- Category:
- Just for Fun - Facebook Classics
- Description:
- We can't stand the fact that Facebook forces you to use the word "is" in your status update. Join this group to tell Facebook to remove "is" from status updates. No more "John Smith is wanting ice cream". Instead, the much easier and nicer: "John Smith wants ice cream".
Invite as many friends as you can to join this group. - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
Sarah
Petition to Get Rid of "is" from Facebook Status Update!
Join- Name:
- Petition to Get Rid of "is" from Facebook Status Update!
- Category:
- Just for Fun - Facebook Classics
- Description:
- We can't stand the fact that Facebook forces you to use the word "is" in your status update. Join this group to tell Facebook to remove "is" from status updates. No more "John Smith is wanting ice cream". Instead, the much easier and nicer: "John Smith wants ice cream".
Invite as many friends as you can to join this group. - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
- News:
- *** WE DID IT! ***
That's right! The dreaded "is" is gone!
Congratulations to the 182,015 (as of midnight on Thursday, December 13, 2007) of who helped make this a reality!
Now we need to find something else in the world to fix.
Please help digg this story. It is currently the top digg story in the past 24 hours with nearly 4,000 diggs:
http://digg.com/tech_news/OFFICIAL_Facebook_drops_is
REQUEST FOR LINKS
If anyone finds a link to any news or blog coverage about Facebook dropping the "is", please send the link to the creator of the group.
NEWS COVERAGE
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22332104/
Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGC2MSyWzfTg-82KHgNyanb2qn7QD8TKPTB80
British News Outlet Metro.co.uk
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=79643&in_page_id=34
Australian News Outlet NEWS.com.au
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/facebooks-is-now-a-was/2007/12/20/1197740431410.html
Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/a-1114349~Facebook__Is__Is_No_Longer.html
Mashable.com (one of the biggest social networking news sites)
http://mashable.com/2007/11/20/facebook-status-updates/
Montreal Gazette (part of canada.com network):
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=4762c6b841d700b2&ei=zyliR9nIHaPqqwOZxdWAAg&url=http%3A//www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html%3Fid%3D871b2d39-5106-439c-bf85-03cce200615e%26k%3D16333&cid=0&sig2=ScOfPuxi-AGmlObexDXpNw
Australian news outlet NEWS.com.au:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,22822400-5014108,00.html
Swedish news site:
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.136363
Techtree India
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Facebook_Drops/551-85388-643.html
BLOG COVERAGE
Wired.com
http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/facebook-knocks.html
MSN UK Tech and Gadgets Blog
http://msnuktech.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4C05256AF4EFCF9C!1246.entry
Hammett
http://blog.mcse-security.net/2007/12/grammatical-freedom-for-facebook-users.html
Fair Proxy Web
http://fairproxy.com/2007/12/21/facebook-users-given-grammatical-freedom/
gizmozworld
http://gizmozworld.blogspot.com/2007/12/facebook-is-is-no-longer.html
groundhogtech
http://www.groundhogtech.com/news/facebook-drops-is-for-status-updates/
allfacebook:
http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/12/is-is-finally-removed-from-facebook/
machinist.salon.com:
http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/11/20/facebook_is/index.html
Wired.com is reporting that Facebook is planning on dropping "is" from their status updates, and they referenced this group:
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2007/12/facebook-change.html
PSFK, also referencing this group as the reason for the change, is also reporting that Facebook is planning on dropping "is":
http://www.psfk.com/2007/11/facebook-is-no-longer.html
This group was covered on the following blog: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_to_drop_is_from_status.php
More blog coverage:
http://www.switched.com/2007/11/21/facebook-status-updates-to-drop-is/
Blorge.com:
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/11/20/facebook-drops-the-word-is-from-the-status-message-tech-blogs-go-bonkers/
Swedish blog Gate 303:
http://www.gate303.net/2007/12/13/facebook-inser-ett-misstag/
