Hello, Surf Reporters! This is Virtual Jeff, again.
Yesterday we explored the things that aggravate you about websites, in general. And today I’d like to ask you about Facebook, in particular.
In the comments section below, please tell us what people do on Facebook that drives you up the freaking wall. You know, like the folks who brag about their perfect life, or their wonderful children. Or the goopy lovey-dovey ones, or the people who constantly fish for sympathy. Whatever it is that bugs you, we’ll need to know.
And I’ll be back with a fresh Question of the Day on Thursday morning, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time.
Goodbye.
I’m just fine with Facebook because I’ve always refused to join the rush to donate my private personal information to the world.
jtb
Which is to say, I’m not a Facebooker so I’ve never been “friended”, although I have enjoyed a San Diego Skidoo.
jtb
Is a San Diego Skidoo like a Cleveland Steamer??
Yeah. With less friction and more small citrus fruits in the rectal area. I suppose because of the climate.
jtb
Up I-5 a few miles we call it a Newport Noogie. Only performed with the right hand, of course.
You pretty well covered it in the update. But I also hate people that post pictures of inspirational or supposedly funny sayings. I used to have a FB “friend” who posted nothing but Youtube videos of older rock and roll songs. Dude, if I wanted to listen to Pandora 70’s rock station, I would do that. I think I’m done with it.
I dislike when people misspell words or use shortened versions.
How hard can it be to type “okay” instead of “k”??
Or is it really THAT difficult to learn the difference between “you are”, “you’re”, and “your”? This is only one tiny, tiny example of the things that drive me banana sandwich. Use a dictionary, for Pete’s sake!
Stupid people should not have Facebook or the internet, for that matter.
“Stupid people should not have Facebook or the internet, for that matter.”
Sure would be quiet out there.
Hahaha! Very true! 🙂
Vagueposting, as in, “Some people just don’t know when to shut up,” or “OMG, this is the worst thing to ever happen to me.” These folk beg us to tease the details from them and I won’t play along.
I second “vaguebooking” (as the kids these days call it). I don’t play along either.
Drama queens!
I get aggravated by hot women who make their Facebook profiles private, so I can’t look at their sexy photos. What do they expect me to do, send them a friend request?
First-world problems of a cyber-stalker.
I also hate that. But what’s worse is when you go through the trouble of becoming a friend and they end up being fatties.
I could type all day about this one.
When I logged in last week, my news feed was filled with this kind of crap:
“_____ scored a gazillion points playing a game.”
“_____ posted a picture.”
“_____ watched whatever on Vimeo.”
“_____ posted a youtube link.”
“_____ shared ______’s picture.”
THE WHOLE NEWS FEED! I almost deleted my account.
Then there are the Eeyores whose updates are nothing but depression. Kill yourself already or shut up!
Pictures of the food they are eating!
Oh my fucking god. That drives me insane. And it’s always the skinny people. Fuckers.
i post pics of my food and I’m a fat bastard, suck it.
People who leave a minute by minute account of their day on Facebook when they should really be on Twitter.
People who don’t have facebook and insist telling you that they don’t have facebook. It’s the equivalent of mentioning that you are a vegan or don’t have a TV at home. Not having facebook shouldn’t be any more a point of pride than having hundreds of facebook friends.
It’s often followed by “And I don’t twit, or twat [smirk], or whatever you call it, either.” Oh, how amusing – you’ve mispronounced the name of something other people like in order to be dismissive.
took the words right off of my fingers.
Get over yourself, we get it you are too busy to care, whatever.
I have tried to set up a business account for my jewelry. I DO NOT want my name on the page, I want my business name on it. I want people to be able to find me by my business name. I can’t figure it out. It ends up with my name on my page with my business name as a “like”. Trying to delete and start over is impossible. I have to use a new email address and its happened more than a few times. So fuck it. Customers ask me if I have a facebook page they can follow and pass along to friends. I think it would be good for business, but it has become a very frustrating tool I can’t figure out. But then I have NO patience for this shit. If I have to search for help or the preset problem questions don’t help, then I’m over it.
http://allfacebook.com/facebook-business-account_b5986
or
http://mashable.com/2011/05/22/how-to-facebook-page/
Of course, gawd only knows if this shit is still relevant since Facebook implemented Timeline.
Thanks Gretchen! I’ll give that a try.
Why not make a simple website?
Since I’m not a facebooker, I hate businesses that use facebook as their web pressence, which is of course hidden from view unless you log in to facebook. Bloody useless.
I do have a website and have an Etsy shop. FB is just another way to promote my business to those that don’t know of the other two.
Is Etsy the same thing as Regretsy? I’m not very knowledgeable about this stuff.
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Well….Regretsy is some fucked up shit that is found on Etsy….”where DIY meets WTF”. Most artists on Etsy make some pretty awesome things though.
Ah, OK. I once clicked on a link to Regretsy, but since I was not already familiar with Etsy I fell right in to the WTF part. It was baffling, but I’m used to that.
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I pinned your jewelry on Pinterest. I spend waa-hay-hay-hay too much time there.
Well, I blasted about facebook yesterday (and I really did delete my account last week). Here are a few more reasons:
A friend of mine is a big Yankees fan and made it her mission to do a play by play on FB every single game. WTF CARES???
Another friend in a band who posts pictures of every gig they perform. Same sweaty, mic grabbing pictures every single weekend.
Another “friend” who posts the same drunken weekend party pictures.
Facebook is clearly intended for some of my so-called friends so in-fucking-love with themselves that it was painful to open it.
