The medium:Bieng there. Virginia Hoffman article summary

This article focuses on the appeal of the "status update" on the social networking site, facebook. The facebook community is one of many ages and one of the strongest features and applications the site has going for it have to do with its status updates, which are studied to figure out why they are appealing and what makes a good status update. Some people change their updates constantly, updating literally their whole day for their followers to see on their facebook pages. Status updates on facebook have become a norm as well as having a facebook in general. This article explains how status updates are a way for creative and spontanious expression that wouldnt be suited for any other conversation.