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

Anything posted with the intention of being boastful.

There's a notable (usually) difference between posting happy or special memories, versus phrasing or posting things in a way intended to make yourself feel superior.

I have had to unfollow/block or unfriend some friends and acquaintances for posting content like this as it either made me feel irritated or jealous (despite the fact that I consciously know and understand that social media is only a snippet of someone's life), especially if I was going through hard times personally.

Examples include:

• Endless selfies from one friend with captions like 'so much hotter than you', 'your boyfriend wants me' etc
• One girl who to be fair I am not close with who would post pictures from a trip she was taking with her boyfriend, several a day to the point it was most of what I was seeing in my newsfeed, with many emojis and 'best time ever', 'best boyfriend ever', I was being made redundant at the time and didn't really need to see that...
• One friend who posts 'how's your Monday?' whilst at the shard having a cocktail etc.

I rarely go on my newsfeed now, I just stick to updating my own profile and messenger.

That no one is capable of doing or buying anything without asking for a recommendation first.

I have a list:

'Check ins' at hospitals/Dentists/walk in centres etc. Just fuck off.

Free holiday/designer squillion pound bags/car posts. Stop being so fucking naive.

Break up/Ex bashing posts referring to 'the ex'. Again, just fuck off, you will be back together again in five minutes.

Gushing 'Love of my life/my whole world' posts about aforementioned Ex. (Usually following the public break up).

Duck-face/Trout pout selfies.

Cryptic 'Poor me/I am feeling sad/lonely/unloved' posts and when asked what's wrong they reply with 'I will PM you hun'. If you won't tell us what's wrong, don't fucking post the attention grabbing shite.

Anyone who reposts Britain First/EDL type bollocks blaming immigrants for the direction of the wind that day.

People who posts memes about 'Telling it like it is/Being real' - Translates to "I am a rude prick".

Anyone trying to sell me sweet trees/glittered glasses/herbal life or other handmade tat or MLM shite.

I can't stand anyone that checks in at a hospital. There's no need to do it.

Date Night....going on a date night with hubby!!!! You mean you're going out for tea because you can't be arsed to cook....what is a date night? How can you 'date' someone you're married to....we went out for a meal....even so why do you need to share that you ate out????? With pics of the food of course....

Those click bait quizzes “ what did you enjoy in the 1960s/70s/80s “ and people actually answer, not realising it’s a data grab to target you with more age related adverts

It is already mentioned but the birthday announcements, long speech to a 1 year old.
To much information is shared, it is so easy to gather DOB, place of birth, mothers maiden name, people are only short of announcing here is little Johnnies NI number.

People selling Forever shite who hashtag the fuck out of everything they do. They can #fuckrightoff in my humble opinion and take their fucking Aloe Vera lip balm with them. Nobs.

Bloody messages 'of hope', and all those airy-fairy wispy posts stating that if you think / believe / shit hard enough, all of your dreamz will magically come true....cos it's all about positive mindset.

Just fuck off and come and live in the real world for a moment or 2, will ya?

Probably been mentioned by others, but I can’t stand the checking in at hospital ones. Even more so when people ask if they are ok and they go all cryptic.

Pathetic attention seeking!

Scan photos. They are all gross. Just tell us if its a boy or a girl, we don't need to see the alien-esk pictures.

When people ‘check in’ to a&e and reply’s to comments with “i’ll pm you babes”
And when people take pictures of poorly children in hospital upload them and again does the same thing. I know a girl whose child has been in an ambulance a couple of time and she has taken pictures in the ambulance and uploaded them straight away 🙄

People who check into the local hospital, make some comment about how they are here again and then once everyone has posted thoughtful comments, say "everything's ok, just the usual 3 month check up" or don't respond at all.

People who put a feel sorry for me status like how awful the day has been and how people can be so awful then just say it's just one of those days when countless people ask, day they'll pm you or say "yeah I'm ok, you?"

