Today when I went to update my status on Facebook, I noticed there was a new feature you could add to your status on top of a picture/video, geotag, or person/place/group/page tag. You can now add "how you're feeling" and "what you're doing".

Besides finding these redundant (because aren't those the things you're supposed to write in your status?) I also found them reminiscent of the good 'ol days... and by good 'ol days, I mean LiveJournal.

I love LiveJournal. Through LJ I learned to code websites, edit photos, and manage my first online community. But all that is another story for another day.

Now if you don't know what I'm talking about:

LJ has been offering it's users the ability to add their current location, mood, and music to their entries for quite some time now--at least 10+ years (with exception to location).

I couldn't find my LJ password to get a screencap myself so I borrowed this gem from Google Images.

Doesn't that resemble the changes that we're seeing on Facebook?


Regardless of who did what first, how do you feel about these changes to Facebook?

I'm hoping that we won't start to see an influx in people just updating us on what song they're listening to or beverage they're drinking even more than they already do. But only time will tell!

In our past 29 shows of Social Media Meltdown we have gotten in-depth with current social media issues. Now we would like to take a step back and give our viewers some intuitive beginner’s guides to various networks. Our first in the beginner’s guides series is LinkedIn. In this guide we will examine the reasoning behind joining LI, how it differs from other social networks, how to use it to find a job, and how it can “up” your networking game.

• The first article written about TheFaceBook.com in The Harvard Crimson
• The history of Facebook
• 18 Facebook gems that no longer exists

Last night's Super Bowl was full of million dollar commercials, dancing divas, a blackout... and, oh yeah, some football.

I didn't watch the game (because there were too many good chick flicks on) and even though I'm all over the internet, I still haven't come across who won. I haven't looked too hard but I feel like it would be plastered over my FB and Twitter feeds. The only thing I know about last night's game was that Beyonce and the rest of Destiny's Child rocked the house and that there was a power failure in the stadium sometime after halftime.

The other thing I haven't heard much about was the commercials. Usually the morning after the Super Bowl is when everyone analyzes the million dollar advertising spots but I'm still just hearing about Beyonce and the blackout.

It's for these reasons that I'm giving Oreo an award for best tweet of the Super Bowl.

Power out? No problem. twitter.com/Oreo/status/29…
— Oreo Cookie (@Oreo) February 4, 2013

No overly priced Super Bowl spot, no months and months of planning and producing -- just a spontaneous comment during an unpredicted moment.

 It was retweeted 14,420 times and favorited 4,884 times! And all it is is a witty four words with a picture of an Oreo cookie in the dark.

Absolute genius!

Here's what you've missed this week!

• Twitter's new video-sharing app Vine has a bit of a porn problem - And some of it made it to the very top of the feed this morning as an "Editor's Pick." Seems likely that Apple will yank the app until Vine installs better safeguards.
• YouTube To Shut The Door On YouTube Create - At the end of this month YouTube Create, a resource on YouTube’s website featuring third-party apps like Xtranormal, WeVideo, GoAnimate, Vlix, Magisto, Stupeflix and other video creation tools, will be shutting its doors.