to wonder why people update their FB statuses so frequently when

[3LeetleKeettens]

On holiday?

Mmmm nice weather

Cocktail time

30 degrees in the shade here

not a cloud in the sky again

A friend on my FB is updating about 7 times a day, wouldn't you be turning your phone off? And she is also posting in local groups asking what is causing heavy traffic in the area?!! Why does this matter if she is abroad?!

Some people like to post every single thing they do. Some people don't like to post every single thing they do. Some people don't have facebook. Isn't it nice to have such variety?

Don't get me started!
My aim is to post maybe three times a year.
Can't bear the:

'Wow this stroganoff turned out great using the allotment aubergines and courgettes, Bravo Binky for helping mummy cook dinner and you too Woozles for grating all that yummy cheesy cheese cheese!'

I just hate it and wish I could give it up. But I love the posts from organisations I'm into and I love the photos of my very far await nephews. But the dinner posts and the holiday bragging makes me want to weep. Plus the ones about 'my wonderful husband' ARGHHHHHHH

Each to his own but God Give Me Patience. I need to block some more people.

I post maybe once every other day, and I usually get a reasonable amount of comments from people who appear to care what I think or say or feel about what I've shared about my life or opinions. Because generally speaking, the people on FB are my friends and we all like each other.

On a forum like MN, I expect people to occasionally rip my postings to shreds, because it's public and that's just the way life goes. But no one is forced to comment. Same with FB, but with the added benefit that if you're truly irritated beyond belief by someone's posting habits, you have the luxury of blocking or unfriending them.

Having said that, I'll probably be moaning about my racist relatives next week, or the gentle parenting nutcases that clog my feed with saccharine pictures and mottos

Is MN not considered "social media" then?

Apparently not-judging by some people's responses!

I think it is. Its exactly the same concept. Communication and socialising on an alternative platform than face to face. Have you read some of in-consequential dross that is posted in Chat? .

Oh, the irony.

People using the social media of mumsnet to complain about how much they hate social media....

The 'thank you to my wonderful hubby for my wonderful flowers/happy anniversary to my amazing hubby' posts are the only ones that make me a bit . Why not just tell him to his face? After all, he's probably sitting right next to you...

But does it matter?! If it does hide them.

The people with the most boring lives post the most on FB. The ones having all the fun haven't got time to post.

Anybody posting about yummy cheesy cheese chesee would be blocked!