A title without an ellipsis - a signal of doom?

Hello. I am what I am...a facebookholic (First step is admitting it to yourself). That, I have no issue with, I happily accept my lack of willpower and life. The truth of the matter is, as soon as I log in, I may as well have pinned my soul up on a washing line wayyy out of reach, the unhooking of which requires long, hard effort that I cannot possibly be expected to face. In this way, I pride myself on being quite the connaisseur on matters of the bookofface. (teehee...the book-office! I had an overwhelming desire to point that out...) And my verdict on recent events, folks (*leans in confidentially*), is: not impressed.

I have grown used to the idea that Facebook never will be perfect. It has got to the point where, like with Xfactochhh, I comfortably moan and become incensed by everything to do with it (mostly its lack of point), and yet still hold no extreme need to tear myself away. Again, this I handle rather admirably, in my *cough* unbiased opinion. I have grown to almost enjoy (inwardly) screaming 'LEARN TO SPELL!' at my screen; giving angry eye rolls has its habitual appeal; and I become almost euphoric with joy on seeing "your" and "you're" correctly distinguished. I shall graze quickly (ironic statement of the century) over my incredulation at those who feel comfortable creating groups with spelling errors in, as I cannot fully trust myself to 'understand both sides of the argument' , when the certainty of self that assumes the whole of the world will understand one's meaning despite one's not bothering to use the correct form of one's intended word, I find bewildering. Surely the urge to create a group can be withheld for at most a minute, in order to verify its ease-of-comprehension? Nono, it would seem most of these group-creators are content with carelessly tossing their ill-expressed assertions into the facebook waters, ready to be juggled about by bored surfers (room for a 'board' joke there? NO. Let it lie. You're as bad as THEM), gobbling it up without care or thought.
But what REALLY got to me....was this removal of becoming a fan. Facebook is just one huge room of people, who come and go (apart from me it would seem, just lurking incessantly in the corner), and it seems necessary to have some sort of variety to break from the monotonous woes there depicted. (I'm liking this medieval style I have painted..*holds paintbrush in a state of pause in order to admire work* I'll be throwing words like 'ere' and 'thus' about next) But WHYYY? (No. I have stuck to simplicity.) I mean, I am all one for change (*politician whips out notepad eagerly) - not you (*politician disappears with a comical pop) - but really...we are going backwards here. It is as if we are all being reduced to one-celled organisms (though still able to access computers). My point (which is well and truly lost in the maze of this waffling....OOOH WAFFLES...) is that the conversion of 'becoming a fan' to 'like' is removing an element, it's EVOLUTION BACKWARDS. I'm going to let that grand statement sink in. Becoming a fan is NOT the same as 'liking' something (just to reiterate the point everyone has been making). It's just not the SAME...I continue to wail. We can't even like or comment on THE FACT someone has become a fan. And becoming a fan put me in mind of flagwaving, which is so much more exciting than a simple 'like'. Must they ruin everything?? If I didn't know better, I'd say this was all a plot from teachers to encourage students to get off the computer and do some work. However, your plan has backfired! I am here ranting about facebook, instead of doing my work...I WIN!
(*awkward pause as reader waits for blogwriter to acknowledge irony. She doesn't.*)

So, I'm putting my metaphorical foot down. And raising it again, as soon as I go back onto facebook. I know, very shortly I too shall join the throng who moaned about fb changes, and continue cruising it nevertheless. Because that's just what I'm like...I'm taken in by the pirate language and the exciting prospects it offers me...that sense of adventure when it flashes a piratical grin at me, waving 'treasure' and 'rum' in my face... I'm only human. So I will continue to grumble and oddly relish in hurling abuse at fb's decision to use enjambment in the presentation of statuses (SO MUCH AMBIGUITY...IS IT REALLY NECCESSARY?)....and its removal of the bubble-announcement of updates (THAT WAS JUST CRUEL). And while I wonder why it is that we are going backwards, why time seems to be recoiling in on itself, I will continue that calm, bored, countenance with which I scroll down to read 'fascinating' things about people I am equally 'fascinated' about. My insatisfaction shall undoubtably remain, but is there any need to increase it by removing the small joys that once greeted me on the bookofface? It would appear so. Back to facebook I go, as this all swirls into the dim and distant past...just remember folks, that once, at one delightfully joyous time, it was possible to like something AND be a fan. We were a greedy bunch.