Facebook may not be so popular as it used to be. And it’s crazy because a few years ago, it was the coolest thing to be on. But that’s all right, we had to move on when the parents’ scourge happened and they took over the social media website. Anyway, we’re pretty sure you did at least one of these things during the years you couldn’t go a day without spending a shitload amount of time on Mark’s website.

1. Poked someone

This sounds so much like looking for trouble, but according to Facebook, it’s a simple, polite, and harmless way to say hello to someone. 

2. Sent a friend request to someone you didn’t know

SMH if you ever did this.  I’m dying to know how it turned out.

3. Obsessed over your number of friends

For some reason, the higher the number of people in your friend list, the cooler you are. Everyone wanted to hit that 5000-friend limit. Please, what did you plan to do with 5000 friends? And didn’t you watch ‘Friend Request

‘?

4. Spammed someone’s inbox

Granted, you may not know that spamming was a thing at the time. But why did you think it was cool to send a shitload of unreturned texts to someone who had no interest in talking to you?

5. Uploaded an embarrassing photo

Go back to Facebook and check your library. Pretty sure there is a photo that makes you wonder what you were thinking when you decided to upload it,

6. Abbreviated your posts and texts

You probably don’t do it anymore, but there was ‘a tym u tot it wuz kul 2 typ lyk dis’. God, my eyes hurt. 

7. Blocked your parents

This was the ultimate power move. You should be proud of yourself if you did this. 

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