Cartoon was shit to be honest it lacked humour, and overall wasn't enjoyable. Loving the paragraphs few comments down though, doubt anyone will give a shit mind you but what do you expect from newrounds.
Reviews for "Facebook Guidelines"
I'm gonna give this 5 stars,just because it's true,and because I can because I (unlike other people) don't feel targeted for I don't believe in face book,and thus don't have an account.
I don't understand the hurtful and over-long comments here.
Clearly they didn't catch onto the recent incident that plastered over the facebook wall.
Clearly they didn't read the "Author Comments" section.
So please, stop pretending to be a genius when you're not, you're making a joke out of yourself.
Not so moving but sorta entertaining i guess...
This Flash, "Facebook Guidelines", is what happens when you put political satire in the hands of a trolling wanker and plaster it on the Interwebs. Nobody said they were all "War and Peace", but they did allude to Sturgeon's Law. They should have screamed it.
There are reasons this thing sucks, but to be clear, it's all about changes to the policy guidelines of a site that you agree may happen on occasion, but that people neither care for nor fully understand yet are willing to protest, and that people crash through flat-screens to thumb their nose at you for it. While singing.
Now, it would not be so bad, but for one thing, it is a jive against the people who signed up, portraying them as imbeciles, while not addressing what the changes were to the Facebook policy that got everyone in a bind. Sometimes that is necessary for those who don't follow Facebook (or the net) as closely. Even if people respond to change with fear, actions made by the user to show protest, while futile, still need addressing, but for some reason, this got glossed over and disrespected.
It is also very hard to root for either character, being that they're faceless caricatures of people who protest without knowing what they're fighting for and those who know a loophole, are resigned to change on that basis, and insult the other side for their ignorance. What this results in are eight deadly words that nobody should ever wish to hear concerning their cartoon or dramatic presentation of any kind:
"I don't care what happens to these people."
This is the emotional result of black-on-black morality, better called "Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy", where neither side has a fair shot at improving a situation no matter which side you take, almost as if it is splitting hairs. In a political satire, satire demands change. This one is just resigned. It's no longer a satire on that basis. It's just political, and that automatically turns off a lot of people anyway. Why am I expected to care about policy changes in a site that are not addressed, but glazed over by an ignorant body of users, while someone hammers them that they agreed to changes made when they accepted the guidelines upon entering the site? It's just a cacophony of miserable people that I really don't wish to associate with (added irony: Facebook is a social networking site).
The end result of the cartoon is that the audience does not become infuriated about how to go about the politics, being uninformed of the changes and viewing both sides as useless, so instead they feel apathetic and unwilling to go along with anything. If change is required (i.e. if there is something wrong with the new policy guidelines, it should be addressed), this is damning for the flash as well, because if people are supposed to be irritated by invasive privacy guidelines for instance, this is NOT the cartoon that should be watched, because it does not address it properly or compel a side to be taken. In short, the cartoon fails at satire forever.
As for actual comedic value, there is little to be had. The author realized that the blue-shirt guy's singing could not be considered very funny but added a "Suck my dick" proclamation to compensate. It's utter tastelessness and (with the monitor) forces a Teen rating. The portrayal of Facebook users as whiny, nasal-pitched, ignorant, discontented jerks who complain endlessly does not help matters either. It's not only unfunny, but gives the impression (combined with the new and unknown policy changes) that Facebook is better off avoided altogether. As stated above (in case the audience was just as clueless, as the author may have assumed), Facebook is a social networking site. When you leave an impression to the audience such as this, then it means that you have no respect for socializing and that society itself is so pained and useless that you should not even bother trying to contribute.
In just a few minimalist brushstrokes, BPremo inadvertently and misanthropically created the political satire ghetto on Newgrounds.com. Congratulations.