Failbook+ is a comedic

blog A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order s ...

website which primarily focuses on screenshots of humorous genuine status updates uploaded onto

Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Mosk ...

, although the website has acknowledged expansion into other Social Networking websites, such as

Google+ Google+ (pronounced and sometimes written as Google Plus; sometimes called G+) was a social network owned and operated by Google. The network was launched on June 28, 2011, in an attempt to challenge other social networks, linking other Google p ...

Twitter Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...

, 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 Fail Blog (stylized as FAIL Blog) is a comedic blog website created in January 2008. FAIL Blog features disastrous mishaps and general stupidity in photos and video which have captions such as "fail", "epic fail", "X Fail", or "X; You're doin' it ...

, a website which focuses on people failing at tasks that they attempt. Failbook is a subdivision of

I Can Has Cheezburger? I Can Has Cheezburger? (abbreviated as ICHC) is a blog-format website featuring videos (usually involving animals) and image macros. It was created in 2007 by Eric Nakagawa (Cheezburger), from Hawaii, and his friend Kari Unebasami (Tofuburge ...

, which is owned by Pet Holdings Incorporated.

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"LOLspats: Cheezburger Network Sues Failbook.com for 'Confusing and Defrauding Our Users'"
from ''

Fast Company ''Fast Company'' is a monthly American business magazine published in print and online that focuses on technology, business, and design. It publishes six print issues per year. History ''Fast Company'' was launched in November 1995 by Alan Web ...

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"Failbooking.com is now Failbook.com"
from ''Dot Weekly''
"ICanHasLawsuit? Pet Holdings Sues Other Site For Framing Failbooking With Better Domain Name"
from ''

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"LOLcats, Failbook owner talks at UW"
from ''

The Badger Herald ''The Badger Herald'' is a newspaper serving the University of Wisconsin–Madison community, founded in 1969. The paper is published Monday through Friday during the academic year and once during the summer. Available at newsstands across campus ...

'' American comedy websites Internet humor Photoblogs Internet properties established in 2009 {{blog-stub

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