am I being a dick on facebook?

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I follow a couple of left wing pages, and a couple of feminist pages on Facebook.

If I agree with something, I usually click 'like', occasionally I might share something if I think it's important or interesting.

It seems I'm getting a reputation as 'very political on Facebook' and now I feel like a dick.

I suppose my defence would be that I see an awful lot of right wing and anti feminist stuff on my newsfeed and I wish to counter this.

Or am I just being a dick?

Don't worry about it OP.
From all the complaints on here about FB users, it seems you will be in good company.

You're in no way a dick, OP, but you are suffering from Nice Girl Syndrome. Have the courage of your convictions, and if people want you to be a dull, fwuffy princess, then fuck 'em

Don't most people look like dicks on Facebook?

People who are annoyed by your sharing or whatever will just hide you from their feed which is fine imo post what you want feel strongly about its otherfolks problem if they dont like it,

What is even more annoying are all those tests! Like "take this test and see what country you are REALLY from". Really? And there is a choice of 5, and if you like Pasta you are really Italian, and if you like Meatballs, you are really Swedish. This morning, I can find out if I am really Audrey Hephburn.

I dont need Facebook to tell me that

1. I am alive/not dead
2. I am not a filmstar
3. I dont smoke long slender cigars

etc.

I know who I am, and where I am from!

YABD (You Are Being a Dick)

It's your FB. People can hide it if they don't like it!

I have a lovely friend who is hugely political on FB; he works in HE and has stood for election in the last General Election so is very, very engaged in politics and environmental campaigning.

His FB feeds are always interesting! Aside from the facts they're not selling me bloody Herbalife or pictures of sunsets etc they are often full of really good debates about his posts. His friends aren't all from the same political spectrum as him so the arguments are often really thought provoking and, as such, I find myself changing my mind hourly sometimes -way more than if I were reading or watching a faceless debate in the media!

Quintessentially those stupid tests are the worst thing on FB at the moment. I really do not care which Breaking Bad character I was most like in a previous life.

OP the people on my FB who share left wing and feminist stuff are my favourites. You are not a dick.

Yanbu I would much rather read about feminism and left wing pages than hear about on/off carcrashes (relationships), look how amazing my boobjob is or sodding juice plus- I don't care about clean living!

I click stuff like that everyday.

I'm sure some people are

(We should have eye roll emoticon on mn)

But they can defined me or hide me from their feed if they want. I've hidden people who I find boring.

It doesn't sound like you at being a dick. I don't have particularly strong political views but don't mind people commenting/sharing/liking articulate political pages/views etc or who don't mind people expressing differing opinions in response. I have friends involved in politics/with a vested interest in a certain topic and I like seeing what they link to etc.
it's the postings designed to stoke up a bun fight that annoy me... I have a distant relative through marriage who posts inflammatory UKIP stuff, broad sweeping statements about immigration, benefits etc etc etc (you get the idea, Daily Mail caricature) and woe betide anyone who expresses offence or even a differing opinion (that deserves a whole other AIBU thread of its own) Now that IS being dick on facebook

Has anyone ever said anything to you about it?
If you worry about causing offence, maybe create some custom lists so you can limit who sees certain posts?

Well if you're a dick, so am I - but I don't care. If people want to hide my shared stuff, that's up to them - I won't know and it doesn't bother me - but if someone else out there benefits from something I've posted, even in a just "I did not know that!" way, then it's all worth it. :)

I used to be quite political on Facebook but then I realised how much it irritated me when other people were. I think what I hate the most is how by posting something there's an assumption that your views are shared by all your friends. There's an arrogance there that I dislike and I saw it in myself and my posting behaviour. I now don't post anything political and have unfollowed my friends who do.

I don't think you are doing anything wrong. As others say, you should be able to act on fb the way you do in real life.

I feel uncomfortable and uneasy on fb now as my mil friended me and is stalking me. She has been dismissive of political opinions she knows from fb I agree with, and has done inappropriate things, such as messaging a friend of mine whom she has never met and asking to be tagged in a photograph of both our children.

I now feel quite spied upon which is a shame as I used to like and share a lot of left wing and Yes Scotland stuff that I and like minded friends enjoy and find funny, I felt part of a community of people who shared my views and it made me happy and optimistic. Now I think twice before expressing any preference because I know it is being scrutinised by someone who is gathering ammunition to attack my views in real life. I would never dream of doing this to someone else and I can't understand it.

I hardly ever see things that others have liked on my newsfeed. Perhaps the people who've commented irl haven't got many friends on fb.

Thanks for all the replies, I think Nice Girl Syndrome is a good way to describe the situation OxfordBags

On Facebook i aim to avoid being political and if i do like / share any particular articles its because the topics / subjects interest me and also sometimes i like / share articles that i know friends may like.

funkyboldribena so everyone who has a different opinion to you are not worthy and should be binned? I find that a ridiculous attitude. Everyone is entitled to an opinion as long as it isn't aggressive or attacking particular groups. If someone doesn't agree with your political agenda doesn't make them bad people. And op post whatever you like on your facebook but don't expect everyone to agree :)

funkyboldribena so everyone who has a different opinion to you are not worthy and should be binned?

I said 'right wing and anti feminist' and yes, anyone who posts any right wing or anti feminist stuff is not the sort of person I want in my life. Why would I want right wingers or people who don't think women are as good as men anywhere near me or my friends?

That is up to you who you want in your life but how do you decide can be around your friends? I have many friends with extreme views i disagree with but i live under the principle of not sharing politics with friends or anyone else, unless having a grown up respectful disscussion.

Not being a dick at all.

Sharing Britain First stuff equals being a dick in my book

Thats very presumptive fanjo, i have seen many posts of britain first that are lovely and not at all dickish.

I re posted and linked a lot of stuff about the recent developments of FGM. Not a soul commented or discussed.

Then some one posted a video of a girl - pissed falling over at the bar. Hundreds of likes and comments.

Most people don't give a shit about current affairs

Most of my likes are the same, leftish stuff and lots of feminist stuff and funny cats and Debbie Harry pictures. I dont care whether people like it or not, I have to put up with their bible quotes or juice fucking plus.