Following up on another thread…
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of Facebook posts that are just plain, unadorned text on a solid-color image background, instead of an actual text status update.
Why?
What advantage does this confer?
Facebook has instituted the capability of adding background colors to your posts.
OH!
Shit, all this time I thought they were images.
It’s oddly jarring and annoying, isn’t it?
Yes, it is.
the definition of “facebook”
It allows everyone to do something to stand out, which means now nobody stands out.
Tom’s Law: As a social service grows in prominence, its similarity to MySpace approaches infinity.