To be appalled by Facebook obsession?

[LabellaChicca]

Everyday, I read here about grown women whining about what their SIL, MIL, School Mum, random person they worked with 10 years ago wrote on facebook.
They expect requests, messages. They seem to spend their days checking what the said random people post, and complain that it is cheeky, it is untrue etcaetara etcaetera ...
Facebook, like all social media is FAKE AF. It is a good way to share news with big groups but AIBU to expect adults to realize that people post what they want? I mean, don’t you have anything else to do??

But you're kind of doing the same thing here!

@Bezalelle touché!

Yawn

I do see your point. I am always quite shocked at how seriously some people take it and we aren't talking young kids but those over 30. With that said, it isn't always fake. My partner and I post photos of us together looking very happy and we really are.

I don't have a Facebook account, thank God. In fact, MN is the only 'social media' I possess. When I see posts about Facebook, and people moaning about who's (not) posted what, I wonder if they are actually 13? My teenagers, who are social media addicts, are slightly more discriminating than this.

I do know what you mean, but then again some people use Facebook as a tool to get one over on people - leaving them out of things on purpose, posting photos to things they weren't invited to, writing statuses that are cryptic to everyone but obvious to the person they're about..

I hardly ever use it these days, though I do still have an account.

Like one of my friends posted something because I'd eaten Quorn but I'm not vegetarian, and she called me a hypocrite. Like, how? Is it exclusively for veggies? I like the taste (of the mince) better than beef mince, as I always find that a little too fatty and greasy.

She put something along the lines of "Not sure I want hypocrites for friends who can eat Quorn and still let animals die for food".

Like, really?

I think you've missed the point of the thread massively . ^

I suppose it's about context. My birthday is not on Facebook and I rarely post birthday messages to people, but if you've a group of friends who do that, and make a point of doing so, you'll be more aware of being left out. Similarly, if you're in a social group who like or comment regularly on one another's posts, any variation to that, is something you'll be aware of. We don't all use Facebook in that way, but to suggest that those who do are inferior or immature, is unfair. Some people would feel bad if they were left out of a WhatsApp group, others if their friendship group went for a coffee meet up without them.
Different strokes for different folks.

Sunshine, your friend is clearly a lunatic. Are we all to stop eating quorn unless we're veggie? The climate folk say it'd be enough if everyone ate less meat, so surely any quorn is good.

The people who are like that about Facebook are like that in real life too though - always imagining they've been insulted, etc. It's them, not the platform.

And there was me thinking Mark Zuckerberg had embarked on a new perfume range...