Stop being tricky

For as long as I’ve used Facebook (last fall sometime), it has included a status feature. Like a Twitter message, it tells my friends what I’m up to. To enter a new one, I simply finish the sentence, “I am…” Then my friends see my status as, “Adam is…”

I have often found it strange that Facebook chose to tempt grammatical issues by switching from “am” to “is.” Granted, it’s a rare problem, but why be so tricky?

They subconsciously got the message from me, because they’ve made a change.

When changing status, I now see what other people will see. And that makes sense! Facebook stopped being tricky and has ended up with a feature that is never confusing.