Facebook adds warnings to extremely tedious status updates
Facebook has begun adding warning messages to status updates on its site about food, photos of children and other content of an extremely tedious nature. The alert states: âWarning! This status update is EXTREMELY tedious and could seriously waste your time.â The move follows the social networksâ decision to allow users to post absolutely anything they want, including millions of posts containing the most mundane drivel ever conceived by mankind. Facebook user Simon Williams said the update had already affected his news feed, telling us, âAll I can see is a series of boxes with the warning âThe update you are about to read is incredibly boring, and may cause distress when you realise youâve wasted part of your life reading itâ.â âIâm not sure what Facebook is trying to tell me, I think perhaps that I need some new friends?â âI suppose I should be grateful to anything which helps filter out the unrelenting stream of tedious shite served up by the people I have for some reason chosen as âfriendsâ.â Social media consultants have welcomed the update, insisting that anything which prevents you reading boring statuses is incredibly valuable, right up until the point that your own statuses are marked as boring. Networking Consultant Shane Walden-SmytheÂ told us, âItâs a welcome update, for sure. But There are some problems with the Facebook algorithm at the moment.â âFor some reason it mistakenly marked my update about the new sandwiches in the canteen as âtedious beyond beliefâ.â âBut Iâm sure theyâll iron out the bugs soon enough.â