Facebook Psych[o] 101

I have to be careful when I write about facebook, because most of what inspires me to write about it is courtesy of one of my "friends." I'm not going to talk about whether it's good or bad, and I'm not going to focus so much on which status updates drive me crazy...I'm sure people are annoyed by mine. What I want to talk about is the psychology behind the status update-what is someone really trying to say when they post something? I'd probably be diagnosed as the passive-aggressive status person...though most of what I want to post never makes it up there! I'm a confrontational person by nature, but you can't always be confrontational with certain people, and sometimes I want to post something like "I know what you're doing, I can see right through you" or I want to talk about hating when people do this or that and hope that person catches on! Usually my conscience stops me-if I can't without hesitation click "share" then I usually know it's for a reason. I see other people pour their hearts out, other people talk about their kids all the time, other people talk about their husbands (usually guys aren't talking about their wives for some reason), other people making political comments, other people talking about the things they are doing, how fabulous their lives are, yada yada- I am not at all being critical of any of this-I know I've done some of those things before! What I want to know is WHY we feel the need to write what we write? What message are you trying to send to all your "friends" when you click that "share" button? I know I'm usually thinking I'm pretty funny and people will think I'm funny and comment on my post! I feel like I total failure if I don't elicit several comments! But what are you thinking? Are you thinking you want someone to be jealous of you? Are you thinking you want someone to think you're smart? Are you really concerned with getting that political message out there? Are you being passive-aggressive or even aggressive? Do you like it when people get into fights on your page? I can't answer all these questions for you (even though I've probably conducted my own psycho-analysis on you), I'm just asking! I think it's important to look into why we say the things we say, and why we want 500+ people, most of whom aren't even our real friends, to know these things. I've wondered what psychiatrists think when they read posts, and how many people they could diagnose as crazy based on them. So before you post that next status update, I encourage you to ask yourself what exactly you are trying to accomplish by posting it! I definitely have some kind of agenda for publishing this!