Facebook, the social networking site that seems to be dominating more and more teenagers lives every day. With over one billion active users, Mark Zuckerberg will forever be in the history books. But it doesn’t just stop there. Oh no, there is a lot more to Facebook than may first meet the eye. One key example would be the term ‘Facebook Snob.’ A term that had been unbeknown to me until a few minutes ago. So what does it mean and are you one?
It seems that there are three characteristics that you could bear that would make you one such ‘Facebook Snob’. Let us begin with the first and possibly the simplest. A ‘Facebook Snob’ according to the Urban Dictionary is “Someone who denies your request to add them as a friend on Facebook because he/she thinks that you aren't good enough to be added to their list.” What would possess anyone to put such thought into the decision as to whether to accept a friend request or not is beyond me. I don’t know about you but my thought process usually goes along the lines of; do I know this person? Yes – accept. No – decline. Ok to be fair I have been known to do a little interrogating of those strangers out of curiosity. You know just to see why on earth they would go around adding someone they’ve never come across before. But who hasn’t? Nevertheless, it seems that already it can be deducted that these snobs are of the type that want the perfect Facebook profile without a single blip or question to be asked by those lucky enough to be granted access to their online clique.
The second definition from the Urban Dictionary that, if you match, would win you the attribute lottery and pronounce you a ‘Facebook Snob’ is “When a person rejects your friend request, leaves it in pending request mode OR adds you, but blocks ALL their information and photos from you.” Well this is just right down pointless. It is like they consider themselves as some high and mighty social networking prince or princess. That they must consider carefully and weigh up the pros and cons before they put in their final decision as to whether you’ve made it through to their Facebook friend’s list. Is it really that much of a special achievement? Most of the people I know aren’t even really that close with the majority of their Facebook friends. A lot of people see a friend request more as a ‘Do you know who this person is?’ request. Furthermore, what kind of person “adds you, but blocks all their information and photos from you”. It’s as if they don’t really want to accept you but then they don’t want to seem mean. Therefore, out of the kindness of their heart they accept you but just prevent you from interacting with them in anyway. So basically as if you’re not friends but you are...
The third and final definition that Urban Dictionary had enlightened us with is; “A person who insists they were using Facebook back when it was limited to college students, implying he/she was at some time more awesome than others currently using Facebook. This is usually followed by a vague comment reminiscing about the good ol’ days.” Oh dear…it looks like the OAPs of the Facebook world have dawned upon us. Before you know it they will be asking for a ‘Freedom Pass’ giving them some sort of access to exclusive features! In addition, I’m not sure that knowing about all the different forms of Facebook that have been around is necessarily a good thing. Surely it means that perhaps you have studied the ins and outs of the site just a tad too much. It’s a website not a GCSE textbook!
Hopefully after reading through these three definitions you have discovered that you don’t tick any of the boxes that would make you a ‘Facebook Snob’. If you do then I would quite like to know which school you go to and why you haven’t filmed a remake of Mean Girls. It seems that not just Facebook but the media in general has influenced our generation hugely. Not all in negative ways but nonetheless, a real life version of North shore High does not exactly sound like the best thing in the world.
In conclusion, it’s just not worth the effort that it takes to be a ‘Facebook Snob’. Anyone who even has the time to but that much thought into their every move should probably take up a hobby. And that’s a real hobby because no Facebooking does not count.
