[HEY KEN why do you HATE ME? -- A Colleague] [Because I wrote my version 12 hours ago and you should have maybe seen it scheduled to post since last night? -- A Supervisor] Guess who jumped on the “Facebook status-update health-care thing” pretty quick? That’s right, Barack Obama is thrilled to see that educated money-having Facebook internet people are putting the do-gooder thing on their Facebooks. [Thanks to "Noam L." for the tip!]

Wonkette Internet-reading operative “Robert” informs us of the latest “Facebook Status Meme” everyone’s business consulting and 2nd-year corporate litigation law student friends have been dutifully spreading all day. It goes like: “[YOUR NAME] thinks that no one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day.” But what color are we supposed to tint our Twitter thumbnail pictures? Is there anything else we need to click on before heading to class??

DC’s closed, invitation-only social networking site for rich prostitutes and Southern trust-fund children with gonorrhea, Late Night Shots, has inspired a Hills-type reality show. Are you a famous LNSer? Do you stare at pictures of Georgetown kids peeing on each other all night long? You can apply to be the next Lauren Conrad, right here! [via DCist]

So a couple of days ago, some Harvard kids started the 424,432,226th get-out-the-vote social networking site for college students: Why08.org, which sounds like an expensive domain name. Usually we’d rather gouge our eyes out with #2 pencils before publicizing such a thing, but Why08 offers a notably revealing feature — students can “vote” for their candidates of choice and then debate each other on a live message board. And guess which candidate has by far the most votes, and by far the most discussion? It’s no surprise, but here’s a hint: A lot of college students appear to be illegal alien spambots. MORE »

We’re placing LNS somewhere between Friendster and Facebook on the entertainment value spectrum. MORE »