Embarrassing dad

[Canadawet]

My dad, 76, has just retired due to ill health, is bored to death, and is also and old bore, racist, sexist and just inappropriate and embarrassing basically. He has now discovered Facebook and cannot contain himself to just "like", he HAS to post stupid and annoying comments on everything and everyone's posts, and seems to love bringing controversial topics (Trump, BREXIT, etc) when the OP had nothing to do with those. How can I tell him to shut up? He has now asked a few of my FB friends to be friends and it is annoying. Grin and bear it?

Hide his posts so you can’t see him.

Ask your friends to block him then block him yourself.

Log onto his FB and make it so that he shares posts only with himself?

He isn't going to change now realistically is he. so all you can do is mitigate the effect by hiding all of his posts and having a quiet word with friends and family to advise they do the same. introduce him to local and national newspapers online where he can comment away inappropriately to his hearts content.

Blimey!

Your poor Dad :(

It is HIS SM/FB - none of your business.

They are HIS opinions - none of your business.

If you don't like it then just hide his FB so that YOU can't see it.

Well done Dad!!

everyone is entitled to their own opinion if you dont agree dont read them if he gets too bad FB will block him anyway

You don't have to have him as a FB friend if you don't like what he posts on his page. Just delete him. If your friends don't like it they don't have to accept his friend requests. They presumably know what he's like anyway?

Just unfollow him.

I would just unfriend him like I would anyone else who posted racist, sexist shit on their facebook.

ilikesweetpeas has ir sorted. Definitely the best approach.

A friend used to complain about this but I couldn't see any problem with what her mum was posting. Then my own mum joined and I realised exactly what my friend and you are talking about. I find it annoying but my DC and my mates think she is sweet and love her awful comments. Let him get on with it

Is it possible to not see his comments? He doesn't post, just comment on literally everything. Deleting him altogether is going to sadden him, that's for sure, but really tempting.

I get that it might be embarrassing, but you are not responsible for what your dad posts.

Unfriend him.

Ha ha I love this it could be my parents lol just be glad you haven't got the 2 of your parents doing it .

Well done Dad!!

. Yes, well done to her dad for posting racist, sexist, embarrassing things. Isn’t he wonderful.

Seriously op, I’d sit him down and tell him the basic rules of FB and not to befriend YOUR friends. I hate it when people do that.
Also, tell him to post his vile comments on news stories —on daily mail posts— rather than actual friends posts. He sounds incredibly annoying. Let’s hope he gets bored of fb quickly.

It is HIS SM/FB - none of your business

what he posts on HIS wall... yep none of her business. This is why mute is wonderful

However

what he posts on HER wall, HER posts, HER friends posts, HER kids posts is her business etc etc

I have just told my DF that I will have to unfriend him... as his posts are linked, via me, to my business page.

Anyone who chooses to have a quick fb snoop would find him, make the connection and I would be forever connected to a bigoted old man's ravings.

DSis did the same. He is acting all hurt but has not changed the privacy setting on the very offensive post.. and yes he does know how to do that.

It isn't his first transgression... he and his equally stupid chum posted swearily on my business page, effectively calling my clients fuckwits and stupid cunts! He was most indignant when I deleted their posts.

Maybe he could join some groups and through there find the "dialogue" he's after? I suppose that's part of the problem. I'm also older and can't figure out Facebook, for instance I don't see any point at all in "liking" anyone's picture.... feels so pointless.

The only way to avoid seeing his posts is to block him. It'll look to him as if you aren't on Facebook any more, and you will quite literally not be able to see anything he has said - though you will see other people's responses.

I think it can look a bit odd at times, though. I know an ex couple who blocked one another and they both comment sometimes, and it looks as though they are backing one another up, or arguing, when really they can't see it at all. Most people don't know that though! So you may want to warn close friends about this and get them to alter their settings so he can't see all of their posts - you can do that with your own; create a custom view list without him on it, so he only sees things you are happy for him to do.

The other good thing about adapted viewlists is that he won't know you've done it. Block him, and he will eventually work it out.

Tell you friends to block him, some might think it would offend you so just assure them they are completely right to do so. Block him yourself.

Yeah, poor OPs Dad, spouting racist and sexist nonsense on other people's posts and slagging off his daughters clients on her business page. He sounds a peach.
I would block him and have no issue telling him why if he asked. I will not put up with that shit from anyone, family or not.

@Canadawet

Just put him on your restricted list. He will only see as much as someone would see if they were not on your friends list. And e won't be able to post anything, or add to your FB posts/threads.

Bit annoying (and slightly odd) that he keeps trying to add your friends though. They are quite entitled to decline the friend request though. (Or accept it and put him on 'restricted.')

At the risk of sounding condescending, do you know how to do that? (Put someone on 'restricted' list?')