Social Networking Exhibitionists Breaking Down the Facebook Status Update

Recipe: Facebook Status The game’s still the same old Keeping Up With the Joneses — but now it’s weirder, more impersonal, and each word much be chosen carefully. Carefully Name Drop 2. Undershare fabulousness Complain Self-aggrandize via self deprecation 5. Project

The game’s still the same old Keeping Up With the Joneses — but now it’s weirder, more impersonal, and each word much be chosen carefully.

Carefully Name Drop

2. Undershare fabulousness

Complain

Self-aggrandize via self deprecation

5. Project

Use Caution during Construction Give away too much, and you’re a braggart with no respect for personal privacy “ I’ m having dinner with Bill Self! (You are a moron with no decency) Give away too little, and it’s pointless “ I ’m having dinner with a friend!” (Great, so you have at least one friend).

Give away too much, and you’re a braggart with no respect for personal privacy

“ I’ m having dinner with Bill Self!

(You are a moron with no decency)

Give away too little, and it’s pointless

“ I ’m having dinner with a friend!”

(Great, so you have at least one friend).

Four Categories 1. Prosaic : What I am doing now “ Kristen is trying to get the motivation to go run her two miles! buuuuut I like being lazy! : ( boo! ” 2. Informative: Stuff I found somewhere else “ i fell in love at the apple store --> really, it happens every time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?” 3. Clever and funny: Intelligent, joking “ Homecoming: destroyer of grades. The time is upon us. ” 4. Poetic or nonsensical: Lyrics, vague emotions “ I feel like I'm in debt, full of panic and regret ”

1. Prosaic : What I am doing now

“ Kristen is trying to get the motivation to go run her two miles! buuuuut I like being lazy! : ( boo! ”

2. Informative: Stuff I found somewhere else

“ i fell in love at the apple store --> really, it happens every time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?”

3. Clever and funny: Intelligent, joking

“ Homecoming: destroyer of grades. The time is upon us. ”

4. Poetic or nonsensical: Lyrics, vague emotions

“ I feel like I'm in debt, full of panic and regret ”

does anyone have some extra space cash? i'm not asking you, finland . 1 like 1 comment So if you take "single" off your profile, you stop getting ads for slutacious meetups 3 comment O met Zach Brown. No, not Zac Brown. The one I met is 8. And I destroyed him at Nintendo Wii Wakeboarding. 1 like 3 comments i subsequently went with each day's current password when i signed up for everything else. (this probably earns an MLIA label) 1 like plotting my kansas trip. 6 likes getting high. erm... runner's high, that is. 1 like, 1 comment mom: wi ll you sign me up for a craigslist account so I can sell this chandelier? Me: Yo u don’t need an account mom. It’s anonymous. That’s why people get murdered. 5 like, 3 comment my highlights section on fb may as well be called my high schoolers section. Thanks, wazi. Running again. Bum knee took a vacation, I guess. This brings optimism, in many lights. I feel ept..errr, apt. not inept. Why isn’t it inapt? Regardless, I feel apt. 2 comments

does anyone have some extra space cash? i'm not asking you, finland . 1 like 1 comment

So if you take "single" off your profile, you stop getting ads for slutacious meetups 3 comment

O met Zach Brown. No, not Zac Brown. The one I met is 8. And I destroyed him at Nintendo Wii Wakeboarding. 1 like 3 comments

i subsequently went with each day's current password when i signed up for everything else. (this probably earns an MLIA label) 1 like

plotting my kansas trip. 6 likes

getting high. erm... runner's high, that is. 1 like, 1 comment

mom: wi ll you sign me up for a craigslist account so I can sell this chandelier? Me: Yo u don’t need an account mom. It’s anonymous. That’s why people get murdered. 5 like, 3 comment

my highlights section on fb may as well be called my high schoolers section. Thanks, wazi.

Running again. Bum knee took a vacation, I guess. This brings optimism, in many lights.

