While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg must be merrily whipping his skippy at this news, some are suggesting that the results are skewed due to Facebook’s ‘stickiness’, not unlike Michael Corleone’s famous complaint in Godfather III: “Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in.” As in, tending to one’s Facebook routine can often seem like having a lawn that needs to be mowed afresh every 15 minutes. Or is that just us?
For others, Facebook is not just benignly evil, but (supposedly) downright dangerous. A certain celebrity psychotherapist claims that visiting the site is “a lot like playing slots… you never know when you’re going to get another message or comment or status update… you know if you keep at it, you’ll get that reward.” Personally, we think comparing a progressive jackpot with yet another link to yet another JPEG of Aunt Millie’s cat is a bit of a stretch, but hey, if it gets those anti-gambling Christian right-wingers off our back and onto Zuckerberg’s, bring on the pitchforks and torches!