Facebook rant!!!

[Cerulean]

I'm on a facebook break right now. I used to keep it open in one of my tabs at work and just flip to it when I needed a couple-minute break. I've weeded out all the drama friends and were left with a bunch of nice, intelligent people who posted interesting articles and didn't start flame wars. I just feel like I need a break.

 

[Turk]

Perfectly put.

I use FB in much the same way, and admit I am sometimes fascinated watching the flow of conversation.

Interestingly, in deriding social media sites I think we forget that AC is as much social media as any other. Defining something as a 'forum' doesn't remove it from the rank of social media.

I belong to a couple of other forums, one for truckers, and it is amazing how similar the boards can be. From 'What are you listening to today?' thru 'What's your favourite....'. Truck forum even has a 'I hate FB social media' and it is only because of its (as here) specialist nature that it is different. It is interesting that, considering we're Aspies, this site is actually quite social

Whether it be social media or forum we hold the power to join in or step aside.

Although AC is essentially a form of social media, it is a tool of empowerment. Never before, on any other form of social media, have I seem a more honest bunch of people. No one is worried about their status, only helping each other, and inclusion. Facebook is more about one up manship , than any thing else.This is the point where I pull you all in close for and aspie hug, and tell you how much I love you guys. Everyone of you, I call friend.

 

[Kari Suttle]

I'm so sick of Facebook that I've logged out of it on my iPhone and iPad. I'm sick of the hypocrite philosophers, the drama, and the folks living vicariously through their children. If I read one more disingenuous update that lacks any authenticity whatsoever, I'm going to vomit.

Facebook isn't social, it's pure idiocy and I only hoped it would die out. I so much prefer the "old fashioned" social media called a bulletin board.

Facebook, wasting people's time since circa 2002. Arrrrgggghhhh! LOL!

OMG don't even get me started about people living vicariously through their children on facebook. I look at all the moms posting pictures and talkin about what their kid did that day or is goin into...and i'm like really, dont you have a life of your own? My mom does this, and she gets mad if we're not practically falling down on our hands and knees thankin her for braces and **** like that. I'm like thats your money you spend on me i didn't ask for it dont expect a thank you! Dont' expect me to do loads of chores out of an expression of thank you either! I never got that. If i am thankful i will say thank you, i dont get how that translates into showing it via somethin totally unrelated. (My 'g' key is sticking, sorry.) If i help out around the house its because i see somethin that needed done so i did it, nothin more complicated than that. And i dont need to be involved in **** just because you wanteed to be as a kid but never could be either - bein uninvolved doesnt mean i'll turn out any worse. Sorry im in quite the mood today. My mom lives vicariously through her kids (like me as a kid) and by her posts on facebook and interactions with others, you would never suspect she has anger problems and a 'my way or the highway' attitude about everything - which she denies, of course.

 

[GoofKing]

Oh god don't get me started about Facebook. The place where everyone clicks something, in a vein attempt to appear informed or evolved, or worldly.

Don't forget how people on Facebook thinks they could solve world hunger by liking a status with a picture about it.

I remember seeing old classmates do this when I was on Facebook back in 2010 before I left for good ...

I'm often told that my online friends aren't real friends, yet it seems perfectly fine to friend someone on Facebook, you don't know, and still call them friends. Quite often I'll see someone ignoring their " in the flesh " friends, in order to update there Facebook. It's usually something important though, like a picture of their dinner.

I learned this lesson the hard way that all those people on your friends list are just a number and that your lucky to even have a couple of real friends :/

[sarcasm + bitter irony]
Oh well, somebody has to like that pointless picture of someone else's dinner.

Might as well update their FB statuses about leaving their houses so that burglars could break into them or post something about doing something illegal so that cops could bust them.

It doesn't stop there, people have also complain about work and their bosses so that they could get fired and college students are actually posting embarrassing spring break photos or photos of them drinking and doing stupid things to ruin their chances of getting hired in the future.

