Facebook

It's ironic.
Facebook is what they call a networking site. In large parts it is just that, and when its used that way its a beautiful thing. Facebook is also a good place to find lost friends of the past. But what I have found to be the main use of facebook is self-aggrandizing, and self promotion. People write about "themselves", their favorite songs, movies, and books. They write notes, and make witty and/or interesting statuses. Think about how easy it is to make yourself look at least 6 times cooler than you really are on facebook. The presentation of oneself that is put on facebook, may be the grossest exaggeration of that human being in the history of the world. Most of my friends are flawed, dirty, humans; regular people. But on facebook, I'm actually proud they're my friends! I am not exempt from the propensity to promote yours truly on facebook. It's too easy. It's ironic. It's sadly ironic. Because the point of facebook is to network and meet people, and make things happen in our world. But chances are the person you see on facebook is a cooler version of the actual person, and therefore not really the person. Therefore you may have 2,000 "friends" and none of their pages represent them truly. Of course, we never befriend people we don't already know, so this eases the phoniness a bit. But the irony remains. Facebook sadly has not lived up to it's potential. We can curb this trend though, by simply refusing to view facebook as an opportunity to push #1, but by seeing it as an opportunity to make a global impact in some sort of creative/positive way.
I don't know. It's still going to be difficult to not have the coolest statuses. I actually use facebook for this as much as anything myself. And you have to admit friends, I have a way with words.