Facebook Vent: does it annoy anyone else?

[House Cat]

I love FB because it keeps me in touch with my best friend, who is over in Afghanistan right now. I actually WANT to hear every little thing about her and her deployment.

Then I have other friends, who feel the need to tell me that they've completed mundane tasks, such as changing socks or grocery shopping.......ignore. I don't want to hear about any of that. I've actually posted, "House cat is breathing and there is nothing eventful about it." in the hopes that some of those people would get the hint, NOPE.

Still, I want to hear that my best friend is breathing. So, it is perfectly fine for her to tell me that she's changed her socks.

The quizzes are a joke. A friend of mine took the "Which pin-up are you" quiz. The result? "TIPICAL housewife." I kid you not, spelt just like that! I'm thinking that if the quiz writer couldn't even spell typical, he/she sure isn't going to judge my pin-up-ness!

ETA: Off to check FB...

 

[doodle]

Date: 6/17/2009 10:17:10 PM
Author: House Cat
I''ve actually posted, ''House cat is breathing and there is nothing eventful about it.'' in the hopes that some of those people would get the hint, NOPE.

LMAO!!! HC, I didn''t look at the avatar before reading this, so I thought you were literally telling everyone that your cat is still breathing and there''s nothing eventful about it--which totally cracked me up and is very likely to be my FB status in about eleven seconds!

I''m one of the ones with several hundred facebook friends, but I can honestly say that everyone on mine is someone I speak to and/or socialize with at least once a month, most once a week. I have a HUGE family, all of which is on FB, so that alone accounts for about 100 of them, haha! I also hate it when people post song lyrics, unless it''s particularly funny. My own updates are usually something humorous or notably odd that happened that day.

 

[Dancing Fire]

sounds like there are a bunch of crazy women on FB.

 

[brightlight]

Date: 6/17/2009 2:16:52 PM
Author:janinegirly
Like many people, I check facebook daily and I do love that it allows me to keep in touch with old friends, and sneak a peek at their pictures and whatever they are up to in their daily lives. In the beginning I was all over it..daily updates, photos and generally interactive. Now I''m more of an observer. I have a nice circle, but probably less than 20 friends.

Lately however, I notice a trend of people using FB to brag, or come up with creative ways to sound like their lives are fantastic! It gets nauseating sometimes. I like the creative, sarcastic updates..or true sharing of milestones, but get so annoyed with ones that are clearly intended to show off (''look at me and my great life/relationship/boyfriend/''). You know updates like ''just had fantastic dinner with my amazing boyfriend''. Or ''hubby just surprised me with the most romantic dinner and roses!!''.

It might be that I''m jealous, but I don''t think so because I have things I could also promote, but don''t really want to, it just sounds so silly!!

Oh and then there are the people who update every ridiculous thing they are doing..i.e. ''waiting in gas line'', ''just got groceries'', ''just woke up and eating breakfast''. It''s kind of weird, but certaily indicative of our detached society! The most amusing exchange I saw yet was b/ween a husband and wife in which he told her he''d ''be late, love u''...and she replied ''ok c u you whenever''. I mean that was so weird to me...why not just call each other instead of having that read by 100''s of random peeps?

ok vent done. feel better.

What gets me are those people who have 500 friends. Maybe I''m just a really private person, but I don''t want that many people knowing what''s going on in my life or what my friends and I are talking about.

 

[House Cat]

Date: 6/18/2009 12:44:53 AM
Author: doodle

Date: 6/17/2009 10:17:10 PM
Author: House Cat
I''ve actually posted, ''House cat is breathing and there is nothing eventful about it.'' in the hopes that some of those people would get the hint, NOPE.

LMAO!!! HC, I didn''t look at the avatar before reading this, so I thought you were literally telling everyone that your cat is still breathing and there''s nothing eventful about it--which totally cracked me up and is very likely to be my FB status in about eleven seconds!

