Social media posts that annoy you the most?

[MadamGrumpsalot]

Anyone else find particular types of social media posts teeth-grittingly, skin-crawlingly annoying AF? A few examples of the little gems that make me cringe:

• "soppy status alert" followed by ramblings about how this man is her rock blah blah blah. These people live together.. why doesn't she just say it to him across the sofa? Why the need to tell everyone in fb/Instagram land??

• the attention seeking "cryptic" status. Usually goes something like: 'I just feel so alone, I don't know how this could happen to me' where the actual thing they're upset about is purposefully not mentioned so that they get tons of comments asking about it!

• Those long winded statuses that say at the end "if you're my true friend you'll copy and repost this on your feed, if you don't I'll know our friendship isn't true". Errrm no, it's just that IMO our friendship is a RL thing and with two toddlers to chase after at home I don't really have time to be sat reposting bloody essays on social media (she says... posting a grumpagram on MN )!

• the "quitting social media" or "taking time away from social media" posts. Okay, totally understand that it's good to unplug (in fact, my gripe with social media generally is that people need to be more present and enjoy experiences rather than friggin posting about them!) but if you truly wanted to unplug I figure you'd just stop using the app for a bit. No need to announce it surely? RL friends will know you're okay as I'm certain people don't simply use FB/IG for contact!?

• the standard Christmas/Easter/MothersDay/Birthday/Thursday posts, usually with a photo collage of the day itself. On Xmas it would typically have pictures of the presents in piles (which in itself seems a bit showy) with captions like "the boy did good" or "totally spoilt". Yes. Yes you are.

• finally.. the bloody Juice Plus/ Nutrilife/ Skinny Coffee/ Herbalife posts trying to get you on their sodding pyramid scheme with enticing BS about earning £220 an hour from your sofa! Bore off.

There are so many more but that's a start! Can you tell I'm in a grumpy Monday mood

Mothers posting numerous pictures of their daughters in a 'mini me' type status and using them as their profile photo. Never see anything of their sons. See this all the time.

Checking into the hospital type posts, or 'I never expected it to turn out like this' - cue the 'U ok hun?' comments and then the classic 'I'll PM you' - my SIL is one of these.

She also tags me in family photos when I'm not there!

I tried to attach a picture but it won't let me (probably because it triggers instantaneous vomiting)....bit someone posted this on my newsfeed.....God gives special children to special parents for a special reason

I love, love, love when people post "X would have been 147 today, happy birthday up in heaven" (I appreciate 147 is an exaggeration). It's not likely they'd have lived 147 mate, just visit the grave and remember them that way. I always imagine Napoleon's descendants posting "Napoleon would have been 250 today" and laugh like a small child.

God gives special children to special parents for a special reason

Dear Lord this makes me want to be sick from both ends. Revolting.

Granny Brenda and the angles 😂😂😂

"Only 10am on Sunday and got a wash on, chicken in the oven, gonna have a lovely dinner then bath my babies, fresh PJs and chill for the night #lovesundays #relax #familytime #chill"

Fuck right off Debbie, you're rewashing clothes you left in the machine 3 days ago, having frozen mash and tinned carrots with your roast, you'll all share the same bath water and then you'll slip into your Christmas 2017 PJs.

This is very therapeutic 😁

The Instagram posts with real close up face pics of FUCKING HORRIFIC makeup, then a breakdown of all the products they've used.

You're not an internationally renowned MUA, Karen, and frankly you look like Aunt Sally.

"So proud of Lily-Mae's parents evening, bursting with pride, she's so clever" - I've never known anyone to have a shit parents evening, doesn't mean you've got a future Oxford professor on your hands.

"Best night ever: cocktails at dawn, mad jinks with carrots, laughs about toasted cheese sandwiches, never do that with a broom handle again...!" Or basically some old in-joke crap that no-one else will have a clue what they are talking about but makes everyone feel excluded.

People who post pictures of you/your kids even though you are not on Facebook and have asked them repeatedly not to. I don't have Facebook anymore and haven't for a couple of years yet I see friends who tell me they saw such and such post with pictures/info about what I have been doing!

I got rid of Facebook because I got fed up with the making memories and feeling blessed pictures.

Also hate pregnancy announcements with pictures of scan, seems like too much info.

I had someone who would regularly post pictures of her grandads grave with messages.of how missed he is, I don't understand public grieving and it smacks of attention seeking.

Also, posts like "what time does this shop open," or "what time is the bus"... Just fucking Google it!!

I love my husband/kids posts piss me off... Well tell them then, I don't need to read that and would assume you love them anyway!

Stupid quizzes, stupid games, stupid right wing racist shit...

