to think people who live their lives through facebook usually have the least to say?

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am I right?

I have a boring life, I freely admit it. I work in a fairly mundane job (if only I'd studied harder at Lion Taming School), have a disabled DH and not much disposable income for going out and about.

Luckily, my friends don't seem to mind as the occasional drivel I post always seems to get likes and comments. Maybe that's because I use FB to keep in touch with people I actually like and am interested in, rather than surrounding myself with fodder to bitch about on MN or use as a social experiment?

I never get these Facebook threads. Did they make it compulsory while I was asleep? No? Then either use it or don't. And if you choose to use it, don't come over all hypocritical and snobby about it. The only reason you see what you consider to be "yawn yawn" stuff is because YOU chose to send or accept a friend request to/from the person or people posting it. The key word there is "friend". Personally I think people who slag off their supposed friends behind their backs on social media are far worse than those who post about their lives.

I work from home, have a disabled child & friends living all over the world - Facebook is my coffee break. I don't post photos of my dinner (sausages, beans & mash not very interesting) but I quite like seeing others. I love the mix on Facebook of the inane, the insane & the occasionally serious. I like that I can stay in touch with people I can't see & I like seeing their everyday lives. I love other people's photos.

Never understand people who moan about it constantly. If you don't like it don't use it.

OP, are you my dad?

Everything that Saintly said.

(Except I don't work )

I agree with Saintly, it isn't compulsory and you can choose your friends!

My DH's ex 'checks in' when she goes to Nandos and Costa, which is a) a lot and b) surely uninteresting, even to herself?

I had to hide a friend who updated her status before and after every Zumba lesson she went to. She was a Zumba instructor!

PMSL, all you are proving is that you don't like your 'friends' so why have you got them. YOU'RE at fault here for not being interesting enough to have the sort if friends you long for.

My friends are all off playing with their horses, climbing mountains, kayaking, doing half marathons and jetting off to exotic places. the bastards, whilst I'm stuck here!

YANBU to think constant mundane updates are boring OP, the people who were on my fb like that were either a) trying to make their life seem more interesting or hide a problem (this was very apparent between a married couple who overcompensated with love and nice words on fb and actually were fighting and having a shit relationship) or b) very bored and just trying to connect and be social.

If they are boring you then unfollow them, if you think they are self-absorbed then why are you friends with them or following? I rarely post so I expect I'm boring as fuck to some, I wouldn't be surprised to be unfollowed for that reason.

Fwiw I never say I love my husband or feel blessed watching tv with my family and I cant cook so im far to embarrassed to put my dinner on fb

I post most days on Facebook, I suspect that I am quite dull however I have a full life and plenty to say. Until recently I was a teacher, now I am a SAHP to five children of my own and a stepson, I run my own smallholding with stables, do voluntary work and a busy social life.

I don't see why posting a lot in FB is inferior to posting on here.

I find that your experience of Facebook depends on your friends. If your friends are dull your FB feed will be the same.

If all my friends were dull I would be tempted to ask exactly why that is.

Ssd "but you can read interesting things on mn, all I see on fb is "going to bed". "just made yummy lunch" etc etc. who he eff cares"

My friends don't post much boring stuff. Lots of funny or interesting things. I hide or delete those who post mundane stuff prolifically and clog up my feed. I only post a status about once a week if that but i like to see what my friends scattered far and wide are up to and sometimes join in a silly conversation taking place between folk living all over the world.

OP, if your friends are annoying or dull - then that's your problem.

It has its good and bad points. I like it for what I use it for - business and a nosey. I don't think YABU but I really dislike the cryptic style rather than the too frequent poster.

'That's it, karma will get you, you know who you are'
'Feeling low'
'Someone is out of order'
'Doctors again'

Followed by endless -'oh babe! Who's upset you?!' etc etc

It's not a bad thing in itself, it's the way people use it.

Some people's political and religious statuses remind me of the more chippy threads on here - like people barging into a pub spoiling for a fight! It's as if they're not happy unless they have someone to argue with!

Agree about all those attention-seeking type posts mentioned by badger above.

And then there's a the fucking irritating context-less sport ones - "Oooooh poor Jonny A", and "he should be off for that" and even sometimes just "Yesssssssss!!"

I recently de-friended the people on my FB who either don't post at all or who post things regularly which I have no interest in.

I read recently that if someone makes you feel a certain way, it's highly likely that they feel the same way about you. No idea if there's any truth in it, but with that in mind I figured I'd be doing them a favour.

YANBU.

I like FB it's an easy way to keep in touch with people and for our friends and family to see what we are up to and photos of DS as we don't live really close to our families and most of our friends.

However, I don't get the people that have to update their status every few hours with what they are doing such as how many loads of washing they have done today. I have my own washing to do I don't need to hear about yours! Also people posting pictures of what they are about to eat gets on my nerves. Each to their own thiugh and if someone gets on my nerves I just hide/delete them.