The Musings of Scott

Inspired by a friend’s discomfort with the state of society and Facebook, I decided to write him a brief field guide to help him traverse the intimidating jungle that is the online community. This was written back 9/1/09 and has been reprinted with minor edits.

Narcissist

This one is obvious, and we’re all guilty of it at times. Reality TV without those annoying commercial breaks… because the only thing better than hearing yourself talk is reading it. Over and over. From sports stars to professional gurus of all flavors, you’ll be able to tolerate their posts for about 2 weeks before a mixture of nausea and rage sets in.

Confused Grandparent

You lost the Webcam I gave you for Christmas?

The only thing worse off than Medicare is family values. Let’s face it, how else are you going to hear from your family anymore these days.

Peeping Tom

Never seem to interact with the community at all but keep adding people… because hiding in the bushes with a night-vision zoom lens is soooo 20th century. Besides, we all know Facebook has much less spyware in it than porn sites. The recent privacy control changes no doubt infuriate them.

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