Alright, I was going to make this a
more equal opportunity post and call it social media behavior, but to
be honest I haven't been on Myspace actively since they started
putting games on there, I don't think I'm linked in, Google Plus or
Google Circles or whatever it is, may as well call itself Google
Questionmark since confuses me to bits and pieces, and I'm not a big
twitter-wit, so that's right, facebook – I'm picking on you
directly!
Well, maybe not directly. More like
certain of facebook users. I myself am not exempt. Recently I
posted this as a status update.
"I know, I'm about to do
something that is one of my pet peeves on facebook - and post
something that has meaning for me and no one else - but here goes, it
is just so fitting in this case. "It wasn't that bad, afterall".
And it got me to
thinking – what are facebook behaviors that irk me, and why? And mind you –
I don't mean to single anyone out, no offense intended – as I
myself have done some of these, but here we go! In no particular
order - a short list of irksome facebook behaviors.
- Ending a friendship/name calling - in public posts on facebook. It just goes to show how insecure the "ender/name caller" is. And how much they need attention. If you have something to take up with me, take it up with me, in private – or don't complain if the same gets done to you. I have recently had this happen to me, which led me to go ahead and do irksome behvior #2.
- Posting enigmatic messages that no-one understands - about a third party. I'm sure we've all seen this type of post – I've even done it – posts that read, - I've been hurt by a trusted person now I'm upset and need to vent about it on here and in public ramble ramble, incoherent feelings etc..... And the reason these irk me is because the original doesn't specify who or what. Sometimes these posts lead to people who aren't correct party responding with hurt feelings, thinking that they are the offensive person. Or sometimes there are mutual friends involved. True, I did it myself. I didn't list the person's name and for the above reasons I took my post down after a brief amount of time, too.
- Complaining about your friend's posts. Eg. I'm so tired of reading about politics, the weather, music, sunshine, lollipops, etc.... people should just use facebook to post things that I like to read about! While I totally agree – there are some topics I'm tired of hearing about, there are some people that feel strongly about these things. They should have the right to use their facebook wall to say whatever it is they want to. I think facebook is a tool that people use to get into things that mean a lot to them. So if I have a friend who posts a lot of things on a theme that I do not particularly like - I simply hide them from my newsfeed. There. Easy. Friendship saved, and I don't have to go insane because of the tiresome topic being on my feed all the time.
- Posting enigmatic messages about your own issues. While it isn't hugely tiresome to me... posts that read something like this example– I have a lot of stress right now. I know my real friends care about me. Make me feel like the original poster doesn't consider me a real friend, since I don't even know what the "lot of stress" is. If I don't know, how can I care or act concerned? If it is so hush hush, why put it up on facebook in public, anyway?
