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HTML
<textarea name='Status'></textarea>
<input type='button' value='Status Update'>
<div id="output">
Stuff inside
</div>
JavaScript
$('input').click(function(){
var getText=jQuery("[name='Status']").val();
var appendElement='<div>'+getText+'</div>';
$('#output').append(appendElement);
});