I feel ept..errr, apt. not inept. Why isn’t it inapt? Regardless, I feel apt. 2 comments

1. actually had a really fun time at The Hawk last night. Who knew? 2. would like to thank KU athletes for making his day so much more interesting . 5 comment 3. is excited to see Badfish tomorrow. 4. is pumped for Badfish and then DMB! An awesome month for concerts. 5. is work, work, work. Hello, kids. How are you? I missed you 6. T hinks you should submit ideas for the next Gameday Shirt at www.kansan.com. Winner gets a signed KU bball. 7. S TEP ONE: GO TO WWW.KANSAN.COM STEP TWO: CLICK ON SEARCH FOR THE SHIRT LINK STEP THREE: SUBMIT YOUR AWESOME SLOGAN IDEA GRAND PRIZE: SIGNED BALL BY '09-'10 MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM! PRIZES INCLUDE IPOD TOUCH, IPOD NANO, IPOD SHUFFLE! 8. is excited to see his grandparents and his mom today. Happy birthday, mommy. 3 comment 9. thinks you should stop by tonight to help me celebrate my 21st bday. 9 PM. Be there. 7 comments 10. W ants everyone to save some time for his 21st birthday party. It's Tuesday at his house. More details later. 1 like, 11 comments

1. actually had a really fun time at The Hawk last night. Who knew?

2. would like to thank KU athletes for making his day so much more interesting . 5 comment

3. is excited to see Badfish tomorrow.

4. is pumped for Badfish and then DMB! An awesome month for concerts.

5. is work, work, work. Hello, kids. How are you? I missed you

6. T hinks you should submit ideas for the next Gameday Shirt at www.kansan.com. Winner gets a signed KU bball.

7. S TEP ONE: GO TO WWW.KANSAN.COM STEP TWO: CLICK ON SEARCH FOR THE SHIRT LINK STEP THREE: SUBMIT YOUR AWESOME SLOGAN IDEA GRAND PRIZE: SIGNED BALL BY '09-'10 MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM! PRIZES INCLUDE IPOD TOUCH, IPOD NANO, IPOD SHUFFLE!

8. is excited to see his grandparents and his mom today. Happy birthday, mommy. 3 comment

9. thinks you should stop by tonight to help me celebrate my 21st bday. 9 PM. Be there. 7 comments

10. W ants everyone to save some time for his 21st birthday party. It's Tuesday at his house. More details later. 1 like, 11 comments

1. For Brenna's birthday I got her a hug from Jacque Vaughn. 2 comments 2. Armed and dangerous. Ain't too many can bang with us. 1 like 3. Home sick, lame. The boys and I are blasting Girl Talk, pretending like we're on X and rearranging the house. 4. Went to trivia so I could get out of the house. Huge mistake. Way too sick for that. I'm shit-talking my body to instigate it into bouncing back. 1 comment 5. Never copy and past from IMDB. Too many typos. 6 . I think you're all f***ed in the head. We're ten hours from the f***ing fun park and you want to bail out. Well I'll tell you something. This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. I'm gonna have fun and you're gonna have fun. We're all gonna have so much f***ing fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our goddamned smiles. 1 comment 7. My voice disappeared. I sound like Ray Lamontagne mid serenade. 2 like, 4 comments Amazing!! http://www. collegehumor .com/video:1922022 2 like 8. I'd murder some In-N-Out right now. 1 comment 1. HAHAHAHAHA. Obviously made by a high school freshman who's seen too many Kate Hudson movies. Picture is hilarious! 2 comments 2. Watched my sister play tennis then took her on a fancy date. I told her if a man doesn't take her somewhere as nice as where we were to not even walk through the door, because she's worth at least that much. 14 comments 5 likes

1. For Brenna's birthday I got her a hug from Jacque Vaughn. 2 comments

2. Armed and dangerous. Ain't too many can bang with us. 1 like

3. Home sick, lame. The boys and I are blasting Girl Talk, pretending like we're on X and rearranging the house.

4. Went to trivia so I could get out of the house. Huge mistake. Way too sick for that. I'm shit-talking my body to instigate it into bouncing back. 1 comment

5. Never copy and past from IMDB. Too many typos.

6 . I think you're all f***ed in the head. We're ten hours from the f***ing fun park and you want to bail out. Well I'll tell you something. This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. I'm gonna have fun and you're gonna have fun. We're all gonna have so much f***ing fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our goddamned smiles. 1 comment

7. My voice disappeared. I sound like Ray Lamontagne mid serenade. 2 like, 4 comments

Amazing!! http://www. collegehumor .com/video:1922022 2 like

8. I'd murder some In-N-Out right now. 1 comment

1. HAHAHAHAHA. Obviously made by a high school freshman who's seen too many Kate Hudson movies. Picture is hilarious! 2 comments

2. Watched my sister play tennis then took her on a fancy date. I told her if a man doesn't take her somewhere as nice as where we were to not even walk through the door, because she's worth at least that much. 14 comments 5 likes

