to wonder why otherwise lovely people turn into insufferable twats on FB?

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I was scrolling through my feed and just thought at every one, DON'T CARE, BORING, TWAT, FUCK OFF, NO ONE CARES, WANKER

these are my actual, real life friends so I felt very mean thinking these things...but I just can't help it

there are actually very few people on my friends list that I actually enjoy reading updates from

and yes, I know I could hide, and often do.....but it genuinely intrigues me about what it is that makes people behave this way

also suspect that, I too, am a twat on FB

Its the vague posts that piss me off, one today was "why do some people have to be so horrible!" followed by "you ok Hun" and of course "yeah, I'll inbox you"

Oh fuck off you attention seeking cow. Tell us the craic or don't bother!

coz im a nosey cow

There are only 2 types of FB posts I don't like.

1. "PLAY MY STUPID FB GAME!!" That's just barely mildly irritating.

2. "REPLY TO THIS or you aren't really my friend!" That's fairly irritating.
   Don't mind anything else, even the ugly stuff, it's just froth opinion.

I have friends who are extremely witty on FB. You just need a better class of friend (or lower standards about what you find funny?)

I find it soooo hard not to get sarky with some friends

me too, I ache to do it when I see certain types of posts

Eg an important date for said friends dh coincided with Father's Day this year cue several posts and photo montages of lurve to which each replied to the other ! I wanted to post "such a shame you didn't get to spend your special day together and were unable to contact one another privately leaving this as your only option"
knowing fine rightly they were in each others company the whole time ! I will do it one year

hahahaha you so should have !

I find the PDAs ridiculous. "I love hubby so much thank you for being there for me" erm just tell him!
Or "it would have been my grandads 113th birthday today happy birthday pops" Grgh
Or "Id like to say happy 1st birthday to my cherub" I want to write do they have fb. But wouldn't.

Someone on my friends list talks about her dear departed as if they were in a bar partying. According to her her parents are getting drunk in some bar in heavens social club.

"I find the PDAs ridiculous. "I love hubby so much thank you for being there for me" erm just tell him! "

That's the point though; it's not meant for him. It's a bragging post meant for you and for everyone else to see how apparently wonderful he is and how lucky she is to have him.

Mumsnet needs a puke smiley.

Oh yes it should be called BragBook!

I think the worst ive seen is a lass that posts numerous selfies and comments "all likes returned" so basically asking people to like her pics with the promise she will like theirs

I've posted before about Facebook needing a 'Boo' feature. Please make it happen FB.

I think the worst ive seen is a lass that posts numerous selfies and comments "all likes returned" so basically asking people to like her pics with the promise she will like theirs

I see that with my friends teenagers. I let them off, as they are teenagers

PLEASE don't tell me grown adults do it? please

Two piss-boilers from FakeBook this week alone:

'Happy Father's Day to my amazing, gorgeous husband and a wonderful dad. We love you!' [IRL she's always talking about leaving him because he treats the kids like shit]

A series of 'Amazing weekend with amazing friends - sooooooo lucky to have you guys in our lives!' posts by two couples within our general social group [IRL, a few years back the husband of one couple and the wife of the other had a 'fling'. At least 4 other people know about this. Don't know how they've got the gall]

I love fb for the odd pictures of babies, holidays, etc etc. But I just don't get writing to people ie hubbies and children. I don't like huge albums full of photos. I love anecdotes. I hate the silent films with people holding up paper with a message. Why don't they just speak FFS.
I also hate the share this if you don't like cancer.

*I see that with my friends teenagers. I let them off, as they are teenagers

PLEASE don't tell me grown adults do it? please*

To be fair she is quite young, 18/19.

It's the eleventy twelve photos every day of aesthetically challenged stunning baby doing a whole manner of normal incredible things with a "my amazing pwincess" title that make me want to boil my head.

Maybe I am just mean but I'm fatigued by this shit. Overkill is the enemy, people!

My friend's daughter has just had a baby. Nice girl, nice baby, end of. Oh God, all the "luv my princess babes and gawjus hubby. Luv you all." makes me want to puke. Yes, you love your baby. Of course you do. But enough already!!!! Not two months old and sick to deathnof how fabulous this bloody baby is. Hun.

dementedma 100% with u on that!

I have a lot of very witty and interesting friends on Facebook. Some posts invite quite a bit of debate which I enjoy.

I also have a few that post a lot of fairly boring daily stuff but it doesn't irritate me- I am nosy and like reading about people's lives.

A few of my younger FB friends (DCs of friends and relatives) are inane and show-offy but I dare say I was the same at their age it just wasn't plastered over social media

YABU!

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It's like scrolling down "AIBU" some days. I sit and go "Yes", "Yes", "Probably", "You What???", "Yes, you too" etc

It's the internet. It does strange things to people.

hahah yeah i am like that too nomore

no doubt people are grinding their teeth and eye rolling at me on fb this morn as have posted some baby pics and a pouty selfie holding my baby

and a status about a "cute" thing one of the other dc said

bingo

On my FB, Which I love to hate by the way it's the older generation that are the worst! my generation eg. 40+ and our parents and the like, teenagers and those in their 20th seem to have got the hang of it.

FIL is the most embarrassing, closely followed by my own dad! the fact that evil step MIL and FIL seem to share an account doesn't help...

oh my cousin is really quite bad as well, she has good form to make anyones death her personal business and all about her which is seriously cringey

I have a fb friend who likes to make death her personal business too.
There were a two young lads killed recently in a car crash. She had met one of them, so her fb was saturated with the drama for ages. She contributed on every public post about him on fb and the media as well as it was covered in the local news. So much so that she ended up being quoted in the paper as his 'old school friend'!
She's 15 years older than him and met him like, three times!

I was .

His actual friends and family must have been going "who is Xxx Xxxxx?"

Anyway...a terrible thing to syphon drama and attention off.
Rest in peace lad. x

Older generation at 40+???!

I hate to remind the very youthful but some of us older generation were in at the beginning of the fucking technology we are now presumed to be unable to use properly!

Some people are shit at Facebook. Age is not the qualifying reason.

However, at least there's the 'unfollow' option or the chance to hide the worst offenders. Because it isn't obligatory to wade through the crap nor do you have to block people if you otherwise get on well with them/are related to them. It's very liberating to clear the nonsense off your Facebook feed.

I did include myself in that generation summer in facebook terms we are probably slightly old ;-) and I said on MY facebook not in general terms!

that's awful pictish

DH's friend died the other week and I was amazed at the absolute outpouring of grief on facebook.....it was nice to see he was so loved but at the same time I personally lost someone close to me the last thing on my mind would be fb, tbh