I joined a really cool Facebook group today. It’s called “IF U STOP FRONTIN, WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE PRECEEDINGS..”

Its creator, a guy named Ernest, explained the group’s purpose thusly: “THIS PAGE IS FOR ALL MALE/FEMALE WHO WANT TO TOUCH, AND FEEL, AND BASICALLY GET IT IN WITH NO BULLSHIT………….. YOUR IN THE RIGHT PLACE….”

Ermest started a fascinating conversation on the group’s bulletin board: “WHY WE AS MALES GOTTA GUESS WHEATHER YALL WOMEN GONNA GIVE IT TO US OR NOT. YALL KNOW WITHIN THE FIRST 5MIN OF OUR INITAL CONTACT WEATHER U WOULD LET ME TAP THAT ASS OR NOT…” He makes some really good arguments, doesn’t he?

He also posted a news update: “IM STARTING MY OWN SITE FOR ALL WHO WANNA FEEL THAT CERTAIN SOMEONE, BUT CANT KNOW DOWN THAT DEFENSE..” I can’t wait to point my browser toward it!

And he had this to say on the group’s “wall”: “Is a site for all of ur disire’s to come true,just with out and strings attached.. may that be giving up some blood(#ick) for males, or givin up that kiddy cat u can do so a adult manner.. therefor we discuss topics on surrounding subjects..(SITE WILL BE UPGRADED SOON,BUST RIGHT NOW THO..)”

I don’t know why, but this group really speaks to me. It’s compelling.

This article appears in May 3-9, 2007.

11 replies on “Like a Moth to Flame”

  3. Ernest is on to something with the concept of “contact weather.” Seems to fit with his whole group’s mission, in fact.

  4. I’m lost as to what the interest is here. It’s a bad Facebook page? Surely this isn’t Saxon’s first day on the Internet. It’s someone with poor spelling and writing? It’s sexist?

    I don’t get it. There are billions of crappy web pages out there.

    Why hold this particular one up for ridicule?

    (I’ve got theories, but I’m sure you’ll yell at me for suggesting them.)

  5. #4 “Why hold this particular one up for ridicule?
    (I’ve got theories, but I’m sure you’ll yell at me for suggesting them.)”

    Why not?

    Your theories…tell us more, help us live to yell

  8. I hate to analyze a joke, but here’s why I think it’s funny:

    Facebook is a communuty that was originally only for college students. Facebook groups include tribute clubs to favorite professors, groups protesting facebook policies, political groups, and groups called things like, “Saxon is the coolest guy on campus.” This is funny because it doesn’t fit in.
    It’s also funny because it doesn’t really make sense. And sometimes bad Web sites are just funny.

  9. Also, I think that a lot of the original Facebook groups had a distinctly “look at how intelligent/cool/exclusive I am” aspect to them. Like Mike said, they were mostly for campus groups, fan groups or ideological groups, and the ones what weren’t were overtly cheesy (“I Want To Have Saxon Burns’ Babies”). This looks like something you would see on a skanky forum/board post…on mySpace. (ouch!)

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