Anyone else sick of Facebook?

[mimi85]

I've gotten to where I hate the ubiquitous thumbs up sign. It's friggin' everywhere! So is Twitter, but for some reason it doesn't annoy me. At least it's direct and to the point - by design. I have a fake FB now just for stuff where you have to "like" whatever it is for a coupon or whatever. Or for looking up someone from school to see if they're still as much of ass as they were then.

When I did have a regular account, I got so tired of the inane conversations and the pictures screaming "aren't I or my kids perfect." And then the person posts "thank you" as if they had control of the gene pool. Some people need more validation than others it seems.

Also, if I wanted to see my sister-in-law's 5th grandchild - or however many she has these days, I'd go visit her. Granted, I'm kind of a loner and can't stand small talk so it might be just me. But I don't think so.

[Arugula Latte]

1. I have a FB friend (from childhood) who is over-the-top

She posts about celebrities she bumps into, yachting trips in the Mediterranean and which multi-hundred-thousand dollar car she should buy. I notice she doesn't get much feedback or "likes" on her posts. I imagine everyone else sitting there rolling their eyes.

[PasadenaTrudy]

2. I left about a year ago..

No regrets. I was sick of the popularity contests and people's babies..

[pipi_k]

4. Hah...

people's babies. You're not kidding!

Do we really need to see 40 or 50 photos per week of the little darlings? How much are they going to change in one week? I mean, it's not like one week they're in diapers and the next week they're driving a car, FGS...

Where do people find time to do that, anyway?

I'm talking about parents who work, even.

Holy shit...I'm retired and I don't even have time to take 50 photos a week of stuff and then upload to Facebook!

[PasadenaTrudy]

8. No kidding!

They all look alike to me anyway

[tabbycat31]

12. I'd rather see someone's baby than their lunch

I use FB mainly for work. 99% of my posts are political.

But I really don't need to see a picture of everything you eat. If I cared, I'd follow food blogs or join instagram.

[PasadenaTrudy]

14. I'd take

food over sprogs any day of the week

[BlancheSplanchnik]

37. like!

animals are best of all

[pipi_k]

3. Not so much

sick of Facebook itself, as I am of the clueless wonders who frequent it.

Like the passive aggressive ones who say things like "You really hurt me this time!"

Or what's known as "vaguebookers" who post things like, "OMG I can't believe that happened!!!" and they expect people to jump right in and ask, WHAT??? What just happened?

Or: "I'm soooo sad!"

"What happened???"

"Nothing"

Then the parents who think their kid is the first one in the history of mankind to eat his dinner without poking his own eyes out with the fork. And there's not just ONE photo of the little darling...there are TEN of them.

I have a stepdaughter who does that. It's never enough to have just one or two photos of something. There just have to be six or seven or fifteen.

I once went to her wall and added up the number of photos in all her Facebook albums. You don't have to count them...the numbers are displayed.

Once I was done, I had a grand total of over 10,000 photos. This was three years ago.

Oh well. As long as she doesn't expect people to sit there and look at each and every one...whatever.

[Myrina]

10. LOL you pretty much just described DU too

"Like the passive aggressive ones who say things like "You really hurt me this time!"

Or what's known as "vaguebookers" who post things like, "OMG I can't believe that happened!!!" and they expect people to jump right in and ask, WHAT??? What just happened?

Or: "I'm soooo sad!"

"What happened???"

"Nothing"

[GoCubsGo]

23. Yep. But, at least FB offers some work-arounds.

You can hide people from your main news stream, which I did with people, like my step-niece. She posts almost nothing but pot-related shit, and trashy sex crap. Then there are the game-players. At least when you hide an individual post saying that "Joe Blow is playing Stupidasscrap Game", they often give you an option to hide everything from "Stupidasscrap Game".

Facebook also gives you the option to sort your friends into different categories, like "family", "following", by the schools you attended, or categories you make up yourself. It has made FB life so much better.

[pipi_k]

26. I felt bad

about doing it, but yeah...I had to "hide" some of the worst offenders.

Then there are the ones like the friend of a family friend's son who performed his wedding and whom I only met once at the wedding. He's a pastor, which didn't bother me until I realized that about 98% of his posts were all about witnessing and spreading the gospel.

Ooops. Blocked.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. It is a chore.

I originally meant to use it to connect with my kids, but now it's a reminder that life doesn't have many pleasant, leisure moments.

On with the good fight.

[fizzgig]

6. if i'm on my computer, i have facebook open

i get a lot of news, interesting facts and plenty of lulz and squees from it. it's also the easiest way for me to keep in touch with my friends who have moved away.

i don't care about people's kids and i don't generally engage in politics on facebook, i just scroll past what doesn't interest me.