People who post photos of what their partner got them for valentine's Day and how loved they feel. Loads of presents don't been loved, its called being spoilt and the only reason these photos are put up is to show off to everyone. The same goes for birthdays and Christmas.

People who post photos of a weekend away and when you try to start a conversation about it they ask if you saw the photos online? "No I want an actual conversation and I got bored of looking at 150 plus photos of the local wildlife park so didn't finish going through them!"

My brother in law's ex girlfriend used to post selfies of her in the bathroom mirror, fully made up and hair done, pouting at the camera "just popping to the shops" no, you want everyone to tell you how beautiful you are.

People who put so many photos of their night out, you wandered if they've spent the whole time just taking photos and then posting them on Facebook.

One girl I have on Facebook puts a running commentary of what's she's doing, usually about going out running, going to a fitness class, working, looking after her daughter and what skimming world food she has. She then gives us a weekly update on her weight loss.

It's all attention seeking.

I think some of you sound overly serious
Why do you give a fuck?

Ones about free Calpol...

#topical

Probably already mentioned but the 'checking in at A & E' status with no other details so they could have lost a limb or have a bloody splinter for all you know. But cue a million 'what's up hun's

I mute people who:

Post pictures of peeled dogs and other maltreated animals every day. I feel for tortured and neglected animals but I don’t want a daily diet of them. I’ve noticed my most rabidly racist relatives and other similar people have an obsession about animal cruelty.
People who are into conspiracy theories.
Racists tho I do have a morbid fascination about how they can regularly post such vile things.
My Arbonne bot who probably doesn’t need my negative energy in her life unless I want to buy something from her.
People who get into vile and vulgar arguments. They are normally concerned about leaving all the drama behind, people being snakes and so on. And while my pressure is soaring at the stress of reading the minutiae of their angry lives, they’re probably feeling nothing, as fighting like this online is to them as mundane as a bit of chitchat.

Missing people.

Who went missing 7 years ago and have been found, if you actually bother reading the fucking thing you’re sharing, Sharon....

Friend requests from

• random people on different continents
• the mum of a friend you're only loosely connected to (1 other mutual friend in the people you might want to add list)
• my ex (I manage to be civil to you for the sake of our boys but I don't want my posts to be shared with you and vice verse)

Posts from my sil when she manages to have whole conversations with herself because no one else was commenting

Like this poor dog who saved his family from a burning building #thoughtsand prayers #bravedog #mansbestfriend

Sorry meant to quote @davespecifico

THE WHOLE THING!! I haven't been on SM for almost 4 years, and I am so glad!! Sometime I will have a look on my DM at my family/old friends to see pics etc... some people are so pathetic this one made me LAUGH the most it went something like...

'when you smack a woman in the face and scream at a child that isn't even yours, yeah your a fucking shit excuse for a man'

Saw her and her 'shit excuse for a man' a week later together and 3 months later they announced their 'bundle of joy' 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Do NOT understand why people put there life on FB etc!

I have one particular fb friend who writes the most ridiculous shite on people's birthdays. Really OTT, gushy, bullshite about 'how amazing their kid is, how they've faced such challenges! Overcome so much this year! Brought joy to everyone's life! The one who made me a mummy. My mini me. The reason I wake up' I roll my eyes so hard it hurts. They always get multiple hundreds of likes and comments like "omg this is so beautiful!" "You're such an amazing mummy!" "I love you so much, these words made me cry" and I'm over here like "are we reading the same shite here?!" Urgh
Also hate attention seeking ones.
Anything Brexit related
Actually, most posts tbh. I don't know why I'm still on it really!

I have a FB friend (who I should probably delete ) who posts PA statuses directed at “certain people” and also has a DD who was a bit wild as a teenager, had a baby at 18 and is having another one a year later.

The baby is due in August and she has put the 1st baby’s name and the new ones name and DOB as must be having c section (as if it’s already born) on the bio thing under her profile picture.

Really really made me wince actually and cringe - I have no idea why.

One ‘friend’ who posts about her chronic illnesses every day. Every. Day.