Soused and slurring, I know I’ve certainly made the regrettable Facebook status update or Tweet on my iPhone in my time, and if the latest Retrevo survey is anything to go by, it looks like I’m not alone: they claim iPhone users are twice as likely to regret making a Facebook status update as people without smartphones.
Even amongst smartphone users, in fact, iPhone users have a slight lead when it comes to the average Blackberry or Android users when it comes to making an unwise post on Facebook.
Unfortunately, these errant status updates aren’t all worth giggling about: an amazing one-third of the people who told Retrevo they regretted a post claimed it either ruined their marriage or caused strife in their home life. I’ve certainly fallen foul of the latter: it turns out girlfriends don’t appreciate it when you publicly broadcast their gastronomic failings and your own resulting gastrointestinal distress.
What about you, oh Cultists of Mac? Surely, some of our droogs must have some darkly humorous iPhone text, Tweet or Facebook mishaps to relate. The comments are as good a place as any for them!
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