I''m one of the ones with several hundred facebook friends, but I can honestly say that everyone on mine is someone I speak to and/or socialize with at least once a month, most once a week. I have a HUGE family, all of which is on FB, so that alone accounts for about 100 of them, haha! I also hate it when people post song lyrics, unless it''s particularly funny. My own updates are usually something humorous or notably odd that happened that day.

Doodle,

It would have been even funnier if I would have reported that my cat was breathing! Darnit, why didn''t I think of that?

 

[Thomperchik]

Date: 6/17/2009 2:34:44 PM
Author: meresal
Umm, have to say I actually love seeing that my friends are happy in their relationships!! And ''bragging'' about great things that happen in their lives. I believe it''s human nature to want to share happiness and emotion in general. That''s why we smile and frown on the outside of our body. Would you rather see a friend post... ''Husband just got home after not answering his phone for 6 hours'' and know that she is hurting? or just no updates at all?

The second part of your post is exactly why I am not a member of Twitter.

Agreed 100%!!!

 

[dragonfly411]

I like Facebook because it keeps me in touch with what is going on in others'' lives. I wouldn''t have found out about a very important recent event if it weren''t for facebook simply b/c the people it related to didn''t have my new phone number yet.

 

[blushingbride]

Date: 6/17/2009 2:16:52 PM
Author:janinegirly
Like many people, I check facebook daily and I do love that it allows me to keep in touch with old friends, and sneak a peek at their pictures and whatever they are up to in their daily lives. In the beginning I was all over it..daily updates, photos and generally interactive. Now I''m more of an observer. I have a nice circle, but probably less than 20 friends.

Lately however, I notice a trend of people using FB to brag, or come up with creative ways to sound like their lives are fantastic! It gets nauseating sometimes. I like the creative, sarcastic updates..or true sharing of milestones, but get so annoyed with ones that are clearly intended to show off (''look at me and my great life/relationship/boyfriend/''). You know updates like ''just had fantastic dinner with my amazing boyfriend''. Or ''hubby just surprised me with the most romantic dinner and roses!!''.

It might be that I''m jealous, but I don''t think so because I have things I could also promote, but don''t really want to, it just sounds so silly!!

Oh and then there are the people who update every ridiculous thing they are doing..i.e. ''waiting in gas line'', ''just got groceries'', ''just woke up and eating breakfast''. It''s kind of weird, but certaily indicative of our detached society! The most amusing exchange I saw yet was b/ween a husband and wife in which he told her he''d ''be late, love u''...and she replied ''ok c u you whenever''. I mean that was so weird to me...why not just call each other instead of having that read by 100''s of random peeps?

ok vent done. feel better.

I feel the same way Janinegirly!!!!! There are some people in my group - one in particular - who will update her status on a daily basis and say things like the following:

"Just had an another amazing date with my hunky husband and returning home to be with my beautiful kids who I''ve missed dearly"

"Heading to bed so I can go play with my handsome hubby" Ewwww...TMI!!!!!

Not only does she always throw use an adjective before describing her husband, kids or day, but she also is very much against vaccinations and is constantly promoting her stance on the issue by posting video links or articles discussing how harmful they are. That to me is of very poor taste esp. when everyone has their own opinions.

 

[doodle]

Oh! Just thought of another one! I have a friend who is really into politics, and his FB status is always something ranting about the latest thing Obama has done that he disapproves of. I''m just like, dude, he''s the president for the next four years, and all your facebook status rants won''t change that. BLAH!

 

[luckystar112]

Date: 6/18/2009 1:59:26 PM
Author: doodle
Oh! Just thought of another one! I have a friend who is really into politics, and his FB status is always something ranting about the latest thing Obama has done that he disapproves of. I''m just like, dude, he''s the president for the next four years, and all your facebook status rants won''t change that. BLAH!

I have the opposite problem with a guy who is still constantly talking about McCain/Palin/Bush. Some people just can''t move on.

