"Timehop". Facebook. Bit mortified...aibu to wonder how i have any mates left?

[InTheWhiteRoom]

i have started using that timehop app (every day it shows you the statuses you wrote on that day in the years past) ....and looking back at my past statuses over the years has made me absolutely cringe and realise that I am a real twat on facebook. bragging, jezza kyle style laundry airing,. vaguebooking, soppy declarations of love between dh and i, depressing statuses, public bitching, "i'll PM you hun" , over sharing, you name it have done it

i genuinely do not understand how I have any mates left, god knows what they say behind my back

what in gods name have I been thinking? theres no excuse, i knew what i was posting

I am 35 years old fgs. not 16. And I am the facebook friend you all hate and moan about on here :(

i need to now make a concerted effort to either not post at all don't i? as i seem incapable of self moderation. or only post things that aren't twatty and annoying ....or just delete facebook but i am addicted

That's good then. I can, I mean, the dog can, continue with his interest in DH's work life and colleagues

If your kind of woman sets up fake Facebook profiles using names of pets to enter giveaways for free miniature bottles of alcohol, which she then does not share with anybody the pets whose names she used, and then stalks people with overly large chins to make sure they're not begging her husband for cheese, then that's me SaucyJack, I am that woman

I read something ages ago that said in the future people won't have to research family history in the way we have because they'll be able to use our internet posts to find out about us.

I find the thought "if this was the only tweet/fb message/MN post" my great great great whatever saw of mine helpful when working out if I should post.

Alice A friend of mine decided to have a look on FB when it first got popular to see what all the fuss was about. Except for some reason decided she didn't want to use her own name. So the random name that she decided to come up with was her boyfriend's ex wife. (Obviously!)

Except she accidentally checked the thing that means that it invites everyone in your address book to be friends with her. As her boyfriend's ex wife.

That's brilliant Mumoftwo

What on earth made her pick that name!?

I've not been too twatty on facebook but I used to be a regular on a forum ten years ago. I had a re-read of some of my posts recently and almost disappeared up my own bumhole with cringe. I was such a nob!

Oh yes Timehop is the perfect app to make you realise what a total fud you were lol

The other day I had 3 years in a row of me moaning about the state of the house

DP's ex set up a second blank profile just to friend/stalk me.

I felt honoured

And yes- the reason I knew damn well it wasn't her real account is because I've had a good hard stalk at hers meself.

Facebook brings out the best in people. Not.

Alice God knows. She said it just kind of happened....

Hope you don't mind a blokey contribution.

Two years ago I wrote a long and glowing tribute to my wife on our anniversary. Last year on our wedding anniversary I cringed as I read it because I was in the middle of a divorce. Life and Facebook have a nasty habit of smacking you in the face. My simple rules for Facebook are:-

1.No politics.

1. No religion.
2. No women(In other words if I friend you it's because your my friend, if I think it's going to be something more then I won't friend you until we're past the point where I have introduced you to my kids)
3. No criticising work, they pay my wages.
4. If i think you're an idiot I'll tell you to your face not on Facebook.
5. Any shares from certain sites (e.g. Britain First) will have you quietly unfriended.
6. If I see something racist, sexist, homophobic then I will report anonymously.

I have watched a friend of my sisters who has a "car crash" life with horror. Criticising family members, falling out with the neighbours from hell and then having to call the police and she still hasn't learned.

This is why I haven't updated a DB status in 4 years. I Only use it for private messaging and photo sharing -saves any embarrassment!

Can I be your fb friend? Mine are all fucking boring

Ha ha what SaucyJack said.

YOU CAN BLOCK TIMEHOP??? Fuck me, this is awesome news. I am SO sick of seeing three year old statuses again. Yes, your children look older now. Big fucking whoop.

gardav then I have to ask you

was your gushing public tribute to cover up the fact that your marriage was actually not that great?

Does everyone get Timehop automatically? I see it pop up on my feed, but I've never seen one of my own, I'd assumed it was an app

Stratter you have to install the app, then you can see your Timehop posts. I have this but I never repost them on FB, you dont need to.

I haven't got timehop thankfully, but I did have a look back at my very early posts from years ago where I referred to myself in the third person a lot. Horrifying. What a twat. Rest assured I'm very much improved these days.

Sartre said the definition of Hell was being trapped, for eternity, in a room with your friends...

Facebook is making that a reality....

Anyone who posts a timehop status on to their feed is automatically a dickhead. I most likely didn't give a shit about your status last time, and I really don't need to see it again.

mine don't automatically post THANK GOD

and they have been so cringe I haven't posted any and even if they were worth reading everyones seen them once already!

and lol at miggsie

I love my friends. I love their kids. But I don't need to see three sodding pictures of those kids EVERY SODDING DAY with cute little comments like, 'Oh no! Jake's got into the rice krispies again! LOL #hesaterrorbutilovehim'

The cumulative effect means I don't go on Facebook anymore because my wall looks like a shite Boden catalogue.

There should be a law that you can only post pics of your kids once or twice a week. I'd rather they posted their feud with their neighbour frankly, at least it would be interesting.