Lurking.

I love that word. In this context, it is used as a joint part of the phrase "Facebook lurking." I used to call this Facebook stalking with Judy, but Daniel has called it lurking, and I must say that I find this work much more acceptable.

Facebook lurking: v. To use Facebook to read all about somebody and view all of their pictures, for either extreme boredom or to learn more about them because: a. You have never met this person, b. You and this person no longer keep in contact, or c. You really are that bored that you re-lurk good friends.

When I was visiting Daniel at nightstaff, he decided to Facebook lurk on some old friends, since that is what you do when you work for nightstaff and sit at a desk all night. Much more justifiable than my desire to lurk out of sheer boredom, I must say. We discovered many a thing, like someone he once knew being in South Korea (random). I then decided that there were people I no longer was in contact with that I wished to lurk, but I was not friends with this person. However, my roomate was for some reason... So, she let me lurk it up on facebook. I was not surprised to discover that he was exactly the same and had not mysteriously moved to the other side of the globe.

It makes me wonder what people see in me when they lurk me up. Most of my friends already know me, but what about those people who can see me through comments I've made, or vaguely know me from class? What would they think? What if a link to this blog was on my facebook? What would happen then? Because of the possible answers to these questions, I sometimes lurk myself, so as to be certain that my facebook is acceptable by lurking standards and will shock nobody. I want it to interest people, maybe amuse them, but only so they would laugh with me, not at me.

People, you may be being lurked. As such, keep your facebook... or myspace... in good condition. You never know who's going to lurk you up and what assumptions a near perfect stranger or old no longer friend may think. I suggest you check your own facebook out, or maybe have a good friend objectively view it.

Lurking. The new way to Facebook.