Months ago, Facebook introduced a feature – a box below one’s profile picture for users to “say something” about themselves. For many, this is a place to publish a personal creed, a meaningful quote, or a maxim summarizing the way they live their life.
For others, though, it’s just another way they can try to be funny. For example, Adam Berley took the invitation to “write something here” as a simple command. Below his profile picture reads, “something here.” Jim Walker’s confusion regarding the text box is evident: “what the fuck does this thing do?”
And then there are the more philosophical, the emos, the creative types. These are the types of people who put an ironic nickname in between their first and last name, or (even worse) spell their name foNETickly (phonetically) for Facebook’s sake. A fellow intern of mine from L.A. (who shall remain nameless and “nameless”) had a text box that reflected her concern for all of mankind: “My manifesto was not meant to be written in a 160-character text box.” Harrumph!
What does your text box say – more importantly, what does it say about you?
