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Facebook turned six today and in Internet social media years that’s like turning 50. In honor of this momentous occasion I was trying to decide, do I want to “poke” Facebook, throw a snowball at them, vampire bite them, feed their Farmville crops or send unicorn heart hug?

I decided the best thing I could do was to give them this meager shout-out, post the link to Mashable’s much better story and share with as much of the world as I influence these simple ways not to not annoy people on Facebook, based on the Oatmeal’s hilarious comic about it (on my personal Facebook page) that I can’t add to a corporate blog or I risk annihilation:

• Constantly gaming on things like Farmville, vampire slayings, mafia wars, etc. and never really interacting with anyone outside of “watering their crops” or “biting” them. Annoying.
• Taking every quiz known to man and publishing the results. If you’re trying to find yourself and knowing your “Zombie love name” will help – that’s great, take the quiz, just don’t clog up my status updates with the result because I will never call you “Lord Gwazlag.”
• Stop being passive-aggressive. Leaving comments and status updates that say things like, “Some people need to stop talking like they know everything and learn to use the copier in the office properly and not drink the last Diet Coke and shower more frequently” is really just showing that you are either bitter and resentful, or lack the courage to confront those that bother you. Either deal with the issue face-to-face or let it go. (But seriously, don’t drink the last Diet Coke if it’s not yours.)
• Stop being a rash. If you surf Facebook all day, every day and comment on every post someone sends, it tells the rest of us (your coworkers included) that you aren’t paying attention to your real life (aka your JOB, kids, spouse, etc.) and that you might be a tad bit stalker-ish.
• Don’t just do business on here. These people are called “friends” – not your purchased marketing spam list where you can ask that they become a fan of you, your business, your businesses products, etc. ‘Nuff said.
• Go ahead, keep posting creepy pictures, creepy person. Don’t post pictures of your kids as your profile picture if you’re going to talk about how wasted you got last night, the person you hooked up with in Vegas or if your other pictures are of your spring break in Cancun… that’s weird. Also, stop throwing people under the bus by posting pictures of your friends, colleagues, or fellow party-goers in embarrassing or unprofessional shots. Everyone is entitled to a life outside of work, we just don’t need it splashed up on the Internet.

There you go Facebook – your birthday gift from me, to you. Happy 6th!

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