Public Status Updates Plunged 93% Since Facebook Moved Privacy Controls Inline. Facebook Reveals 2011's Most-Popular Status Trends. Facebook status updates played a starring role in the evolution of the world's largest social network in 2011.
As several major changes to status updates (increased character limits, for example) rolled out throughout the year, Facebook data scientists kept their eyes focused on tracking the trends among those status updates. Facebook unleashed that research late Tuesday night in their end-of-year Memology list, which each December since 2009 has helped users understand the most-popular topics, cultural trends and acronyms on the site. Similar to what was popular on Twitter in 2011, high-profile deaths triggered (see image above) plenty of discussions among you and your friends. Most Shared Articles on Facebook in 2011.