Lamebook > Facebook

By diane on September 23rd, 2009, 11:38 am 4 Comments

I’m sorry this post isn’t exactly art-related, but it is digital media and is relevant to our discussion about public and private space. I am actually glad we’re supposed to write blog entries so I can share this discovery with others (who hopefully haven’t heard of this yet). I urge you to visit this website!

Lamebook.com, at first glance, is a website with all the highlights of funny posts from Facebook. Some of the posts being so lame (hence the name) they are actually very humorous. Lamebook’s logo is a thumbs-down symbol, mocking Facebook’s thumbs-up “like option”. If you aren’t drawn in by the random selection of posts on the home page you can choose from categories such as: douchebags/douchebaguettes; personal problems; and typOHs. It’s certainly amusing and I have spent many hours myself reading Lamebook posts. But it’s more than just a fun and entertaining site to visit when you’re bored.

If you have a Facebook account, you probably have seen some ridiculous statuses, photos, comments, arguments, etc. written by some of your couple hundred “friends”. You’d be surprised though about some of the information people post on the internet (even on a private profile) virtually for the entire world to see. Speaking of which, I’m thinking of tying in the idea of private profiles on Facebook and how private they really are for my public/private space assignment. I’d be interested to hear other peoples’ opinions on this concept.

Lamebook mocks our pathetic need to publicly broadcast our hour-to-hour feelings and whereabouts. I thought I was the only one who was annoyed by seeing my Facebook friends’ unnecessary detailed daily itinerary. Looking deeper than just the humor of Lamebook posts, it made me more aware of just how much personal information on millions of people there is and how quickly it is spread over the Internet via social networking sites. I’m sure this causes many privacy issues. There are twelve-year-olds with Facebook accounts uploading photos of themselves and way too much personal information than I’m sure their parents would be comfortable having on the Internet.

I probably spent forty minutes on Facebook today. It is addictive to have so much information and photos on virtually everyone you went to high school with at your fingertips. I also spent about an hour on Lamebook.com today. I learned a bit about today’s social networking culture – but more importantly – I was entertained by hilarious posts.

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