BREAKING NEWS: hundreds of Facebook users are morons

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://mattstratton.com/hilarity/hundreds-of-facebook-users-are-apparently-really-dumb

Earlier today, ReadWriteWeb posted an article about Facebook Connect. Apparently, RWW has some amazing Google-fu, because within hours, that post became one of the top 5 results for Google searches for "facebook login".

Why is this hilarious?

Because LITERALLY HUNDREDS of Facebook users posted angrily on the comment thread of the post complaining about "yet another new Facebook".

Yes. Here's what these rocket scientists did:

1) To log into Facebook, instead of going to http://facebook.com in their browser's address bar (or maybe, heaven forbid, use a bookmark), these Facebook users simply do a Google search for "facebook login" EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO GO ON FACEBOOK.

2) They ended up clicking on the RWW link in the results (which makes little sense, as even though it was a top 5 hit, it was never #1)

3) They simply see the Facebook Connect button and assume that "logs them into teh Facebooks"

4) They log in and think that the ReadWriteWeb site is "the new Facebook". And get all pissed off.

5) Hilarity ensues.

I highly recommend reading all the comments yourself, but here's a sampling of some of the angry users. They sure do hate this "New" Facebook...especially with all that darn red!

[Remington]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


The comments... THE MOTHERFUCKING COMMENTSSSAaaarrrghgghghhdkjafhj

[NotPublished]

EPIC!!!!

[Dr. Paes]

Oh, Jesus.

[Salty]

Oh man. I laughed til I cried.
   

The first page of comments is just too much. 

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

BREAKING NEWS: hundreds of Facebook users are morons )

BREAKING NEWS: NIGEL HAS WAY MORE FAITH IN FACEBOOK USERS THAN SHE OUGHT TO HAVE!

[Iason Ouabache]

   You couldn't plan this kind of lulz.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

holy crap 

[PeregrineBF]

I've done in-home tech support. There are a lot of people who think that the google/yahoo/whatever toolbar is their address bar, and search for everything.

[Requia ☣]

I've done in-home tech support. There are a lot of people who think that the google/yahoo/whatever toolbar is their address bar, and search for everything.

I had repressed those memories damn it.   

[Muir]

oh. dear. goddess.  Thanks for the link, Nigel.  I'm giggling like mad here. Every time I think of Facebook today I'm going to start laughing again. :P

[Triple Zero]

I've done in-home tech support. There are a lot of people who think that the google/yahoo/whatever toolbar is their address bar, and search for everything.

I had repressed those memories damn it.   

yeah my parents did the same thing, Google is their homepage, so they open up the browser, the cursor automatically focuses in the search input area, and they type wherever they want to go.

hey, it usually works.

it might cost them an extra click, and tell Google whatever website they surf to, but on the other hand, it's a good thing, it's safer, because if they make a typo in their web address, Google will helpfully ask them "Did you mean ... ?", while otherwise they would go to the typo-ed domain, which is half of the time some phishing scam that wants to load their pc with spyware and crap. Google mostly filters out phishing domains from its search results.

[the last yatto]

disclaimer is humorous, its like saying HOT COFFEE like you were expecting it luke warm or something

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[Reginald Ret]

Ow laughing so hard after lots of situps hurts.