Facebook privacy notice status updates âeven less effective than homeopathyâ
Copying and pasting a lengthy status update asking Facebook not to invade your privacy has finally been classified as the least effective thing on the planet, according to experts this morning. The viral Facebook status takes the crown of âleast effective thing in the worldâ from former record holder, homeopathy. The massive rise in people cutting and pasting a two-hundred word status update in the hope that Facebook will stop advertisers targeting them has been likened to people buying sugar pills thinking they make them better. Efficacy analyst Simon Williams, told us, âPosting this privacy notice on your Facebook page is about as effective as standing in your back garden and screaming, âI declare privacy!â â i.e. not very.â âShort of giving people an IQ test, this Facebook status message is the next best thing for spotting a borderline simpleton.â âIf you want to spot a moron, just take a look at theirÂ Facebook profile for this privacy status update, or look in their medicine cabinet for homeopathy sugar pills.â âBoth are sure-fire signs that the person is ill-equippedÂ in the cranial area.â It was long believed that nothing would ever be classified as less effective than homeopathy, but WilliamsÂ insists the new trend for users posting lengthy status updates demandingÂ Facebook give them theirÂ privacy leave homeopathy trailing. He told us, âAt least Homeopathy has the placebo effect, but unfortunately just thinking youâre becoming more private doesnât actually make you any more private.â âIf anything, the subsequent false sense of privacy makes you even less private about what you sayÂ and do.â âItâs like taking homeopathy as an AIDS treatment, if the sugar pill actually gave you AIDS.â