Types Of Facebook Status Update
Lately I have seen a lot of my friends on Facebook are constantly updating their status. Some are even doing it on hourly basis. These updates have different targets and purposes. BBC News share a story where a man was convicted of murdering his wife, and one of the reasons was because she had changed her status to “single” only days after he moved out. He felt humiliated by her action and stabbed her with a kitchen knive.
Okay, that was pretty extreme. I would like to analyse some of the updates that are obvious. Let’s classify them based on the purpose of their status update, just for the fun of it! All examples here are real status updates taken from various people on my 600 friends list!
1. Campaigning their social activities! Building public awareness.
xxx (a friend’s name) Ben Bernanke extreme look-a-like at S’Bux on Conn Ave and R this morning. People asking for pics. One dude flipped him off.
xxx is anxious to vote already!!!!! GO OBIDEN !!!!
xxx is Berpikir dan terus berpikir : bagaimana caranya mengusir untuk selamanya perusahaan perusak lingkungan (PT Toba Pulp Lestari) dari seputar Danau Toba ?
2. Concern about current global/local condition.
xxx is in distress. She wonders how Aburizal Bakrie feels right now.
xxx is waiting for new release Ubuntu 8.10 next week!!
xxx Crazy INDONESIAN Support for Indonesian Players for Danish Open!!
3. Stating the obvious.
xxx is living the life.
xxx is all mixed up.
xxx is asik hujan,,ga panas lagi..hehehe!
4. Telling everyone about what they are doing.
xxx is stuck at suvarnablahblahblah airport!
xxx is unwinding with a few episodes of The Simpsons. Yeah!!
xxx is at McD Malioboro.
5. Trying to create new gossip!
xxx is mo jalan2 sama pacar yg luamaaaa skali datengnyaaaa… ^o^.
xxx is wishing to be able to tell the truth.
xxx ich vermisse dich!!!!!
6. Flirting with someone.
xxx is in love with….. ;)) haha.
xxx is very happy that she can smile again.
xxx is E sayang W.
7. Sending message to everyone.
xxx wanna go to Karimun Jawa!!! Ayo donk orang2!
xxx is looking some friends for Rihanna concert…
xxx is miSSiNg aLL oF yoU…FRIENDZ… =)
8. Has no importance whatsoever.
xxx is capek dh… bolak-balik WC… akit peyut pdhl ga merasa memakan sesuatu yang salah deeh..
xxx is having problem with her comp.’s speaker..arrghh @@&&##@@…my computer is officially dumb.
xxx is lagi hujan ga ada ojek… becek…becek.
The next time you want to update your facebook status, think about these categories and picture the message that you want convey, and hopefully you will be able to get it right 
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
*keselek*
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
knapa dho? ada status nya di situ yaa?? hahaha
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:59 pm
oom punya ku ga ada? (malah minta,hahaha)
anyway, itu yang no 6 yg ke 2 bukan flirting kali! itu dy merasa lega, udah ga merasa bersalah lagi…hihihi…
October 30th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
laah, dia malah minta dipasang hehehe…
November 29th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Nice post u have here
Added to my RSS reader
December 11th, 2008 at 10:09 am
hahahaha kok kategori curhat di FB ga ada bang?
dah lam ga bekunjung ke sini nih hehehehe