Failbook
{{Short description|Comedic blog website}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Failbook+
| logo =
| type = Entertainment
| location = United States
| current_status = Online
| owner = Pet Holdings Incorporated
| launch_date = 3 December 2009{{Cite web|url=http://failbook.com/2009/12/03/how-do-you-update-without-thumbs/|title = Failbook}}
| url = {{URL|failbook.failblog.org}}
| registration = Optional
}}
Failbook+ is a comedic blog website which primarily focuses on screenshots of humorous genuine status updates uploaded onto Facebook,{{Cite journal | author= Grimmelmann, James |year= 2010 |title= Privacy as Product Safety |journal= Widener Law Journal |volume= 19 |publisher= works.bepress.com |page= 795 |url= http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=james_grimmelmann |format= PDF}} although the website has acknowledged expansion into other social networking websites such as Google+, Twitter and others, with messages being sent from users who often have their identities removed. The first "fail" was placed onto the website on December 3, 2009. It is often regarded as a sister website to Fail Blog, a website which focuses on people failing at tasks that they attempt. Failbook is a subdivision of I Can Has Cheezburger?, which is owned by Pet Holdings Incorporated.
See also
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External links
- {{Official website|failbook.com}}
- [http://www.fastcompany.com/1552346/lolspat-cheezburger-network-sues-failbookcom-for-confusing-and-defrauding-our-users "LOLspats: Cheezburger Network Sues Failbook.com for 'Confusing and Defrauding Our Users'"] from Fast Company
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101208033213/http://www.dotweekly.com/failbooking-com-is-now-failbook-com "Failbooking.com is now Failbook.com"] from Dot Weekly
- [http://www.techdirt.com/blog.php?tag=failbook&edition=techdirt "ICanHasLawsuit? Pet Holdings Sues Other Site For Framing Failbooking With Better Domain Name"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403044200/http://www.techdirt.com/blog.php?tag=failbook&edition=techdirt |date=2012-04-03 }} from Techdirt
- [http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/09/09/lolcats_failbook_own.php "LOLcats, Failbook owner talks at UW"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107151017/http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/09/09/lolcats_failbook_own.php |date=2011-11-07 }} from The Badger Herald
Category:American comedy websites
Category:Internet properties established in 2009
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