It has definitely grown, and improved in the last 5 years, but at the same time it has taken some turns for the worse. One of which being allowing people not in college to join. Including parents.
They just don't understand. This isn't classmates, and statuses are very different from people to people interactions. There is Facebook-Lingo such as de-friend, and stalking. For some reason they feel it is necessary to be entirely proper when utilizing the site.
Apparently 'stalking' is an incorrect term.
My parents told me to look up the definition of stalking today so I understood that Facebook stalking is an incorrect term. What they fail to see is that it is simply a phrase.
So let's compare and contrast.
Stalk, verb: To pursue, or approach stealthily.
Noun: To harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention.
To Facebook stalk, noun (my own interpretation): To intentionally, and intensely research a person's Facebook activity.
Now, stalking doesn't necessitate an action, and neither does Facebook stalking. Some of the time when someone is "stalking" a person's profile it is simply out of curiosity. However, looking through all of their activity of the past year and commenting on it is basically exactly the same. Most people follow, check up on, stalk, or creep the same group of people. Obsessive attention? Yes.
Calling it stalking is like an all inclusive joke amongst almost all of Facebook. It's not an insult and it's not meant to be offensive or taken seriously.
It's hard to explain to people who haven't watched Facebook grow, but really... it's not that big of a deal.
I'll reiterate like every other kid on Facebook (...even though I'm a college graduate): Parents should not be allowed to have Facebook accounts.
Plain and simple.
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