[Orsino]

7. Nope.

Of course, I haven't seen the thumbs-up invade the rest of my life. Otherwise, FB seems to do what I want it to do.

I do think it is the sort of thing I could get sick of, If I used it more.

[narnian60]

9. Don't have an account but husband does.

The thing that ticks him off is when people tell about the minutiae of daily life. "Going out to lunch with friends today." "Just bought great-looking pair of shoes." Who gives a crap, people!

[Myrina]

11. I tend to mostly 'share' articles and tidbits I see elsewhere ...

... and have lost a few 'friends' because "I never have anything nice to say".
My response was: There's a lot to complain about these days. Sorry if I have an opinion and it doesn't involve Bible quotes or bunnies.

Honestly, I too am pretty much a loner and don't do alot of stuff that people would give a crap about, and if I did, I wouldn't be in a rush to share it with the world.

[pipi_k]

21. That's my

MO too.

I like sharing interesting or funny stuff. Don't post much personal stuff.

Or, at least not as personal as some people do, like a friend of Mr Pipi's who posted details the other day on his failed/failing marriage, how he and his estranged wife are handling it, how he "fell out of love with her", blah blah blah.


Anyway, here's what I shared on Facebook this morning...

I was laughing so hard I cried.

Especially funny after Mr Pipi's attempt at angel food cake baking last night


http://fb-troublemakers.com/twenty-one-bakers-who-totally-nailed-it-14152/

[marzipanni]

30. OHhh, my stomach hurts

from belly laughing, or seeing the gross "food" in those photos!? Both!

The trouble with food that begins with crappy ingredients is that if it looks bad there is no incentive to eat it because the appearance was likely its only redeeming value. If there are good ingredients it can taste good even if it doesn't look pretty.

[pipi_k]

41. The absolute worst

looking thing I ever made was a layer cake, c. 7th or 8th grade.

I was experimenting with color.

Used blue food coloring in a white cake mix, then colored the buttercream frosting purple.

Looked putrid, but tasted OK if you closed your eyes and tried to eradicate the image from your brain...

[ConcernedCanuk]

13. Sometimes, but I'm glad it exists.

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Got less than 80 friends in there, met all but 2 of them face to face.

Have found and reconnected with friends from back in the 60's even!

Don't know how I would have accomplished that without FB - I've moved around quite a bit my whole life.

I'm not a big poster, don't do much of the "share" thing - just enough to keep it interesting.

Had to remind friends a few times to stop sending me game invites, I got no interest or time for that.

at the moment, my main irritation is friends that share stuff that says "if you don't share this . . .blah blah" - or "my REAL friends will share this" - I find that a bit invasive, but not enough to unfriend them - I hit the hide button (hide button is hidden ya know!).

I keep FB open in another tab - I see when a friend messages me, or comments - sorta like a mini-messenger. Most of them are just "likes" for a comment I made to one of their posts. I leave brief comments now and then to let my friends know I'm paying attention - seems to be workin ok.

All in all - I like FB.

CC

[Lisa D]

15. No, I enjoy it.

It's easy enough to block people from my newsfeed if their posts/photos annoy me. What I like best is the ability to keep up with long distance friends/family.

[Loryn]

16. I spend very little time on it.

Have caught up with a few friends from eons ago, which is a great. I just ignore the opinions, baby pics, etc.
What I don't understand is how people end up with 680 friends. I have like 32, and have several people, mostly
family members blocked.

[csziggy]

17. I hate all the social media icons that are everywhere

And I hate that the box for them tends to pop up whenever the cursor passes over - and its a PITA to get rid of the box. If I wanted to use social media, I'd be on a social media site, not on whatever news site or other site I'm reading.

I might have a Facebook account (I think my niece harassed me into signing up) but I have never posted anything on it or read anyone else's stuff on it. My nieces only post pictures of their kids on Facebook, so I have two nephews I have no idea what they look like. Oh, well.

[Xyzse]

18. I blame FB for the slow down in the internets

Yes, FB and their connectivity to the whole World Wide Web.
Them and their buttons and ubiquitous crap of code that infects almost every single page.
The way that if they crash, and you are logged on would make even an unrelated page stop loading. http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/08/tech/social-media/facebook-killed-internet

Now, some websites won't allow me to access their content unless I log on to FB.(I don't even have an account with them)

FU FB!

[hrmjustin]

19. I check it once a day.

I get emails from those who I put on close friends and so I just read it in my emails. If something important comes up I go on.

[bluedigger]

20. No, but I am sick of Facebook bashing.

I've noticed the majority of complaints are not so much about Facebook as they are about dumbass friends. Get better friends.

[Neoma]

22. I'm thinking of shutting my page down, ironically because I'm going to college.

There's other ways to keep in touch with people and I don't want random people looking me up.

