We’ve all been caught Facebook stalking a friend, when all of a sudden the most awkward, embarrassing and inappropriate photo or comment pops up on the screen. We furiously scramble to cover up our discovery, but not before we can save our friend from being seen by the dozens of people strolling by in Java City or peering over our shoulder in Fondren Library.

Now, if you’re a good friend you would quickly text the friend who has just been humiliated with photos from last Friday’s outings. The pictures and comments would quickly be taken down and the memory would cease to exist. . . hopefully. But for those who aren’t so lucky to have someone looking out for them, here’s a list of helpful and extremely useful Facebook features that Mark Zuckerberg should seriously consider adding:

We can all “like” our friend’s statuses, pictures, comments, but what about those stupid, annoying, cheesy, overly-romantic blurbs being exchanged between couples. A “dislike” button would be perfect for this exact scenario. Just click “dislike” and you’re free from having to view the annoying messages circulating between other people. Better yet, this “dislike” option could erase embarrassing pictures of either your friend or yourself.

Another thing Facebook should add is an “ignore” button regarding all the SpeedDate, quizzes and people from sending spam and annoying messages. How nice would it be to block that annoying guy in your math class from posting creepy messages on your wall. Or if you could block one person from posting embarrassing comments from the weekend’s photos.

Maybe while Facebook is making these changes, they could go back to the way they used to be. I’m pretty sure most college students ditched Myspace back in middle school and traded up for the classier Facebook, but with anyone having the ability to make an account on the popular social networking site, it’s fair game for children, teenagers and adults to create a profile. What happened to the good old days when birthdays could be found on the top of the page instead of being buried down at the bottom under two million applications and new features?

Remember when Facebook was used to get to know your classmates rather than creep on your current crush and friends? I wish Facebook would go back to when we didn’t have to worry about little brothers and sisters friending us, or seeing our every move posted for the world to see on the news feed. Facebook used to be just that, Facebook. Go back to that, Zuckerberg. You’re not Twitter or Myspace.

– Nicole Jacobsen

Editor in Chief