Comments on: Using Facebook to Measure “Gross National Happiness”

By: DavidM

DavidM — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:05:12 +0000

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By: marinus

marinus — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:20:21 +0000

I’d extend Skipweasel’s reaction. Just Facebook? Try our whole culture. Gross Nation [al...] indeed.

By: Beezy

Beezy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:03:29 +0000

Do they count “Wooooooooo” as being happy? Because I use that one a lot.

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:03:25 +0000

So since I’m not a Facebook-user, I am not grossly happy…?

Well thanks- Now I get depressed…

By: babyg

babyg — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:23:41 +0000

Perhaps you meant to write ‘also worth noting’, rather than nothing?

Otherwise, very interesting!

By: independant party.

independant party. — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:00:17 +0000

A long, long time ago…
I can still remember
How that myspace used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

But February made me shiver
With every paper Id deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.

I cant remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day that myspace died.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:00:13 +0000

To be honest, from my fleeting accquaintance with FaceBook you’d be more likely to measure Happy National Grossness.