Facebook Still Likes Chris Brown
I realized today that my iPhone ringtone since 2007 has been Chris Brown (“Picture Perfect”). I keep my phone on vibrate the majority of the time, so I forget. Honestly. Anyway, I really don’t feel like someone yelling at me for being an alleged “woman-beater supporter” on the subway, so I’ll buy a new one.
Unfortunately, my options were Rick Rolling everyone or something else, so I went with the latter. It took me an hour to make a decision. (I went with Mark Ronson/Lily Allen’s “Oh My God” intro.)
To share my angst over my 99¢ forced purchase, I attempted to post the following status update on Facebook: “Thanks, Chris Brown, for ruining everything. You owe me 99¢ for my new ringtone.”
And, no lie, I received this prompt from Facebook immediately after, when my status was effectively denied:
Warning: This Message Contains Blocked Content
Some content in this message has been reported as abusive by Facebook users.
a. Since when am I allowed to post a comment like, “My brother’s girlfriend is a sleezy streetwalker who molests squirrels, and her number is 555-4720,” but I cannot ask Chris Brown for a 99¢ reparation, whereupon its receipt I can purchase five tasty Wendy’s chicken nuggets with gratis honey mustard?
b. Since when does Facebook filter status updates?
And, to this I say, “REALLY? REALLY?!”