I have Facebook friends who post about TV shows they’re watching at the time, like American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, or whatever. I never know what they’re talking about.
I’m seeing more and more of my “friends” on FB who continually post YouTube videos of songs they like, with a small blurb about what that song “means” to them. Ugh. I can’t stand that!
I’m also seeing a lot more spam on FB, from sites like SocialCam. Basically, it says your friend just watched some stupid video using SocialCam, in hopes that YOU will click on the video, thus giving your computer a nice bug. Then your FB feed will say you watched the dumb videos, when you didn’t.
The biggest annoyances to me are my friends liking the mass-posts where some douchebag says ‘I love America! Like if you do too!’ and 10 billion people like it because they don’t want to “not love America!” Those drive my crazy because it’s either some boolshit about loving America, or it’s a picture of a dying child or abused animal (I don’t want to see that shit on FB, thanks), with the urging to ‘Hit Like!’ if you want to stop that form of abuse/cancer/STD, whatever. As if 10 billion likes will find a cure to cancer and assholes.
I really like the copy paste postings saying “only a select few of you will have the courage to put this on your status”
Grrrrr, I feel my blood pressure rising with that one, Jack! Those bug me so much. A picture of a guy about to punch his wife, with their child cowering in the corner. ‘Hit Like to end abuse! Only a select few of you will have the courage to put this on your status to end abuse!’
(I actually just saw that one today!)
How about the one that is something like:
I want to know how many of my “Friends” read my posts (or know me) if you do post a one word answer about how we met. Repost to find out yourself.
One girl I met on the internet for one reason only. I think she blocked me after I responded.
ANother aggravaion about Facebook – every goddamn product on TV now says “Like us on Facebook.” Why, in the ding dong dell, must I let everyone know that I “Like” Febreze? Or Skippy Peanut Buter? Or bleaching my pubes? WHY?????
madz1962…I found it kinda weird someone would follow the Weather Channel on facebook. Imagine asking to ‘friend’ the Weather Channel and they turn you down. That gotta suck.
anyone who posts nothing but bible quotes, youtube vids, or the like.
Anyone who tells me they are blessed.
I want to type it so bad.
Go ahead, I got your back buddy.
I am blessed.
An t-storm, may you be blessed.
attaboy!
I don’t like the people who have witty saying automatically post on their wall, like they are witty, but it’s just some app service.
I come up with my own wit, and dammit, that shit’s getting diluted by all these bullshit wit bots.
Also the game invites, I don’t deal with that garbage.
How come nobody mentioned the new timeline profiles? That alone makes me want to delete facebook.
I have a “friend” who constantly posts pics of her 4 year old daughter, like ok I get it, you love your kid, she’s so cute blah blah but I don’t need to see a new pic of her every 5 minutes. Eating an ice cream cone, at the park, showing off her new shirt, sitting in her car seat etc.
I made a facebook account because a co-worker (I just typed that as cow orker.. funny) told me of another co-worker who had some AWESOME pics of herself and it would be worth my while.
It wasn’t. I have people I worked with 8 or 9 years ago want to be one of their statistics (sorry… friends). I didn’t like you in person, so um nope.
They created a facebook like app at work. They expect us to log in… to follow topics… to interact… it’s really not up there as a priority.
Now to be fair – I did connect with a few people I had lost touch with and am glad they’re back. As well, I’ve contacted some cousins that I didn’t realize I actually missed so there are some plus points.
But, I haven’t logged in in probably about 6 months…
I hate Timeline too.
Also hate the “if you don’t repost this you have no heart/soul/compassion/etc.” guilt-fests. Get a hint, this is called “slacktivism” and doesn’t actually DO anything, you just get to give yourself a warm fuzzy for how “caring” you are spamming everyone who reads your feed and trying to use emotional blackmail to get them to do the same to their readers.
People bitching about timeline. Get over it. You don’t have to be on facebook and if they feel like changing it won’t change your life. At all.
It’ll be ok.
I don’t facebook. And I try not to face reality.
Another county heard from. And, thank the Lord, another fine American who requires no social network psychiatric electric therapy.
jtb
I hate the goddamn game updates “Tim needs a Mafia War gun” or “Give Sally a tree!” and shit like that. I hate constant event invitations, seems like I get several a day. There’s this one guy that likes to post pictures of every meal he eats. That’s all he ever post. I find it mildly interesting though.
I think facebook could be a great place to find Jesus. I am still looking for Jesus (of Nazereth) on the facebook. Why doesn’t he have a goddam page!
I need a muthafukkin drink!
I’ve never seen a facebook page and I like it that way.
I have yet to drink the Kool-Aid. But I do have a number of actual friends. You know, in real life.
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I don’t have a facebook page. It would be a pathetic affair with about a dozen or so people I once knew, filling me in on their recent praole.
****we’re never gonna get an edit button…are we.
If we had an edit button, I’m sure we would use it for evil and not for good.
For example:
ME: We’re been baking apple pies all day at our house.
SALLY: Ooh, wish I was there! Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved that smell!
After editing:
ME: I have the world’s largest collection of used rectal thermometers.
SALLY: Ooh, wish I was there! Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved that smell!
Thank you Ed, the edit looks like a bad idea!
dto…
Most of my friends are pretty well behaved, so they tend to get out a little early. Nonetheless, a jtb facebook page would just be a small covey of missfits smokin’ reefers and eating praole. For purposes of passing said reefer, human contact works best. So no facebook for me.
jtb