[dr.strangelove]

24. I love facebook, but what did you think it was going to be?

If you are a loner who hates smalltalk, why join facebool. I understand joining to get coupons or deals, but why even make any friends if you hate smalltalk. That is really what facebook is, one person talking and anyone who chooses to listen and/or respond, doing so. Anyone who hates this type of thing in real life is sure to hate it online.

For me facebook is great. I see old friends, renew old laughs and the contact has led to making some new ones. I have connected with people I really like and seen many people grow, mature and age into wonderful people. Its a great thing for me. I like to check in twice a day, once in the morning commute and again on the way home.

[mimi85]

43. I don't use my real name

for the account, so no "friends" to have to interact with. I'd call or even text first. I figure if you don't have a friend's cell phone number, you're not that close. IF they have a cell phone - a whole other discussion in itself.

[AsahinaKimi]

25. I quite face book about two years ago..

When something becomes too much of a chore, rather than fun.. It became exhausting. So I switched to Twitter, and have less to do, no more playing games, or having to send everyone lovely cards wishing them a great day. I can still post videos and pick up a few new people every day without having to send them virtual chocolates.

[Trajan]

27. My kids live 2000 miles away ....

Facebook is what it is ... I've learned to work around the nuisances, all so I can stay connected with my wonderful children ...

It works for me ..

[duuser5822]

28. FB has gone downhill a long time ago, imo.

I rarely bother checking my user updates, let alone logging in at all.

[Quantess]

29. If you're as good as a writer as you seem and as smart as you seem,

then how about responding to people's posts with the best you've got?

YOU could do your part in livening up facebook. And you COULD choose to not give a fuck about the NSA's bullshit.
It's pretty much what I do.

Have I made it clear enough that I will not be silenced or oppressed? I don't give a flying fig what NSA is doing.

Edit to add: well yes I do, of course care what the NSA is doing.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

31. As of tomorrow I will be totally off face book!

I put in for them to totally delete me. It takes 14 days and that will be up tomorrow!

Yeah! No more Drama!

[Iggo]

39. Welcome back!

[Major Nikon]

32. There is a solution

[thefool_wa]

33. Not me

I am clinically anti social and Facebook provides the perfect outlet of feeling like i have friends without having to actually interact with them. As far as Facebook's ubiquitousness...I kinda like it, especially since I use it to promote my writing.

The inanity gets a little much sometimes, but I skip over most of that crap and spend my time participating in discussions I want to participate in and ignoring the rest. When combined with the detachment of an anti social nature, it really works out quite well.

Sorry its a pain for you...I can see where it would bug some people to the same extreme that others flock to it with nearly addictive madness.

[savalez]

34. I signed up

A bunch of old friends connected with me.

I realized why the are old friends and not current ones.

I closed my account.

All in 3 months.

[nolabear]

35. I use it for a lot of networking, but never touch the ads. They grow like weeds.

[tinymontgomery]

36. I enjoy it

Keep up with my grandkids, some family and old neighborhood friends from a long long time ago. Don't do the politics and just go past anything that doesn't interest me. My postings are usually articles from the DU weird news group and this day in history or music.
Today was the start of the Monterey Pop festival, so I put up Simon and Garfunkel performing Sound of Silence. If I skip a few days a few come back asking for their history for the day. This day in history is fun, never think about when certain events happened, looking it up is fun. Lots of times it brings back memories since I around for some of the events.

[Iggo]

38. Nope.

Of course, I've never been on Facebook.

I'm just sitting around waiting for the rest of you to come to your senses.

[hamsterjill]

40. It's all about the presentation.

I crack up at the people who want to live in the fantasy life they create on Facebook.

For example, I have some neighbors who have some very serious family issues. Husband and wife fight so loud that the rest of the neighborhood can hear their voices three houses away. They are in dire straights financially because of overspending, and the husband is openly cheating on the wife.

The pictures posted on Facebook are much, much different. On Facebook, family life is absolutely perfect.

[ballardgirl]

42. Yes and No

I keep it open most of the time for updates on some of my "likes" but really hate the games and other app crap. I now have all apps blocked. I also have well-meaning friends who post horrible pictures of mistreated animals. I usually have to hide those, being super sensitive to animal abuse. On the positive side, I am now able to catch up with old friends in distant places and find it easy to share a few pictures. I have unfriended people with totally obnoxious political views and one person who posted daily pictures/comments of her little girl/rich family. For the most part, if a post is not interesting, I just scroll right on by.

When I first started using FB, it felt like a competition to get the most friends. Since then I have whittled it down to those I care about. I do belong to a few groups which can be fun/useful. Membership to those can be limited to invite only and posts can be deleted by a moderator if things get out of hand. They are a good way to keep in touch with a specific set of folks with like interests.