Oh come on, Facebook. Don't be such a kill joy.
A website called Lamebook.com, which lets users share and mock all kinds of hilarious, silly or ridiculous content from Facebook, is suing the social networking site. Why? Because Facebook, as the arrogant, power-tripping conglomerate that it has become, has repeatedly threatened to sue the parody website for trademark infringement. So the folks at Lamebook.com decided to attack first as a form of defense.
I've been a fan of Lamebook for quite some time, not much as a regular contributor but more as the occasional lurker. The content, usually composed of status updates, comments, interaction between users and profile photos, can be laugh-out-loud funny. I admit, the construed humor is, more often than not, rudimentary -- ranging from really terrible spelling errors to friends burning one another publicly to, my favorite, parents making surprise contributions on their kids' vulgar status updates.
The folks at Facebook have no reason to lose sleep over Lamebook. It is clearly a parody, not a competitor. It does not in any way dilute the Facebook mark nor does it threaten to steal any of its 500 million+ users. It does not even offer the same services: Facebook is a social-networking website (and might I add, the largest one in the world) whereas Lamebook is just a user-generated niche forum.
Please stop power-tripping and leave everyone alone.
I can't believe that Facebook would resort to a lawsuit to try and shut down Lamebook. I've been a fan of Lamebook for awhile now, and I agree that many of the posts are laugh-out-loud hilarious. If anything, Lamebook is promoting Facebook, not infringing upon its copyright. I really hope that Lamebook doesn't shut down, it's too good of a site for that.
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