1. boo-ya macbook. tell me i don't have space now after a 500gig upgrade. 3 comments 2. n eeds another similarity between china and India 6 comments 3. KU vs. Southern Miss game photos... 1 comments 4. if you know anything about the basketball/football fights, call me 5. tagging friends with an @ sign? am i on twitter or facebook? 1 like 6. still tired 7. has searched my room top to bottom. searched my entire camera bag. searched my trash can. no memory cards. wtf 8. Kansanphotos.com for northern Colorado game photos 9. At the game 1 like 10. is 22. thanks for all the birthday wishes. 6 comments

1. boo-ya macbook. tell me i don't have space now after a 500gig upgrade. 3 comments

2. n eeds another similarity between china and India 6 comments

3. KU vs. Southern Miss game photos... 1 comments

4. if you know anything about the basketball/football fights, call me

5. tagging friends with an @ sign? am i on twitter or facebook? 1 like

6. still tired

7. has searched my room top to bottom. searched my entire camera bag. searched my trash can. no memory cards. wtf

8. Kansanphotos.com for northern Colorado game photos

9. At the game 1 like

10. is 22. thanks for all the birthday wishes. 6 comments

1. 22. Woo hoo! 2 likes 7 comments 2. Kansan.com: Video of basketball players being escorted in a van away from Wescoe 12 comments 3. Watching Ricky House on Leno!!! 2 likes 5 comments 4. Looking for old pics and stumbling across LNOP/Barn party. Buzzwords: Toga, Jorgo's speech, Nerf gun, Thursday nights, dance trains... 5. Anybody see Taylor Swift when she came to campus in April and take a pic of her/with her? 2 comment 6. Any girls in Lawrence ever go back to read the classics like "The Secret Garden," "Harriet the Spy" or books by Madeline L'Engle, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary? 3 like, 6 comments 7. Salina bound. 2 comments 8. FYI: The memorial game for Chris is tomorrow at 1 p.m. but it will be at the soccer complex, not Bill Burke. 9. I'll be heading to Salina Sunday afternoon/night from Lawrence. If anyone from the area wants to carpool, message me! 4 comments 10. RIP Chris. We will miss you...

1. 22. Woo hoo! 2 likes 7 comments

2. Kansan.com: Video of basketball players being escorted in a van away from Wescoe 12 comments

3. Watching Ricky House on Leno!!! 2 likes 5 comments

4. Looking for old pics and stumbling across LNOP/Barn party. Buzzwords: Toga, Jorgo's speech, Nerf gun, Thursday nights, dance trains...

5. Anybody see Taylor Swift when she came to campus in April and take a pic of her/with her? 2 comment

6. Any girls in Lawrence ever go back to read the classics like "The Secret Garden," "Harriet the Spy" or books by Madeline L'Engle, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary? 3 like, 6 comments

7. Salina bound. 2 comments

8. FYI: The memorial game for Chris is tomorrow at 1 p.m. but it will be at the soccer complex, not Bill Burke.

9. I'll be heading to Salina Sunday afternoon/night from Lawrence. If anyone from the area wants to carpool, message me! 4 comments

10. RIP Chris. We will miss you...

Is actually liking kcpt and it’s not mr rogers.. My sister at 13 is more popular than I am at 21. Wtf. 4 like, 7 comments plaza art fair! 1 like Today was the most stressful The Kansan has seen yet this semester. It was also the most fun I've had as a journalist. Ever. 3 like, 5 comment Jennifer torline chair bouncing (video) 3 like, 2 comment quote from stats prof: "we take this here by that there, divided by that other one, and we get the answer by magic." I NOW understand why i don't get stats. 1 like, 2 comment The bus drivers make it sound like you're at a rodeo... Whatever has happened to them, I love it 2 comment short video in honor of Kelsey and David's engagement. May you two always feel the joy, passion and love you feel now. We love you so much!! On YouTube: http://www. youtube .com/watch? v=JxvFA1xx734 8 like, 20 comment i just brewed coffee in the newsroom. this is monumental. 4 like, 5 comment this week has beat me to a pulp. one more test, then the weekend! 1 like

Is actually liking kcpt and it’s not mr rogers..

