A few things about facebook

Some pet peeves about facebook.

So here is the deal. It can be handy in many ways. I did start using it a lot to help organize things like flag football and sports activities. And I will admit it has actually worked. I’m really blogging today to sort of talk about my pet peeves with some things people do with facebook.

Passive aggressive postings: I love when someone (usually women I have to admit) will put up a random post about a great time they had with someone last night. Or they will leave these little “hints” about how happy they are with someone. How about publicly posting to their friend’s walls these subtle hints about this person they met. Of course it’s all one big grand scheme to make someone jealous or ask for attention. Unlike about 90% of the rest of the world, me personally I could give a “flying can of worms” (trying to keep the expressions clean here). If anyone knows me they know how apathetic I am about ANY drama. So for those people out there that try these approaches let it be known that there are people like me out there who absolutely do no care (all joking aside). Look you may think your relationship saga is just so great but that’s because you are in it. An overwhelming majority of people on the outside of your relationship DO NO CARE! So you and shmoopey go do whatever it is you do with each other and stop using us as your audience that you somehow think cares about your relationship drama.

Posting your phone number to someone’s wall: Gotta love this one. I think people do this for nothing more than attention. Oh this is also a passive way of trying to get some random guy or girl to call you. Look just be blunt with it and not only post your number publically but also attach the message (I’m desperate for attention and please someone call me) Look people this is not a good way to have a guy or girl call and ask you out. Just email the person privately if you want someone to have your number. Or heck it’s in your information section if people need it right?

Relationship status: Oh now this is a big one here. First of all if you are not married what is so important about this? And why is it so detrimental in your relationship if you as the guy don’t want this kind of stuff posted? There should only be two options in my opinion Married or single. That’s it, this way we can avoid all the drama that comes with changing this status back and forth. Look relationships are not worked out on websites. OH and FYI, people like me could care less what past relationship “people” who were in my life, are doing. There is a reason we call people ex’s they are a thing of the past.

Top five lists: I won’t really get into this but it’s just stupid. Please stop this. Yeah I did like one when it first came out but I’m sorry this song is played out.

Becoming a “fan of”: Please how many of these things can people join? I mean just use the about me section of your profile to talk about what you like and don’t like.

Pictures or references to beer/alcohol: I cannot begin to express how much this drives me nuts. I don’t care that people drink fine do whatever you like, that’s not by point here. But seriously people how many pictures of you and your friends playing beer pong, smiling about the cool alcoholic beverage you have in your hand or showing how proud you are of the drinking photos by putting some caption at the bottom complimenting the remarkable drinking skills that was photographed? I mean maybe I am way off here but I’ve just never saw the glamour behind drinking photos. Good luck, maybe I’m just old school.

Requesting friends that you know you still won’t talk too even when you add them: Alright I’ll admit this is kind of borderline here. I don’t want to piss too many people off especially those that have added me and never once talked to me. My point is this. If you see someone that you barely talked to when you knew them and you never talk to them now and probably will still not talk too even after you request to add them…Well do you see where I’m going with this? Don’t ask me why but I’ve never once added a single person to my facebook friends. No real reason I just have tendencies I guess. I mean if you want to add me as a friend no problem just think a little about how much you will talk to me if at all before you do it, that’s really all. Just don’t use facebook as a popularity contest, trust me we don’t feel any more proud of you for having “facebook friends”.

Look all in all facebook is probably a good thing. I use it but probably not anywhere near as much as most people. I just have issues with a few things here and there. I know me blogging about it won’t probably change anything but when does writing a blog change anything? These are just some of my few observations about facebook antics that kind of bother me. What say you?