Seriously, finding things out through FB?

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Brother is at the hospital after been attacked by someone his room mate knows and I only found out because my brothers friend has taken him and commented on FB about it?!

Its not like my brother doesn't have a phone so he could phone us. His mate we have know n years too.

It was also FB where I found out a relative had died and then when the funeral was. Why cant people just pick up a phone?!

Gin No rage, he wants me to go with him to get his stuff out. Hes gone to the police as I suggested.

Hes only 14 month younger than me and about 1 foot and half taller yet he knows he needs me when shit is going down

I'm normally first person he is in touch with when he has a hospital trip.

The relative dying I know that family did it out of spite. I'm no longer counted as part of that family as mum and dad divorced.

Gin No rage, he wants me to go with him to get his stuff out. Hes gone to the police as I suggested.

Hes only 14 month younger than me and about 1 foot and half taller yet he knows he needs me when shit is going down

I'm normally first person he is in touch with when he has a hospital trip.

The relative dying I know that family did it out of spite. I'm no longer counted as part of that family as mum and dad divorced.

Phone site is doing the long please wait thing then posting it more than once!

Know how you feel SP, Facebook is a really impersonal way to find out things like that. Hope the situation gets sorted ASAP

Yanbu in this specific situation but lots of other posters BU. FB is just how things are done now. Move with the times.

With minor exceptions I'd rather post something on FB (free within my mobile phone dataplan) than text loads of people having to reply individually to them with the same old bloody queries etc. Much easier on FB where everyone can see each others questions/responses etc.

Ah, now I have unlimited free texts and only a 1Gb data bundle, which is why I would take the time to personally let people I care about know their close relative was hurt, in trouble or had died.

Whether being U or NU in this situation is clearly dependent on your price plan.

Isn't 1GB alot? I have 500mb which I think is half of 1GB? I actually have no clue

I was just being a cockwomble SP.

I was trying failing to show that I personally felt using the parameters of a phone bundle as your reason for passing on personal news through FB, rather than calling or texting family was a fairly upsetting sign of the times. And not one that I want to 'move with' thanks.

But yes, 1Gb is a lot! I could pass on infinite deaths, births and serious injury posts should the need arise

Glad your brother is ok.

Love cockwomble

We found out my husbands nephew died on FB..and it was our daughter who was in another country who told us....none of my husbands sisters or brother bothered to pick up the phone and tell us....

SIL announced the birth if my DS before we'd even told all of my family... I had literally given birth less than an hour before and MIL had excitedly text all of her closest family members.
I was amazed that she'd done it and set MIL on her

It came down within 5 minutes, I don't think anyone important saw it

It is mostly thoughtless action though, rather than spite. She was just excited

YANBU - and don't see why 'thoughtless' counts as an excusable reason either. Admittedly it's a better 'motive' than spite, but still.

Perhaps a posting for 'God and the world' to see is more efficient than individual contacts, but it feels impersonal & gossipy - more a "look at the drama" than anything else. Efficiency is what one should strive for in business, not personal, networks.

Glad he's going to be ok and hope they catch the people who did it.