 

[Indylady]

I take people out of my minifeed if I don''t really care to keep up with them or enjoy what they put up. Once in a while I unfriend people who have been sending me excessive group invites, etc, but all in all I do appreciate Facebook. I don''t limit my Facebook to just a couple people, I have hundreds on friends on it, some of which are in different countries like Greece or England or Pakistan. They''re people I don''t talk to every day or every month, but I do still care for them and want to hear about milestones, like graduations and weddings, and congratulate them, etc. The real friends that I''m close with, I actally don''t really even use Facebook to talk to that much, I usually just call them..

 

[Indylady]

Date: 6/18/2009 1:52:56 PM
Author: blushingbride

Date: 6/17/2009 2:16:52 PM
Author:janinegirly
Like many people, I check facebook daily and I do love that it allows me to keep in touch with old friends, and sneak a peek at their pictures and whatever they are up to in their daily lives. In the beginning I was all over it..daily updates, photos and generally interactive. Now I''m more of an observer. I have a nice circle, but probably less than 20 friends.

Lately however, I notice a trend of people using FB to brag, or come up with creative ways to sound like their lives are fantastic! It gets nauseating sometimes. I like the creative, sarcastic updates..or true sharing of milestones, but get so annoyed with ones that are clearly intended to show off (''look at me and my great life/relationship/boyfriend/''). You know updates like ''just had fantastic dinner with my amazing boyfriend''. Or ''hubby just surprised me with the most romantic dinner and roses!!''.

It might be that I''m jealous, but I don''t think so because I have things I could also promote, but don''t really want to, it just sounds so silly!!

Oh and then there are the people who update every ridiculous thing they are doing..i.e. ''waiting in gas line'', ''just got groceries'', ''just woke up and eating breakfast''. It''s kind of weird, but certaily indicative of our detached society! The most amusing exchange I saw yet was b/ween a husband and wife in which he told her he''d ''be late, love u''...and she replied ''ok c u you whenever''. I mean that was so weird to me...why not just call each other instead of having that read by 100''s of random peeps?

ok vent done. feel better.

I feel the same way Janinegirly!!!!! There are some people in my group - one in particular - who will update her status on a daily basis and say things like the following:

''Just had an another amazing date with my hunky husband and returning home to be with my beautiful kids who I''ve missed dearly''

''Heading to bed so I can go play with my handsome hubby'' Ewwww...TMI!!!!!

Not only does she always throw use an adjective before describing her husband, kids or day, but she also is very much against vaccinations and is constantly promoting her stance on the issue by posting video links or articles discussing how harmful they are. That to me is of very poor taste esp. when everyone has their own opinions.

Oh goodness!! Yes I have friends too that try to use Facebook as a method of social change by constantly pushing their own agendas. I do think that Facebook can certainly be an avenue for change, but I don''t think its in the best taste to make your whole profile scream your ''message''. That is what Facebook groups are for.. why not just make a Facebook group with all of your thoughts/ideas/inclinations and then try to get people on board and post your links, etc there?

 

[Beacon]

I like FB well as I can talk to people who I otherwise would not communicate with so much and it keeps me in the loop.

At the same time, there are people who update all the time over trivial stuff. I actually wonder if they are very lonely or very bored?

I ingore all those "poke" or "kidnap" requests. I don't even understand them. And all those flowers or plants or whatever for global warming - OMG, a late night TV stand up routine must exist for these.

Overall I like FB, but sometimes you find out your "friends" are weirder than you think.

 

[dragonfly411]

Beacon - actually one of the plant applications is a really beneficial one. Every time you send your friends plants, they reserve 1 square foot of rain forest. I think it''s for ever 20 plants sent on the application, but you select a plant, select twenty people, voila, 1 square foot gets saved. So far I''m at 14 square feet (you can resend to the same people... new plants... still counts).

sorry, just thought it was a neat way to make a difference hehe

 

[MonkeyPie]

I don''t mind the quizzes, since during the most boring parts of my day I do them, too. But what gets me is the amount of political spam I get from a few select people. Yes, I understand that you are very politically-oriented and that you enjoy reading about this stuff, but I DO NOT. I just skip over those - they get old so fast.