By Claire DeFrancisci
Most teenagers that have a Facebook have seen them. Many of those teenagers have posted them. The “truth is” statuses have invaded Facebook and now are essentially unavoidable.
A “truth is” status is when a user posts “truth is” as their status and their friends can “like” it. As the status-poster sees someone has liked it they basically write memories and what they have always thought of this person on the person’s wall. This may not seem obnoxious but don’t be fooled. When these build up in someone’s Facebook newsfeed it’s like reading the same monotonous posts over and over.
These contagious posts come in many different forms. The “let’s be honest”, “3 facts”, and “rate you 1-10” are practically the same thing. My personal favorite is the “put a number and a question in my inbox and I’ll answer it as my status” post. It is the exact same thing as simply asking someone a question (typically about how attractive someone thinks they are) and having him or her answer. These are worse because no one can see what the question was, only the answer.
Reading this mindless Facebook graffiti is exhausting due to the fact that most of them are exactly the same thing. A typical answer goes like this:
Truth is: I’ve seen you in the hallway a couple times.
Truth is: You’re so pretty!
Truth is: You seem chill.
Truth is: We should totally hang out sometime!
Although these posts can be annoying and repetitive, it is understandable why they are so popular. Who would not want to know what somebody thinks of you right? Unfortunately you are not getting the truth most of the time, it is mostly mindless and complimentary.
My advice is instead of writing a short impersonal note on someone’s virtual wall, find the courage to come up and talk to him or her in person.