But hey, if your feeling down about that, be sure to like a status update to stop fake friends on Facebook :| [/sarcasm + bitter irony]

 

[Harrison]

It's interesting that I don't see any of this. I chose not to 'follow' friends so my feed is empty unless they directly address me. I often think how quiet FB is.

The only people I have on there are people I actually know.

 

[Judge]

I'm too old to access Facebook. Sometimes those "senior discounts" are a real blessing.

 

[karla]

I hate when people makes their life so public on facebook. When they post all their personal drama for everyone to see, and the "sexy" pictures people take of theirselfs, as if everyone was intrested on their dumb pictures

 

[Voltekka_MK3]

Wow, you guy's took the word's out of my mouth. Facebook just seems mostly like a cesspool of idiots and narcissists who are way too dramatic. Facebook's like a reality TV show, except its x10 worse because these are actual people.

 

[GoofKing]

It's interesting that I don't see any of this. I chose not to 'follow' friends so my feed is empty unless they directly address me. I often think how quiet FB is.

The only people I have on there are people I actually know.

I made the dumb mistake of following old classmates on FB

 

[Wintertime]

I have been on FB since they opened it up to non .edu email addresses. I was directly responsible for a great many people joining it which ironically ended up killing the communities I was a part of at the time, although they likely would have joined it anyway, just a bit later on. It didn't used to be so bad, but with everything that goes mainstream, it blows now and I really can't stand being there, but if I left I would lose contact with some people that I would rather not drop, seeing as how we've been friends online for 15 years or so. They are similar to some extent to me (creatives and other miscreants, Lol), so they don't really post the same crap that I hear about from other people. They post interesting and insightful things, and their personal posts are more meaningful than what I see elsewhere. They don't post banal or trite garbage and very few of them post anything approaching drama. A few months ago before I stopped posting much at all, I would post a lot of my writing and philosophies and thoughts. That is how I used the website until my reservations with it made me stop (and I went through some personal things as well which I didn't want to share). I am known as a thoughtful and insightful and authentic person there, a deep person. I did share the steps in my life's journey because I knew that it helped others make sense of theirs. So it did serve a purpose and I did get some fulfillment out of it for a time, at least. I am just very burnt out on it especially considering issues like privacy and so many others that I find rub up against me the wrong way, especially the culture which has changed now that it is mainstream and nearly a public utility. I don't wish that website to be my internet home.

A bit less than a year ago I finally got fed up and I tried to make a place for us to keep in touch without the limitations and bullcrap of FB (including the ethics of its policies) but nobody really used it other than a handful (but that makes it worthwhile to me anyway and I still think it could have a future when things settle down). And it gets complicated because I am the admin of several large FB groups, ranging from 1k - 6k members. I'm quite burnt out on it especially since as these groups grew, they lost their community feel and started becoming just like every other trashy group on FB, and I no longer feel I belong, I mean I never really did 'belong' but I felt somewhat safe there (knowing that I'm strange) and it fit a small portion of my social needs. A few months ago I had planned to give up my leadership but it got complicated and it's like, at least it's something because I really don't have a lot to do or feel good about right now, so at least being the e-police is something I can do to help serve a higher purpose. I sure do look forward to the day that I can say 'hasta la vista', though.

 

[SyAn]

I initially signed up because I wanted an easy way to share photos with family and friends whilst travelling abroad.

It changed a lot since the early days; nowadays I just use it to send birthday greetings to people that are not in my address book.

I turned all notification options off, so it never bothers me. We mustn't forget that we call the shots - these things do have off buttons

 

[Mr Allen]

I am so over people who seemingly live their entire lives through their Facebook accounts... There's more to life than social media people!

Up to probably the last 10 years I didn't have a life beyond the Internet but now I do, and I feel better for it!

I also have Twitter, but hardly ever use it, if you'd like to follow me on there, look for @RichfromSheff.