My sister at 13 is more popular than I am at 21. Wtf. 4 like, 7 comments

plaza art fair! 1 like

Today was the most stressful The Kansan has seen yet this semester. It was also the most fun I've had as a journalist. Ever. 3 like, 5 comment

Jennifer torline chair bouncing (video) 3 like, 2 comment

quote from stats prof: "we take this here by that there, divided by that other one, and we get the answer by magic." I NOW understand why i don't get stats. 1 like, 2 comment

The bus drivers make it sound like you're at a rodeo... Whatever has happened to them, I love it 2 comment

short video in honor of Kelsey and David's engagement. May you two always feel the joy, passion and love you feel now. We love you so much!! On YouTube: http://www. youtube .com/watch? v=JxvFA1xx734 8 like, 20 comment

i just brewed coffee in the newsroom. this is monumental. 4 like, 5 comment

this week has beat me to a pulp. one more test, then the weekend! 1 like

1. is updating her Facebook status to help out Haley Jones . 1 like 1 comment 2. is desperate for fall break. 1 like 3. TGIT. 3 like, 1 comment 4. Relive the entire KU vs. USM football game in 2 minutes and 15 seconds: http://bit.ly/heY6B Another time-lapse brought to you by UDK Photo. 1 comment 5. had an interesting weekend, which included watching her mom chug a beer for her 50th birthday. Bet you can't say that. 1 like, 2 comment 6. once again needs to get better soon. Maybe tomorrow? ... Here's hoping. 7. can't decide if it would be better to sleep today in hope of feeling better or to do homework in hope of getting a head start on this week that is sure to kick her ass. 1 comment 8. Cuh-cuh-Cunningham. 1 like, 1 comment 9. thinks Greer Adkins-Heljeson is a princess. 1 like, 2 comment 10. doesn't know how to do this @ reply thing on Facebook. Is it the same as Twitter? Someone help? 2 comment

1. is updating her Facebook status to help out Haley Jones . 1 like 1 comment

2. is desperate for fall break. 1 like

3. TGIT. 3 like, 1 comment

4. Relive the entire KU vs. USM football game in 2 minutes and 15 seconds: http://bit.ly/heY6B Another time-lapse brought to you by UDK Photo. 1 comment

5. had an interesting weekend, which included watching her mom chug a beer for her 50th birthday. Bet you can't say that. 1 like, 2 comment

6. once again needs to get better soon. Maybe tomorrow? ... Here's hoping.

7. can't decide if it would be better to sleep today in hope of feeling better or to do homework in hope of getting a head start on this week that is sure to kick her ass. 1 comment

8. Cuh-cuh-Cunningham. 1 like, 1 comment

9. thinks Greer Adkins-Heljeson is a princess. 1 like, 2 comment

10. doesn't know how to do this @ reply thing on Facebook. Is it the same as Twitter? Someone help? 2 comment

1. Will I be depressed if I ever reach the day when "smooth jazz" becomes enjoyable? At what age does *anybody* like smooth jazz? 3 comments 2. W hen I found out Sandy wanted to write himself into a scene as Queen Cleopatra, I was aroused, and then furious. 3 comments 3. RT @TheLiveFeed: Top 10 reasons not to nail your staff: #1. Extortion. http://bit. ly/ZqtDI 4. I can't read the tweets on Trending Topics. It's a foreign language to me Laughing outloud at this: http://bit. ly/RLRYa 3 comment 5. Boston + Black Eyed Peas = this: http://bit.ly/13mSgg 1 comment 6. T @poniewozik: The ultimate lesson of Scooby Doo: most great crimes are inspired by real estate. 7. One day this will be funny. RT @nytimes: U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio http://bit.ly/20WQxP 8. One day this will be funny. RT @nytimes: U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio http://bit.ly/20WQxP 3 comment 3 like 9. Oh ma goodness http://bit.ly/lQX82 2 comment 10. Sorry, "cool dad" from Modern Family, but TV doesn't need another Michael Scott. I'm not even sure television needs ANY Michael Scotts

1. Will I be depressed if I ever reach the day when "smooth jazz" becomes enjoyable? At what age does *anybody* like smooth jazz? 3 comments

2. W hen I found out Sandy wanted to write himself into a scene as Queen Cleopatra, I was aroused, and then furious. 3 comments

3. RT @TheLiveFeed: Top 10 reasons not to nail your staff: #1. Extortion. http://bit. ly/ZqtDI

4. I can't read the tweets on Trending Topics. It's a foreign language to me Laughing outloud at this: http://bit. ly/RLRYa 3 comment

5. Boston + Black Eyed Peas = this: http://bit.ly/13mSgg 1 comment

6. T @poniewozik: The ultimate lesson of Scooby Doo: most great crimes are inspired by real estate.

7. One day this will be funny. RT @nytimes: U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio http://bit.ly/20WQxP

8. One day this will be funny. RT @nytimes: U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio http://bit.ly/20WQxP 3 comment 3 like

9. Oh ma goodness http://bit.ly/lQX82 2 comment

10. Sorry, "cool dad" from Modern Family, but TV doesn't need another Michael Scott. I'm not even sure television needs ANY Michael Scotts

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