An ode to the Facebook 'is' |
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 Dec 13 2007, 03:43 PM
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 Senior Member  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,095 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 171,080  |
Sad day, seeing you go
You used to make me hate typing in status updates I couldn't do it without talking in present tense I complained about you when Facebook revamped But apparently you were a part of their heart But alas, I'll carry on, my wayward son |
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Dec 13 2007, 03:50 PM
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 Jake - The Unholy Trinity / Premiscuous Poeteer. Group: Member Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 411,316 |
^gay.
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Dec 13 2007, 03:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,095 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 171,080 |
Only for you
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Dec 13 2007, 03:58 PM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
uh...
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Dec 13 2007, 04:03 PM
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te quiero Group: Banned Posts: 472 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 467,840 |
Everytime I hear that song, I think of Guitar Hero II.
But yeah, I kinda miss the "is." My statuses weren't supposed to make sense and now... they almost have to. |
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Dec 13 2007, 04:04 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
OH I GET IT NOW! It's the song. LOL
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Dec 13 2007, 04:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,095 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 171,080 |
No Eddie, it's about the removal of the 'is' from the Facebook status update thing.
One of my friends flipped out when they saw that you could delete it now, so I thought I'd overreact about it, too. |
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| *CowerPointyObjects* |
Dec 13 2007, 04:06 PM
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I might be in the minority, but I rather liked the "is."
It was very, um, facebook. Although, it might be best, because sometimes I start to think in facebook status terms. ...I didn't just admit that. |
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Dec 13 2007, 04:07 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Well the Myspace system still has that as well. I guess if you're creative or you're good with grammar, you can turn "_____ is" to anything.
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Dec 13 2007, 04:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,095 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 171,080 |
I don't use Myspace.
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Dec 13 2007, 04:09 PM
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te quiero Group: Banned Posts: 472 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 467,840 |
QUOTE I might be in the minority, but I rather liked the "is." It was very, um, facebook. Although, it might be best, because sometimes I start to think in facebook status terms. ...I didn't just admit that. Haha, that's funny. I think I might do that subconsciously once in a while. The most nerdy facebook moment was when I was discussing forking with a friend of mine and he didn't believe you could "fork" somebody and I was like... "yeah, you can, fork is totally a verb in the superpoke application on facebook." |
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Dec 13 2007, 04:09 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Oh, well...um...no one's perfect? lol.
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Dec 13 2007, 04:09 PM
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 Addict Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,918 Joined: Jun 2007 Member No: 538,522 |
Yeah I heard about this - there was a group on Facebook with millions of members campaigning to get the 'is' removed. Wow. And I thought *I* had time on my hands.
/flips out. |
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| *CowerPointyObjects* |
Dec 13 2007, 04:09 PM
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I don't use myspace either. I don't like it at all. Therefore I really have no idea what you're talking about, Eddie.
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Dec 13 2007, 04:11 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
DAMMIT!
::sits down in corner:: |
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Dec 13 2007, 04:49 PM
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 no u Group: Member Posts: 135 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 237,372 |
What? This is crap. The final straw making facebook like that other, abominable social networking site. The "is" always gave me a grammatical challenge, a chance for me to flex my most erotic muscle. You could say anything you wanted, you just had to edit the tenses and phrasing a bit.
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Dec 13 2007, 05:04 PM
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 ALLISON Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,372 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 310,259 |
You can still type "is" into it.
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Dec 13 2007, 05:52 PM
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 we go a-drowning Group: Member Posts: 964 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 519,725 |
i miss the simple uploader thinger whatever.
now its called interface. so boring |
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Dec 13 2007, 05:56 PM
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Addict Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,918 Joined: Jun 2007 Member No: 538,522 |
QUOTE(sheridan_whiteside @ Dec 13 2007, 04:49 PM)  What? This is crap. The final straw making facebook like that other, abominable social networking site. The "is" always gave me a grammatical challenge, a chance for me to flex my most erotic muscle. You could say anything you wanted, you just had to edit the tenses and phrasing a bit. Haha, funnily enough you're not alone. There was an article in the paper recently about the challenges of starting each status with 'is'. Personally, I'm glad it's gone - though for the life of me I don't know what to put myself as doing now. |
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Dec 13 2007, 06:00 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
I prefer Facebook without the "is," but I'll kind of miss it, haha.
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Dec 14 2007, 12:17 AM
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Jake - The Unholy Trinity / Premiscuous Poeteer. Group: Member Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 411,316 |
QUOTE(Spencer @ Dec 13 2007, 03:56 PM) Only for you But it's still gay. Face book is for fags who who have nothing better to do in life. For example... When I had a face book, I would see a new application in my notifications every god damned day. You know how annoying that is? Yeah, I hear you can turn it off, but it's the principle of the matter. And the matter is that Facebook if for homo's, and homo-friendly people alike. To think that some one actually sits there at his computer, assembling such a "masterpiece" so that two people will actually use it, and a week later, completely forget he added it to his profile. Not to mention that they sold out and now let everyone, in college or not, use Facebook. Wow. That's all I have to say. Just back away, and keep it cool, mah man. Just back away. |
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Dec 14 2007, 12:26 AM
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 <3<3<3<3 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,177 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,779 |
woooooooooot.
I told all my friends and they made fun of me for being so excited for it. ahahah. |
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Dec 14 2007, 01:53 AM
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 Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
Yeah, Facebook is nothing but annoying to me anyway. All those stupid app invites and everything and I hate that you can't customize. I'm a creative person. I need to create. Only reason I have one is because some of my friends use it as opposed to MySpace. I still like MySpace a lot more than Facebook.
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Dec 14 2007, 02:16 AM
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 in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
^ I actually like that you can't customize (not much, anyway). I hate blinding background and ugly font. Annoying applications aside, Facebook is awesome.
And about the "is" being gone...about freaking time. |
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Dec 14 2007, 02:25 AM
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 :) Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,636 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,459 |
Wow, I didn't even realize it was gone until just now. xD I suck at life.
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Dec 14 2007, 02:25 AM
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Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
Never been an issue for me. At least, nothing worth complaining about. Maybe that person likes blinding you with their background and their ugly font.
 I mean, it's their profile. It should be their choice.
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| *CowerPointyObjects* |
Dec 14 2007, 02:27 AM
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QUOTE(gigiopolis @ Dec 14 2007, 02:16 AM) ^ I actually like that you can't customize (not much, anyway). I hate blinding background and ugly font. Annoying applications aside, Facebook is awesome. Agreeeeeeed. Most people have really shitty taste, and it makes myspace miserable. Nevermind all of those other things that make myspace miserable. |
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Dec 14 2007, 02:27 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,645 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,975 |
Oh yeah, I noticed that today. First myspace removed the "is", and now facebook did. I really don't care, but I usually use "is" anyway. Also, like Eddie said, you can pretty much make your status say what you want with the "is" still there.
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Dec 14 2007, 02:29 AM
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Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
Let's not forget that without customization, there would be no createblog.
kehe. |
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Dec 14 2007, 02:31 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,071 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,748 |
I got pretty excited when the 'is' disappeared...and thus changed my status to state that.
 Haha...yeahhh. I'm a facebook freak.
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