An infographic released by printer ink retailer Cartridgesave, reveals that 62% respondents updated their Facebook status once a day, of which more than half were 2 lines long.
If one should print all the status updates made in a year, you’d need as much paper as it would take to produce half a million Oxford English dictionaries, and as much cash as it would take to build two London Eyes.
Would you read the book of Facebook status updates if it was available? I fear you would need a few thousand lives to complete it.
Most people, at least have a rough idea of what they are going to do for the day, tomorrow, or this week. You are reading this post today, but who can say for certain that you will be able to visit the site tomorrow. It’s a grim thought, right?
But, for those of you who live your life on Facebook, there is a small consolation least the unfortunate happens – updating your status after you die – because Facebook profiles don’t die the same way people do.
A Facebook app called “If I Die” lets you post a final message to your wall and loved one after you’re gone.
The app lets you record your final thoughts in a video or leave your loved ones as many messages (wishes, encouragement, goodbyes or just about anything), and then choose three “trustees” (Facebook friends) who are charged with verifying your death. When your trustees confirm your death, your messages will be published either all at once to your Facebook wall or according to a designated schedule.
Wilook, the Israel-based company behind the app, built the app because nobody really know when the grim reaper will visit us. “We all have things to say and don’t necessarily have the audience with the patience to hear us,” says Eran Alfonta, the app’s co-founder and CEO.
Mashable reported that, Alfonta got the idea when two of his friends, after they narrowly escaped a fatal car crash on a trip to Italy without their children, asked him to create a website where they could record something secret to their kids that would only be sent if they die.
I am sure, many of you will have different opinions about getting ready for this inevitable thing in our life in general and the app in particular. So, don’t forget share your views with us.
Have you started seeing ads that is related to what you were just talking about on Facebook?
If so, you may be one among the 1% (6 million) of the Facebook users on whom Facebook has started testing real-time advertisement.
According to Ad Age, in this type of advertisement, programs with complex algorithm will perform real-time data mining of status updates and wall posts, and delivery relevant ads immediately.
For example: If you update your relationship status to “Engaged”, you could get ads about wedding venues, wedding dresses, or jewelries etc.
Data mining isn’t new on Facebook. Earlier in January, Facebook introduced sponsored stories, which transplants what users say about brands as an ad on the side bar.
Facebook has been delivering targeted ads by collecting wall posts and status updates of users, but never on a real-time basis.
With real-time delivery, according to Ad Age, “the mere mention of having a baby, running a marathon, buying a power drill or wearing high-heeled shoes is transformed into an opportunity to serve immediate ads.”
What do you think about Facebook ads and these real-time ads?
Facebook, the largest social-networking site has just realeased its year-end lists introducing Facebook Memology.
“Memology” refers to the study of how “memes,” or new ideas and trends, are spreading on Facebook.
The data is said to be harvested from tracking (anonymously) millions of Facebook status updates throughout the year.
Many significant new events and celebrities made the list, but more personal topics like family, religion and even emerging digital slang were as common, which undoubtly reflects the way people share their daily lives with friends on Facebook.
Cutting short of the suspense, here is the top five Status Trends of 2009.
