Passive Aggression (The Facebook App!)
Every now and then I stumble across a Twitter post, Facebook note or blog entry in which somebody is upset about an unfollowing or defriending on their social network of choice. Yikes. Two quick points that I’m pretty sure all reasonable people can agree on:
- If you get into an e-fight with somebody and you de-friend them to show your anger, you are being petty.
- If you get defriended by somebody whom you haven’t spoken to in three years, it’s probably not personal.
But rather than blush over this melodramatic nonsense, I say let’s indulge it. Here is the Facebook app that I propose somebody make for people who engage in these sorts of trifles:
App Name: Passive Aggression
Pitch: The app monitors your friends list, and whenever somebody defriends you, you get a popup telling you that this person has ended your relationship with them. When you see the popup, you have the option to click “why?” Doing so will send the defriender a message asking why they did it and what if anything you can do to salvage the relationship.
Target Market: Insecure, melodramatic emo kids who view Facebook friends as status symbols or have some other ridiculous method of evaluating self worth.
The Business Model: Software by ransom. You may pay a small monthly fee in order for people not to be notified when you defriend them.
Interesting BUT I don’t think it’s just insecure, melodramatic emo kids who view Facebook as a status symbol. And, besides, isn’t that the whole point of twitter?