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Anonymous wrote:There have been two types of posts I've seen on Facebook lately that really irritate me. It's not that my friends are posting them, it's that they are typing a response to them, and so they show up on my facebook feed.

Type 1 asks a question, and then says "I'll wait." For example "Who can walk out of the house without makeup no problem... I'll wait" or "Who can say they've had a friend for at least 20 years...I'll wait."
They never have a question mark at the end of the question, which is irritating...and the "I'll wait." is just so...smug? Self rightous? I don't even know what word to use...but it bother's me.

Type 2 asks a question that makes it sound like it will be really hard to answer, but really it's very easy to answer. For example, I saw one today that said "I bet no one can tell me a woman's name that starts with T and ends with A"--and of course there are tons: Tara, Tabitha, Tamara, etc. Or "I bet you can't name a state that does not have the letter A in it"--and again, easy! Ohio, Oregon, New Mexico, etc.

What is the point of this?

White women struggles?

Ha! Those zany white people!

Can someone tell me why anyone is on Facebook anymore?
I’ll wait...

I’m annoyed by people instructing me to “let that sink in.” The I remember Russian troll farms are all over these various ways of annoying us!

I get frustrated with the 'I'll Wait' thing too, and I just replied to such a post with:

'Instead of waiting, why don't you leave it a day, then come back to check?'

This is along the same lines as:

“thank me later”
“And your welcome”

Both of which are obnoxious

I agree with all these complaints. Stuff like this is a major reason I just don't do Facebook anymore. So many people are just mimicking each other or mimicking the way they've seen "influencers" posting and it's so tiresome. I read once that Facebook makes everything "flat", meaning it makes all content the same. I think there is something to this.

Another Facebook thing that annoys me is when someone would post a relatable post about life (like just saying they were tired because their kid wasn't sleeping well, or their luggage got lost, or they were having trouble making friends in their new city, whatever) and people would jump in with 1,001 and one pieced of advice for them. I'm not against advice in general, and if you have some really on point advice that could actually help someone, why not share that. But I remember once a friend from high school posted about her kid sleeping poorly as an infant and being stressed about returning to work before the baby was sleeping through the night, and the comments just devolved into a yelling match about sleep training between other people. It was so unhelpful to someone who I think probably just needed to hear "Ugh, yes, been there. It's tough but you will figure it out."

Everyone thinks they know everything but most of us don't really know much, especially about other people's lives. I don't know if I just was connect to a ton of know-it-alls or what, but this used to drive me up the wall back when I used to actually spend any time on Facebook.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:response farming. Promoted by places (businesses?) to get responses and therefore increase their Facebook popularity in searches.

This. Dumb and annoying and I don't understand why so many of my "friends" bother to answer (they're often my parents friends, or older coworkers).

I was going to say this. It’s usually my dad and older family friends answering this or occasionally a friend my age who isn’t the brightest bulb. I also see a lot of the “One of these must go” posts where is lists like 6 desserts and you have to eliminate one. I honestly don’t get the appeal of this either and wonder if there’s some data mining going on. But otherwise I just scroll on past.

I hate it when people ask a question and then say “bonus points if you…” Like, “What color sofa should I get? Bonus points if you tell me what brand you like.” Girl, I don’t need your bonus points.

Anonymous wrote:Both of these posts (annoying language aside) can be phishing for passwords and other secure information. For example, the friend one can lead many people to tag the person they've been friends with for 20+ years, which may well be the answer to a password question ("your best friend's name")

OP here

Woah. The other example i gave--states that don't have the letter A in them? Notice the first one I said was Ohio? Guess where I was born--yep, Ohio! And place you were born is also usually a security question.

I never thought about that.

Both of these posts (annoying language aside) can be phishing for passwords and other secure information. For example, the friend one can lead many people to tag the person they've been friends with for 20+ years, which may well be the answer to a password question ("your best friend's name")

These are people with low emotional intelligence who don’t read or have hobbies. Just unfollow them unless you like dealing with people like that.

Is it equivalent to someone ending with *crickets*? Bc I used to see that a lot but haven't in a while.

What annoys me about Facebook is if I respond to a post, then ALL of my friends see what I wrote even though they do not know the person that I responded to‼️

Anonymous wrote:Save yourself the irritation and get off Facebook altogether. It's nothing but a time suck and cause for drama. I've been off for 2 years although I do use Insta. FB is too political and too much family bullsh*t.

I was about to say that but you beat me to it! I quit ALL social media 3 years ago, and boy, it feels so great. For the record, I was never the 'envious' person like some people are (looking at someone's, supposedly, perfect life) but, after a while, I got tired of the entire set up. Why waste your life on 'following' someone else's?

Anonymous wrote:response farming. Promoted by places (businesses?) to get responses and therefore increase their Facebook popularity in searches.

This. Dumb and annoying and I don't understand why so many of my "friends" bother to answer (they're often my parents friends, or older coworkers).