We may have pissed and moaned about the most annoying (or addictive) additions to the Facebook interface, but it seems creator Mark Zuckerberg is actually giving in these days.

After activist group MoveOn.org received about 70,000 signatures on its petition against marketing program “Beacon,” Zuckerberg apologized for what upset consumers called an egregious invasion of privacy. The contested program alerted a user’s entire network every time that user purchased an item from or visited one of Facebook’s partner corporations.

But Mark’s most recent and exciting change? Removing the “is” from status messages.

We know, we know. Now the Clog’s new Facebook profile can reflect our true feelings. Or at least avoid the ever-so-cumbersome two-letter verb.

Sound familiar? Let’s review other Facebook faux-pas of note:
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Posted in: The Specials
Tags:Facebook, MoveOn.org, Scrabulous, status messages
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