Unread online syndrome

[Mark Zuckerberg]

A temporary fit of anxiety. This is a very common affliction caused when you send a message to someone on MySpace when you see they are online, then sit and wait for them to respond. After a couple of minutes you open your Sent Mail and see that it is still [Unread]. You have now entered the Unread Online Syndrome. You sit there hoping beyond hope that the message gets opened before he/she [logs] off, because if not, then who knows how long till the person logs back in. You [refresh] the page every couple seconds. You check your Inbox anyways, making sure that it isn’t a glitch saying it’s Unread when it’s really not. You begin to feel panic. “Is he/she gonna see that there’s a new message before [logging]?!?” There is [no escape]. You have been infected with Unread Online Syndrome and the only [cures] are if the person finally opens the message or just logs off.