Rad lunch, not sad lunch - SE2 goes to the movies.

Yesterday, some of the staff at SE2 took a cue from Facebook staffers by taking a long lunch and going out on the town to see the film, The Social Network.


While we didn’t learn the technical ins and outs of Facebook’s creation, we did learn a lot about personal relationships and their role in the launch of Facebook. And after all, isn’t relationship status what Facebook is all about?


After examining what makes Mark Zuckerburg tick, I returned to the office only to find that earlier this week a University of Colorado Denver business school student released a study on the interesting process of “unfriending” someone on Facebook – talk about perfect timing.


Among the top reasons for throwing away a perfectly good Facebook friendship are:


1. Frequent and boring posts on topics that no one really cares about.
2. Posts about controversial topics like politics or religion.
3. Posting inappropriate or offensive information.
4. If you are local social media expert Brandon Zelasko and you refuse to friend your awesome coworkers. (Note: Reason number four was not officially included in the UCD study.)

So, if you’re looking to win a Facebook popularity contest, it sounds like you need to be engaging, interesting and relevant. On top of that, try to keep the inappropriate comments to a minimum.

Need more information on how to properly friend and unfriend? Why just ask Emily Post. Social media has become such big business that even Ms. Post has included an entry about “online friending etiquette.”

So remember, mind your Ps and Qs or you too may face the dreaded unfriend.