Is "is" no longer mandatory for Facebook?

Posted on December 13th, 2007
By Steve Petersen in Social Networks

Is it just me or has Facebook just dropped "is" from its standard status update formula?

Until today a user was forced to mold their status updates to follow the format "Steve is [custom text]." Of course, some people's updates didn't make sense with the "is" – whether this was intentional or just from the common lack of concern for grammar on the Internet.

However, now it appears that you can use whatever verb you want. Well, at least for me right now. Maybe I'm special…

If so, I'm not the only one. Tom Phillips of metro.co.uk reports that this change has rolled out for UK users. In fact, he refers to a Facebook group titled "Campaign to lose the mandatory 'is' from status updates!" with, as of its posting, has 66,678 members. Apparently, it has achieved its objective; the group's description states: "***WOOHOO! LOOKS LIKE THE BOTHERSOME IS HAS BEEN BANISHED!***"

Perhaps I should update my status to state: "Steve is wonder~~ing~~s if this is a big deal."

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