Facebook Says “FML” As “Twitter” Is A Top Status Trend In 2009
December 21st, 2009 admin
Facebook has just released its list of top status updates for the year, and they’re pretty interesting. This is a new feature that Facebook plans to release yearly called “Memology,” the study of how memes are spreading on Facebook. Specifically, the Facebook Data Team looked at status updates in the U.S. for this year’s list. For this list, Facebook grouped together …

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