Facebook is annoying!

[Anonymous]

Aren't you just tired of it? Now, when my girlfriends get together all they do is talk about who did or said what ON FACEBOOK. The annoying farms, mafias, zoos, sororities. It's too much!

Then you are goofing around with your friends and joking about something and some random acquaintance who friended you chimes in b/c they are peeved about what you may have said. And there's a little spat ON FACEBOOK. I'm just done with it -- who comments, who doesn't, who posts too much. The constant whiners, the people who post these melodramatic danglers about their life, but don't offer up any details. I could go on and on.

Anyone just kick the habit and get off facebook?

[Anonymous]

I'm just not that into it. Some of my friends are actually my friends, and others are long lost and I don't really know what's going on with them, because their page has a lot of stuff on it that I'm not even in the know about. I think it's great to re-connect, if it works out that way, but otherwise I think it's an enormous waste of time.

[Anonymous]

Agree with both posts above.
I guess FB is my bad habit and a huge time sucker for me - but it is in lieu of mindless tv since I can easily walk away from the computer. But it is getting really annoying. Love the aspect that I am able to stay in touch with out having to write a letter, long email or phone call but it is getting a bit creepy too.

[Anonymous]

I am on it, but I liberally hide people.

Hid one friend who I thought I was closer with than I was-its easy to see what you are not invited to on FB- and she was doing all these get togethers and not inviting me.

And I delete friends if they post anything that I really find objectionable. (Ie too may I love Palin posts and you're gone) Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I don't want to read that crap on Facebook nor am I going to tell anyone to stop.

All this may sound obnoxious, but I figure its what I have to do to have FB be enjoyable and not drive me crazy.

[Anonymous]

Facebook has been fun. I am reconnecting with high school and college friends. However, I have gotten a virus from FB on two of my home computers. They had to be taken into the shop to be removed. The geek told me they were both downloaded from a facebook.

[Anonymous]

I find it very narcissistic. My husband refuses to join because "he doesn't need to know that Joe is trying to decide between pizza or chinese takeout for dinner." That was really a post one day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it very narcissistic. My husband refuses to join because "he doesn't need to know that Joe is trying to decide between pizza or chinese takeout for dinner." That was really a post one day!

I actually enjoy some of that silly chit-chat, especially when they're friends or family who live far away. So maybe I leave a comment and Joe and I wind up having a little conversation about Chinese food. I like being engaged in my friends' day-to-day lives when I don't get to see them. "Oh, you're going see Avatar tonight? My kids loved that movie." "Sorry to see you had a rough week!"

Also, I work in communications and do a lot of new media, so I have a large number of work contacts on Facebook.

[Anonymous]

Facebook was fun before all of us oldsters got involved. (At least that's what my 10 years younger sister has to say). I agree, OP. It was fun for a little while, but too many people use it in ways that rub me the wrong way. I posted previously about a friend who just poured her heart out on her statuses about her cheating boyfriend. It was embarrassing for both of them and for every person reading it. No doubt her pain was very real, but I feel like everything is extra-demeaning when you start publishing your heartache as status updates. Is nothing sacred and, well, if not personal, at least interpersonal (in a real live, at least "phone call" sense?) anymore?

[Anonymous]

FB strikes me as very juvenile. OP, just leave. I doubt you will miss it.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

I'm 39. None of my friends (a) have been acculturated into socializing on Facebook for more than an occasional post here and there and (b) have enough time to care about this kind of crap. Work + family + work + work + grocery shopping. That's what we do.

Ha.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

PP, do you live in DC? You sound waaay too nice and acceptive of others to live here!

[Anonymous]

I am not officially on facebook because I have taught in schools and there are just too many ethical/boundary issues if a former student tries to "friend" you. Plus, I'm a private person and given my current field I need to look as professional as possible. That said, I am fascinated by the whole culture. I have gone on anonymously to poke around and I am shocked at how much people share with the world. On the one hand I think it's great that people are re-connecting with old friends and distant relatives. On the other hand it does seem like the perfect playground for narcissists. There is some down right comical over-the-top bragging and some people post information that is way to personal. An old college friend complained to me she has over 400 friends on facebook, but sometimes she wonders if any of them give a "sh%t" about her.

[Anonymous]

PP again..just want to be clear...I am not trying to say i think facebook is bad or that only self-absorbed people do it. I think it's a great concept and there are plenty of normal people. I just think it's also a dream for self-absorbed people who can create a certain online image and don't have to deal with people rolling their eyes as they post yet another bragging status update. I also think plenty of professional people are on there. It is just not a place I feel comfortable. My closest friends already know what's going on with me and I am still friends with people from preschool on up I want to stay in touch with. I guess the introvert in me is just so fascinated by the people who let it all hang out and don't even use the privacy settings.