The Typology of Facebook Posts

(Previously Unpublished) 2010 - At the risk of losing all my so-called friends on FB, in another manifestation of the seven typology (everything comes in sevens) here are seven categories of FB Posts gleaned from my own account

1. Thought for the day- This variety of post is where a seemingly familar phrase/ quote is subtly altered to apparently evoke admiration in the audience as to the authors wit, intelligence and all round smarts. E.g "By a sudden and adroit movement I placed my left eye against his fist" or "Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense"

2. Inane minutaie of life- bathing the baby, grocery shopping, landed in london- you get the drift. Also known as the bore. "SH!T !!! I am still awake!!!" or " haiyah! so many things to do worr"

3. The picture fanatic- bathing the baby, grocery shopping, landed in london, but now with a hundred pictures. Nothing actually happens unless its photographed. The hidden Japanese in us. " My daughters 3rd Birthday" " Old school snaps". But the worst has to be " I just discovered a daily photo"

4. Farm Willies and Mafia Dicks- Where you take a farm, add some goons and all the horoscopes and crystal balls and psychics to the mix and end up in Cafe World

5. Completely incomprehensible- Examples-"In covalent bonding, the atoms that bond share two electrons, regardless of whether they are shaken or stirred!" or "Minnie mouse has a sore throat. So much for the entertainment today." or this one " had a blast in Bali with Corey Lolley, where we kicked it with much Bintang and Arak Attack, Black Stallion and Pink Pony, monologueing Lupus who put a ring on it, Babi Guling, and proved that human beings cannot resist the awesome power of the High Five." WTF??

6. Socio-Political sharers and do gooders-My politics is everybody's or should be, or how well read am I, asked the geek. #1-posts from TED, put up by me! Followed by the most esoteric crap I found on the web today "Making of-The world's biggest signpost" and finally I joined the group " Hope for Haiti-India cares"

7. Finally, the post-on-post- people who have to comment on everybody else's comments
"begum abida parveen at jahaan-e-khusro. mind blowing." followed by "i like this bcoz Shveta likes this... :)" what?

Enter your 8th here....

Comments

  1. paule'March 3, 2010 at 2:06 PM

    There are 1411 tigers left in India...200,000 people join this group...will there be 1412 then?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Kapil SethiMarch 4, 2010 at 3:05 PM

    lol

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownMarch 10, 2010 at 9:17 PM

    hahaha. this is precisely why i'm actively inactive on fb.

    ReplyDelete

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