Facebook is annoying!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree it's totally juvenile.

I rarely post anything, but I like laughing at other people's idiotic status updates. It's especially fun when they don't seem to realize they're embarrassing themselves.

I have one friend who fancies herself quite the beauty and constantly posts pictures of her "new highlights," "fall haircut," posing with her "new bag," etc. so her other friends can tell her how amazing she looks. Gag.

I have 2-3 others who are apparently trying to win some sort of "busy-ness" competition, constantly trying to best each other with asinine braggy status updates like "Just back from 17 soccer games, 11 swim meets (Maddie finished first in every event, YAY!), 3 dinners with our dearest friends from childhood, a performance at the Kennedy Center, a family reunion, hiking in the Shenandoahs, and snowboarding in Colorado - whew, just another typical fun-filled weekend for the Smiths!"

Then there are the ones who have to post about every time they work out ("Just ran 15 miles and feeling great!") or post a new picture of the baby every single day just to gather more "SOOO ADORABLE!" comments.

It's kind of an interesting phenomenon, watching people completely lose any sense of how others perceive them.

I'm the OP. And this sums it up, perfectly. I have these on my page, too...The physically fit braggarts, the kid-obssessives, and the 'my busy-but-perfect life.'

[Anonymous]

I really enjoy facebook, and love that I can keep up with people who I don't have time to see on a regular basis. I love seeing updated pictures, and some of my friends are so damn funny, that their status updates are the highlight of boring workdays.

I am glad it exists.

[Anonymous]

I don't use FB very often. It is a good way to share photos and send emails. It is good for finding that friend you have been wondering about for the last 15 years. It is good for organizing events in a large group of friends. I do not use it to chat, play games, keep up with the updates, etc.

I have never noticed any FB drama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree it's totally juvenile.

I rarely post anything, but I like laughing at other people's idiotic status updates. It's especially fun when they don't seem to realize they're embarrassing themselves.

I have one friend who fancies herself quite the beauty and constantly posts pictures of her "new highlights," "fall haircut," posing with her "new bag," etc. so her other friends can tell her how amazing she looks. Gag.

I have 2-3 others who are apparently trying to win some sort of "busy-ness" competition, constantly trying to best each other with asinine braggy status updates like "Just back from 17 soccer games, 11 swim meets (Maddie finished first in every event, YAY!), 3 dinners with our dearest friends from childhood, a performance at the Kennedy Center, a family reunion, hiking in the Shenandoahs, and snowboarding in Colorado - whew, just another typical fun-filled weekend for the Smiths!"

Then there are the ones who have to post about every time they work out ("Just ran 15 miles and feeling great!") or post a new picture of the baby every single day just to gather more "SOOO ADORABLE!" comments.

It's kind of an interesting phenomenon, watching people completely lose any sense of how others perceive them.

See, this is what I love about facebook. These are the things that, without something like facebook, I wouldn't know about my friends and family who I don't get to see often, or who live far way. I like knowing what they are up to on a daily, weekly, semi-weekly, or whatever basis.

There are certainly those who are braggarts, the attention-seekers, or those who share too much that I, as more of a private person, would deem as TMI. Overall, though, I like hearing what my friends and family are excited about, whether it's an exhilerating workout, a new haircut that makes them feel pretty, or little junior having a good soccer game. I personally don't post a whole lot, but if I just had a particularly good run or something like that, why not post about it? It's nice to get a little bit of support from other friends who are also trying to lose weight or stay in shape. It's not always about bragging, even if that's how you may perceive it.

[Anonymous]

I deactivated my profile months ago after pissing off random people with some cynical comments.

It's high school, and I actually have friends who now refer to me as being the "mature" one in the group for kicking myself off.

totally annoying! I don't miss it at all.

[Anonymous]

I guess it's high school if that's how you interact with it. I enjoy keeping up with far away family and friends.

[Anonymous]

I mostly find it pretty dull. I have a few friends who post genuinely amusing status updates, but most are just boring. Particularly irritating is the person who posts every freaking week, "TGIF!" or the one who *only* posts about her yoga practice. Is there anything on earth more boring than people who talk non-stop about yoga?

[Anonymous]

yeah, i'm cynical and generally sarcastic too. Doesn't translate well to facebook. I'll joke around with a few friends and someone I wasn't even aware was lurking out there will get their panties in a bunch over it. I almost want to cut the dead weight and limit my friends to 20 or so.

[Anonymous]

I like Facebook, but I only have about 40 Facebook Friends -- people I think are genuinely interested in me and my family, and people abut whom I am genuinely interested in. If I didn't care about someone enough to see their cute kids, I wouldn't have friended them. When my friends post that they ran that day, I'm quite happy for them! Fortunately, I have really nice friends and family memebrs. So it works for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mostly find it pretty dull. I have a few friends who post genuinely amusing status updates, but most are just boring. Particularly irritating is the person who posts every freaking week, "TGIF!" or the one who *only* posts about her yoga practice. Is there anything on earth more boring than people who talk non-stop about yoga?

enough said!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Facebook, but I only have about 40 Facebook Friends -- people I think are genuinely interested in me and my family, and people abut whom I am genuinely interested in. If I didn't care about someone enough to see their cute kids, I wouldn't have friended them. When my friends post that they ran that day, I'm quite happy for them! Fortunately, I have really nice friends and family memebrs. So it works for me.

You sound like probably one of the only normal people on Facebook. Friending people you actually give a sh*& about makes sense. But I think more often than not, people "friend" every Tom, Dick and Harry they've ever met.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like FB. I like seeing what people are up to, and don't get annoyed at their updates. I don't get offended if they just ran 5 miles or came back from soccer practice, that's just what's going on in their lives. I like when someone has an interesting link or quote or a new profile pic. I don't have time to talk to half these people, so it's nice to see and talk to them online, and maintain daily connections with friends far away.

Me too! I'm nosy so I like reading other people's stuff and I like posting my own things as well. I'm sure some people think I post too much, but I just assume that they'll hide me if that's the case so no harm, no foul.

[Anonymous]

I have a love/hate relationship w/ FB. I like facebook b/c it makes me feel superior the people with whom I grew up in that little burg in the middle west.

On status updates, childhood friends frequently praise to God and Jesus for blessing them with the morning sunrise. I can see who likes to "partee," find out which sports bar will be "hopping" and whether they prefer happy hours w/ live bands . Also, it's always amusing to see who likes to drop the "g" in written language.

I hate FB because these morons constantly e-mail me and ask how it is in the "big city." And I hate that my better educated friends here can click through a variety of hicks and see where I grew up and that even with an Ivy league degree, I do not have the pedigree that would deem me to join their clubs.

[Anonymous]

Facebook is annoying when DC spends time on it instead of doing homework. Or keeps flipping over to it, which is distracting and probably absorbs way more time for thinking about homework than it would seem.

That's my only interaction with Facebook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess it's high school if that's how you interact with it. I enjoy keeping up with far away family and friends.

So regular email and an occasional phone call . . . not good enough for you?

I'm in touch with people as far away as Italy - WITHOUT FB.