facebook page just for the purpose of soliciting clients to "reconnect" with dead friends.
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