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Have I broken some weird FB etiquette?

37 replies

SistersOfPercy · 10/08/2016 11:09

Boring FB related post.....Not that I particularly give a shit, but I'm curious.

Last night an 'acquaintance' created a FB message group of about 30 people to sell some shite (not forever living type shite). I read what she was selling, was decidedly uninterested and immediately left the group without comment because I really CBA to sit and listen to my phone vibrate and ping whilst 29 other people discuss this shite.
It's also pretty fair to say that my interest in this shite is zero, and quite obviously zero to anyone that knows me.

Minutes after I leave the group acquaintance posts PA status stating how rude it is when people don't reply to you, coupled with obligatory angry smilies.

I try and avoid FB as much as possible because the politics of it drive me mad, but unfortunately I have to have a presence because of some groups I use.

So WIBU to just remove myself or is she just weird?

OP posts:
Vickyyyy · 10/08/2016 12:28

Just leaving is way less rude than typing 'fuck off I don't want your junk' THEN leaving.

I would have done the same tbh

Sooverthis · 10/08/2016 12:31

Say what Vickyyy said in the comments " so sorry I thought just leaving was more polite than saying "Fuck off, I don't want your junk"" Grin

Thisisnotausername · 10/08/2016 12:32

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fascicle · 10/08/2016 12:38

I think your acquaintance is blurring the boundaries with her sales methods and provision of grumpy feedback. Not a good mix.

GarlicMistake · 10/08/2016 12:45

It seems appropriate to offer you a Facebook meme.

Have I broken some weird FB etiquette?
YelloDraw · 10/08/2016 12:47

You were in the right.

Anyone that tries to scam friends on MLM is a cock face.

NuclearSwan · 10/08/2016 13:02

I'd have done the same.

Eviecat83 · 27/08/2016 23:38

Isum you can set it so that people can't tag you without you approving it first.

littleprincesssara · 27/08/2016 23:59

Make a PA post saying, "Isn't it rude when people add you to salesgroups without asking?"

PickledCauliflower · 28/08/2016 00:23

I hate Facebook - and I really mean that.
I tried it for two years and hated every moment. I have put up with the 42 photos of my new aga but then got really fed up with it and deleted my account.
Not because of the aga photos, but I found huge amounts of anti Semitic posts on my newsfeed.
I am not religious (a lapsed Catholic) but I found it all a bit odd and quite disturbing really.

I am I doing life much easier without it.

PickledCauliflower · 28/08/2016 00:24

Sorry - no reading glasses on.
I am finding life much easier without it! 🤓

BlurtonOnKites4eva · 28/08/2016 00:31

I reckon shitloads of people just left immediately so the post isn't aimed at solely you.

Whenever I get added to these groups normally about 1 in 8 people leave immediately.

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