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SocialNetwork Syndrome

To labor under the illusion that information you post on Facebook actually holds significant meaning to your virtual friends.
First guy; "How do you spell Bacon?"

Second guy; "Dude, Are you seriously updating your Facebook status again? You have mental issues. You may suffer from SocialNetwork Syndrome Man and no one gives a shit about what you ate for breakfast."
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The Social Network 

Brilliant, generation-defining film which tells the story of how the popular networking site Facebook was created. David Fincher's direction along with the brilliance of Aaron Sorkin's words in the mouths of young actors(namely Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake) giving incredible performances makes for one of the best films of all time. Just brilliant.
Guy No.1-"Hey, did you see that facebook movie?"
Guy No.2-"The Social Network? Yeah, it was awesome."

Social Network Back Button Bolt 

The act of quickly sitting up and pressing the back button on your browser as a significant other enters the room, thus hiding the profile or photo album you are viewing on a social networking site such as Facebook or Myspace. Generally seen when viewing a past lover's photo or a potential future one.
"Damn my social network back button bolt game is on point. Trisha almost saw me checking out skanky pictures of my ex, damn I wish I could hit that again."

Social Network Cockblocking 

The act of writing or posting suggestive comments on someone's Myspace or Facebook Wall to let other people know that you are currently involved with or hooking up with this person. Also the act of tagging photos of the two of you so that other potential suitors see this and will lay off.
"I'm going to tag these photos of Joe and I from this last weekend on his facebook so that other girls will get the point that he is taken." "You are so into the social network cockblocking."

Social Network Status Tease 

The Social Network Status Tease (SNST) is a ditzy bitch who can do no more than post “cute” little sexual comments and jokes on their MySpace and/or Facebook page, with the hopes that they will get a long thread of “cute” little sexual responses from guys (most likely Shirtless Profile Asshole, Mustang Asshole, or Crotch Rocket Asshole).

SNST’s only creativity in life is the ability to use common, everyday terms in some kind of sexual reference. SNST also LOVES to post pics which emphasize their boobs. Their face may be a wreck, but their cans have GOT to be the attention of the photo. SNST will post from their home, school, work, the store, or anywhere else in order to satisfy their piss-poor self-esteem.

Nobody with any moral character at all wants to see the posts from SNST. They are predictable and oh-so-common. SNST often announces the bar at which they are going that evening, with the hopes that local male assholes will also go to that same bar. This makes for an entire evening of free drinks, and ego-boosting flirting for SNST.
Social Network Status Tease won't have very many ways to attract attention when time takes its toll on their face and body. Luckily, loser "social network guy" doesn't care that the face in SNST's profile doesn't really match the face in person. For the time being, however...its free drinks and filrting fo SNST !!!!

Socialnetworkly Acceptable 

Following the unwritten rules of social networking; acceptable behavior on a social networking website.
Having long conversations on Twitter is not Socialnetworkly Acceptable.

Social Network User

There are two different types of social network users.

1. Someone who has too much spare time with no life to do anything with it, so they'll spend it posting useless and annoying updates that nobody cares about, interacting with their "friends" (most of which aren't even their friends outside of whichever social networking site they're using), taking "selfies", all the while losing brain cells.

2. Someone who spends a few minutes here and there interacting with their friends on a social networking site (these are friends that they are actually friends with outside of the social network they're using), someone who will post occasional but interesting/funny status updates, and then logging off and doing something productive with their time.
Examples of definition 1: At least 60% of social network users.

Examples of definition 2: The other 40% or less of social network users.