By Community Correspondent Tasman Hogan

Facebook is every teenager’s best friend, and what better way to spend your evenings and/or mornings (if you’re fortunate enough to have a Blackberry/iPhone) browsing through profiles and leafing through photos?

The first thing we think about when arriving home from school is, ‘I wonder what’s on the homepage?’ or ‘I wonder if so-and-so has uploaded those risqué photos yet?’ It’s crazy. But… a new phenomenon has taken centre stage recently too, and involves the creation of groups. Now, there were the odd few before, most of them branching from popular bands, or things like ‘I LOVE AUSTRALIA – JOIN IF YOU DO!’ Yet now it seems that every one I come across contains some form of wit/humour or satire, or includes something vaguely concerning Harry Potter.

Then, there are the constant innuendoes, which become popular because every teen wants a bit of obscenity in their lives, I’ve come to realise. Not to mention the countless sexist jokes, which gain female fans as well as male, because of the sheer shock horror, blended with the flippant tone, suggesting they’re not to be taken too seriously.

And THEN, we’ve got the spin-off lines from singer, Kelis’ hit single, ‘Milkshake,’ giving birth to groups like, ‘My Schnitzel brings all the Germans to the yard, and they’re like… Guten Tag!’ Last of all, there are silly little ‘Become a Fan’ groups, which really get me in a tizz. They tease you with a tempting slogan and try to persuade you to join by clicking a button, which a lot of the time leads to nothing, or something terribly mundane.

So yes, groups do have their bad points, what with endless schemes to help promote and gain members. Overall though, I think it’s safe to say that Facebook is bursting at the seams with a load of comic geniuses who really know how to make us teens giggle.