To ignore this face book check in to hospital?

[marymarkle]

I have just had a status come up on my face book of X feeling worried, and a check in to the local hospital. There are lots of comments saying - are you okay x, what's up X, but there is no answer from x.
AIBU to totally ignore this status?

I see these very slender/slim girls posing in jeans or dresses, saying OMG I look so fat in this.
And get loads of responses saying no you look gorgeous.
They knew that to start with. Why?

What on earth did all these attention seekers do before fb. I wonder?

If you are 'checking in' to hospital on Facebook, you don't need to be there

I will remember this the next time I am admitted and I want to go home. Look Dr, yes I know I need IV anti b's, blood transfusion and some hardcore pain meds. But I'm fine as I go on SM, and take my laptop with me.

What did people do before? Spend ridiculous amounts of money using the patient bedside phone to update everyone in their address book.

Sometimes I will check in especially if I've been suddenly sent to the hospital as it's a quick update to people. Not all my contacts like group chats for various reasons. I usually do a post though that includes specific people. Never understood the whole pm me thing regardless of the post.

It can be a quick way to tell everyone. Just ignore it if it isn’t relevant to you.

Why would everyone need to know? One or two people may need to know if you need help walking the dog or with childcare while your in but I doubt Catherine from primary school needs to know.

I'm the opposite though, when I was pregnant I was admitted a couple of times. I told my local friends (and of course my husband knew) but I didn't want the wider world to know as I couldn't be arsed with dealing with everyone.

Bugger to facebook.
Why do people entertainn it? It is toxic.

the main problem with facebook is that it allows people to find nasty things to say about people they don't like. It's the new media for the nasty gossips to find material to fuel their rants.
These people who used to pick through the windows to comment on their neighbours now have a much wider source of information to get material from.
The haters are the reason why it's still so popular.

If you really hated it you wouldn't be on it and you wouldn't follow randoms you dislike.

Why do people entertainn it? It is toxic

Mine isn’t. But then I like the people I’m friends with on there and enjoy seeing their posts.

I never understand why people complain about social media. Easy to control you channel.

Attention seeking at its worst.

Ignore!

I work in a hospital, so could technically check in 4/5 times per week. I don't. TBF, the only time I check in to anywhere on FB is when DD2 does it for me, because she is doing it. I'm not entirely certain how to do it, because I can't be arsed!

I've got a friend/acquaintance who posts on fb whenever she has a bad night's sleep, an ill child, a headache, a fart etc, etc.

She also inbetween, posts various "thought provoking" quotes, silly memes and countless clips of people falling over or other such mindless drivel, interspersed with munane photos of her youngest DC, basically just being a toddler, doing fake smiles, like they do at that age if you say "smile".

My guilty pleasure on fb is clicking on her account and counting up how many posts she's done in the last hour, and seeing how many people are on to her and have ignored all the shit!

And I know that makes me no better than her, that I snoop for my own amusement, and never, ever click like, or comment. It seems a lot of people are tired with her attention seeking antics because hardly any one bothers to comment.

There is a direct correlation between how many likes/comments she gets, and whether or not she has a flurry of posts very close together. Clearly, she gets desperate that one post recieved almost no attention, so she posts more and more to get the likes.

It's absolutely fascinating! She is beyond addicted to social media. Fb have got her by the short and curlies.

Oh my goodness I hate this, it actually fills me full of rage for some strange reason.

I know someone who does it when she’s in hospital, without actually saying what’s wrong. It’s none of anyone’s business but leave it off bloody Facebook. She ends up with dozens of comments and don’t reply it’s so infuriating.

This is my favourite meme about it (if pic uploads)

Tbf, I check into A&E every time I'm there...

BUT...only because my friends know what a clutzy fuck I am. It's usually for stuff such as having fallen down a manhole, getting my finger stuck in a bottle, etc, etc. It's part of my "taking the piss out of myself" nature (I'm VI) and it's just...funny!

If I checked in due to an asthma attack, or a blood sugar crash (both this month) that would make me a twat.

I'm afraid I think you can't be that unwell if you can FB 'check in'.

Not really. Lots of waiting around even for more serious illnesses and injuries, with internet access.
Not saying it's bit annoying it attention seeking. But it's most definitely possible to post a 30 second check in even if really poorly, unless unconscious or have damaged both arms so unusable.

Of course you can ignore it or, if you’re actually a bit worried about the friend, text them privately.
I once checked in at A&E but did have the courtesy to tell people why I was there. Got loads of attention; it was great

I'm friends with an attention seeker on vague book who is always ill/sick/knows who her friends are and the status updates on every bowel movement are endless. Nobody ever likes/comments and it's great to watch her frustration grow until she replies to herself.

BUT...only because my friends know what a clutzy fuck I am. It's usually for stuff such as having fallen down a manhole, getting my finger stuck in a bottle, etc, etc. It's part of my "taking the piss out of myself" nature (I'm VI) and it's just...funny!

AFridgeTooFar

You do know it's still attention seeking though?

Look at me, look how clumsy I am..I'm hilarious. What am I like everyone?

And what's VI?

It's absolutely fascinating! She is beyond addicted to social media. Fb have got her by the short and curlies

I’m seeing the irony

JacquesHammer I know - you're right. I don't go on fb that much myself, and hardly ever post anything, but when I do, I do always go on her page. I know I'm the kettle calling the pot black, fb makes me do it.

Torn over this. I can't stand vaguebooking either, but I often check in and post from hospital (I'm in frequently for weeks at a time, so contact with the outside world is important to me.) I really value the support from my FB friends and it's really useful for people wanting to visit etc too, means I don't have to send a million messages. As for being too ill - in some ways I get this, because there are times I don't go near it because I can't even read, let alone type. But there is so much waiting around, and it can be a way of passing time and feeling a bit more connected. Hospital can be incredibly lonely.

I'd never do the whole 'in hospital, worried' post though. Neither do I do loads of selfies, I did one last time I was in but it was for a very good reason :)

I think just ignore. You don't have to engage! But I don't get all the FB hate here, if you hate it just come off. For some of us it is a lifeline. For chronically ill people like me it provides lots of support and help and just general chat. I'm grateful for it.

I actually don't care if people post on FB about their hossie visits. I have done a couple of times but its usually DH that is there as he has loads of health issues. Certainly don't post everytime though.
I do get annoyed with the ones that check in and then don't say why, cos I is a nosey cow.

Nane VI is Visually Impaired.

I have a lovely friend who is very genuine and caring, but she posts this shit and I just pretend I haven't seen it. But the hundreds of notifications are a nuisance.

MadhairDay

But what you're describing is something altogether different. It's not comparable and isn't attention seeking, it's staying connected by the sounds of it - fb at it's best!

I don't get why you would click 'like' when somebody has checked in to hospital. What's to like?

Ignore the attention seeking fuckers.

I know a couple of them and every sentence they use ends in 'hun'. There must be a particular type of dickhead.