Vague Facebook statuses followed by "u ok Hun?" And "I'll pm you". Attention seeking crap! Once someone posted they were in floods of tears and would never get over this, after 30 or so "u ok Huns" it turned out they were upset about Derek in Grey's Anatomy!!!

300 holiday pictures!!

Overload pics of kids/pets...

Posts about amazing parents evening when their kids is like 3 at preschool! I mean do you get a bad parents evening at that age? All they have to do is turn up, play and not bite the other kids! Yeah well done, little mason is obviously a genius!

Oversharing! Can be interesting but really have some respect and don't slag your kids dad/your ex friend/etc off on Facebook! Tacky!

Pics of kids that you know will embarrass them in years to come. Someone once put a picture of their kid sat on the potty naked with a congratulatory message for doing their first shit on there, I mean wtf!!

Yeah, so Facebook wasn't the place for me....

Ooohhhhhh...

I hate all of these.

I'd like to add customer services complaints, just made as regular posts, especially with added "I won't say where it was".

Jesus Sharon, I really don't care that your bag of fresh carrots got substituted for tinned but at least give me the full story!

Fuck right off Debbie, you're rewashing clothes you left in the machine 3 days ago, having frozen mash and tinned carrots with your roast, you'll all share the same bath water and then you'll slip into your Christmas 2017 PJs.

‘I can’t believe my Ickle princess is 1 tomorrow!’ Accompanied with a photo of 3 million balloons and 743 presents.

Why can’t you believe it? You gave birth to her a year ago.
That’s how time works.

The "type Amen" posts,

Anything with a ridiculous filter or some selfie (sometimes half naked)with some "meaningful" quote that has nothing to do with the picture.

Indirect posts that are blatantly aimed at someone but the poster is too chicken to actually tag the person or actually tell them directly in person.

Self gratification posts that are supposed to make us feel like the poster is superior or a really good person but really make them look like an arse looking for glory.

Updates on their childrens every move including bowel movements

The birthday posts about/to people who aren't even on social media

Checking into hospital screams attention seeking to me especially when they then don't reply to comments asking what's up.

Happy birthday posts which include loads of photos of the person posting and the person they are posting about but only the person posting looks any good in the photos.

Public arguments and bitching are always entertaining to watch but it's really immature especially between ex partners. Two people I know have recently had a messy break up and the highly personal and offensive crap they plaster over Facebook about each other is shocking especially given that they also have a child together who could potentially see it all.

The reason I don’t have social media - all of the above ^^

Posting about their DC being in hospital and then a detailed account of what happened etc. Maybe tend to your poorly child instead?!

Valentine's Day #boydonegood

Shudder

Any cartwheel on a beach or making heart shapes with hands type of photo just screams look at me.

When people post photos of them kissing a relative who is terminally ill with the caption "you will be pain free soon." Or of the compulsory holding hands pic. Sorry nan I know you're dying but would you mind posing for a few snaps first so I can post them on facebook. Wtf?! I am sure they don't want their final moments posted on social media!!!

I'm nodding along at most of these .

However, only twice have I actually deleted a FB "friend" due to annoying posts.

One was somebody who enters competitions as a profession. God knows how 12 rice cookers & a sarong pay the rent (she doesn't seem to sell anything, she posts photos of it all in the house). My entire feed used to be her competition posts some days - and then she'd also send DMs asking her friends to click on some link or other to give her more "votes".

The second was a seasoned boaster. The final straw was back when that social class quiz/survey was doing the rounds. She had done it and come out as being some level of middle class. I can't remember her exact words now, but they were something along the lines of "So proud. We were born working class but have bettered ourselves by working hard & building a better life for our babies." Only the actual post was far more nauseating than that (which actually sounds quite reasonable). My options were either delete her or point out that most of her "points" would have come from her house value, how many bedrooms they had & the field she worked in. Never mind that they had bought the house as a bargain basement repossession years ago just before house prices started to go sky high. There is no way they could afford to buy it again now. They were (at that time) also in a huge amount of debt and paying the mortgage on credit cards and/or loans from her DH's parents. Her DH is a good friend of my exH & told him how concerned he was about things. She also went on at length about working for the Forensic Science Service - honestly to read her posts you would think she was personally solving serious crime on a daily basis. She actually had a very menial part-time admin job there. No specific forensic knowledge or training whatsoever.

Also - my least favourite expression of all time - "nom, nom, nom."

I forgot to say.....

Posting pictures of sickly children. Just why? Would you want a photo of you looking poorly on social media? Sympathy seeking tits.

And as others have mentioned - the not so subtle boaster. Every aspect of their perfect life and achievements splashed over fb. We.dont.care!

I’m glad I stopped using it years ago.