History Platform / Facebook

* DueToTheDead: A deceased person's account can be turned into a "memorialized account" if the person that was entrusted with it chooses so.

* In ''Literature/{{You2015}}'', Joe Goldberg uses Beck's Facebook and Website/{{Twitter}} feed to learn everything about her and plan his next move with her.

* NoSwastikas: Particularly enforced since about 2016, and regardless of the context. Any picture with a Swastika, especially historical pictures of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, has a chance of quickly being deleted by the site. Which has pissed off quite a number of users of non-revisionist/non-Neonazi UsefulNotes/WorldWarII history groups, especially those who got weeks-long posting bans or outright account deletion for it while what they posted had nothing to do with apology of Nazism.

* DoubleStandard:
** Facebook's [[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/29/campaigners_get_facebook_response/ announcement]] of a new policy has stuck some users as this. The new rules would ban anything that "promotes violence" against women. While this sounds like a good idea many have criticized the rather vague and loose wording as well as the fact that is does not offer the same protections for men. The fact that it bases its judgments and training solely on feminist claims has also drawn [[http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/feminist-lies-feminism/facebook-hates-women/ some attention.]]

** If you're FB friends with your boss or other coworkers and call in "sick" one day but post a photo of yourself on a day trip having a blast, don't be surprised when you don't have a job the next day (you would also do well to ask your friends not to tag you in any photos ''they'' post).

** If you're FB friends with your boss or other coworkers and call in "sick" one day but post a photo of yourself on a day trip having a blast, don't be surprised when you don't have a job the next day.

** If you make an extremely bigoted/hateful/violent post or video, or document yourself acting a fool in some other way, and you list your employer on your profile, don't be surprised when your job hands you the pink slip the next day. Even if you're not a violent bigot, if you're FB friends with your boss or other coworkers and call in "sick" one day but post a photo of yourself on a day trip having a blast, well...

* UnusualEuphemism: Any time a profile says "Self Employed," there's a very good chance it really means '''un'''employed, especially when their supposed actual business isn't mentioned anywhere. Also, "School of Hard Knocks" under Education usually means "dropout".

** Taken UpToEleven in the United Kingdom, where it is a case of NewMediaAreEvil.

As of 2020, Facebook remains one of the most popular social networking sites out there. with over ''two billion'' users. More and more sites are adding Facebook Like buttons on their pages, making it look as if Facebook is taking over the Internet. It lacks most of [=MySpace's=] profile-customization options; no sparklies or rainbow-colored fonts allowed, and in fact no profile customisation is allowed at all beyond a single cover image and the choice of what information you want displayed. This may be to Facebook's benefit, as it creates a more professional feeling. However, there are a huge number of applications that one can add to one's profile, for anything from horoscopes to celebrity-lookalike pictures.

* TheTetrisEffect: Spending too much time on Facebook can lead to seeing phantom notifications in the corner of your screen, or looking for the "like" button on forum posts.