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Your Social Media pet hates?

297 replies

TazzyDrunk · 29/12/2019 18:32

I will start

Someone who constantly bangs on about politics , especially the ones who make the same points over and over again about Brexit.

OP posts:
bettybattenburg · 29/12/2019 22:27

That's living my best life!

@DM1209 do f* off back to your little famalam to make some memories now - please! Xmas Grin

Bobismyfriend · 29/12/2019 22:29

Anyone who goes on a night out and declares that " things are going to get messy."

People living their best life.

Endless shared posts of dogs that have been apparently stolen.

A recent one - picture of a dog looking mournful with a tag line along the lines of- what's he going to do if you don't come home tonight? Don't drink and drive.......🙄

betternamechangeforthisone · 29/12/2019 22:40

‘My friends/family/colleagues are better than yours’

yougotanuglyboatrace · 29/12/2019 23:19

Every person on my Facebook (there's not many!) has added ME as a friend yet completely ignore me on the school run every f'in day. Literally some have never said one word to me. What's that all about?!

WTF0ver · 29/12/2019 23:25

I hate those guilt-tripping posts asking people to share them. Usually they are about cancer or whatever and exclaim "if you hate cancer please share!" Yes, as if anyone actually likes cancer.

Also pictures of sad looking puppy/old person on their 101th birthday/neglected child etc captioned with "I bet I don't even get one share!" nonsense. It's always the usual suspects who post this stuff.

BedraggledBlitz · 29/12/2019 23:29

I hate so much of it. I've deactivated.

An old acquaintance left facebook for a while as she was trying for a baby and the constant baby/pregnancy content from friends made her sad...then she got pregnant. She rejoined fb and every post is about her pregnancy and baby, she's blessed, cant wait to meet little miss, 3d pics, baby shower, outfits etc. No awareness that this is the very stuff that made her depressed a few months ago.

The checking in to really nondescript places.

The local group pages are full of hateful bile too.

Its just the absolute worst of people.

MissCharleyP · 29/12/2019 23:39

“Nom, nom, nom”, “Get in my belly”, “making memories”, “blessed”, “my little family”.

“Copy and paste. DO NOT share.” Fuck off.

“Share if you want to beat xxxxx”

Putting the colour of your pants or whatever to “raise awareness” - as if there’s anyone on FB who isn’t “aware” of cancer.

MLM bots.

looselegs · 29/12/2019 23:40

People who add pics of holidays/ parties etc and caption them with " "making memories ". Cringe!
Those who say " feeling sad" etc without going into detail or even replying to comments.
Those who add their memories from 2/3/4 years ago. Wasn't interested then so I'm not interested now!
Those whose opinion is the best and the right one and everyone else is wrong or deluded

bettybattenburg · 30/12/2019 04:15

completely ignore me on the school run every f'in day. Literally some have never said one word to me. What's that all about?!

I just deleted about 20 people for that reason. I saw a person who added me on fb, said hello and they just blanked me. I never post anyway

BillHadersNewWife · 30/12/2019 06:22

People who say "This one" as a comment against a pic of their child/best mate/DH or whatever.

This one fucking WHAT!?

Jellybeansincognito · 30/12/2019 06:49

Oh the bad health sympathy posts drive me mad too.

‘in hospital for the hundredth time, on oromorph 😢’

‘hope you’re ok HUN’

‘ THANKS hun’

🤨

ginandgingers92 · 30/12/2019 07:21

Hospital check-ins.

Half naked selfies in which they down talk their own bodies, "still not happy with my weight" etc, but look (and know they look) absolutely amazing, then proceed to bat off any "ohhh you look amazing" comments. 🙄

Any kind of virtue signalling 😴

Bezalelle · 30/12/2019 07:22

People who check in as "safe" when world disasters happen. Love, you're in Wolverhampton; nobody was worried about you getting caught up in a Maldives tidal wave...

ooooohbetty · 30/12/2019 07:28

Wishing children, their own and other people's children, happy birthday on fb. Why? What's the point.

Status posts about learning not to give so much of themselves when they get nothing in return

People telling me who I should vote for in elections. Like they are going to change my mind.

Poems and posts about dead relatives. Just to let us know they miss them. Pointless.

Figgygal · 30/12/2019 07:28

Oh yes
Any hash tags
Hospital check in
Woe is me posts and the inevitable what’s up hun sycophants
The Christmas present pile

Going to avoid on New Year’s Eve/day to avoid the endless crap memes and half arsed commemorative posts

ArchieStar · 30/12/2019 07:31

People who post “good deed of the day done” and write about it in great detail or post photos. I have a girl on my SM constantly posting about all the good she does “purely” because she wants to give something back 🤔

BertieDrapper · 30/12/2019 07:36

People who post long and soppy happy birthday posts to people who AREN'T on Facebook!
Why would you not send a text or call them??

DH and I have friends who post photos of every event, celebration, fart their kids do! Not just one photo or even two! But sometimes over 70 photos of their kids football match. Why? Just why?

ooooohbetty · 30/12/2019 07:38

@ginandgingers92 I love the still not happy with weight posts. I always reply with helpful diet and exercise tips. Grin

I also hate the photos of newly decorated and furnished rooms where people ask for comments and everyone gushes at how 'gorgeous hun' it is.

quiteathome · 30/12/2019 08:14

Hash tags, there is never just one of them. I don't understand them and it makes a post indecipherable. Hash tags can fuck off.

Hospital check ins.

The whole I am being eco/ good and donating money to charity so not sending cards this year. When really we all know they just forgot to write them and they are not that eco anyway as they drive 100m to school each day in their 4x4 and are pissing off on an aeroplane on holiday next year. (A handful of Christmas cards won't make a difference to their carbon footprint)

Chocolate123 · 30/12/2019 08:19

People who say can't sleep at 4am!! Not surprised you on your phone Hmm

Oilyoilyoilgob · 30/12/2019 08:26

Sweet Jesus reading these in horror, that’s why I came off social media. It’s been heaven 😃

Straw that broke the camels back, a friend posting ‘house cleaning day’ pics of her wonderful, beautiful new build, immaculate-it really did look gorgeous. Accompanied by comments of ‘how do you do that with a toddler’ ‘you’re superwoman’ etc etc and I just thought (in my mid-renovation absolute chaotic house) ‘fuck this’

I find so many people are posting glory hunting/show off posts and it was actually making me feel a bit weird.

Myheadisamess31 · 30/12/2019 08:36

People who write fuming Angry.....and nothing else

People who check into hospitals

People who post animal abuse

People who update their relationship status to complicated

These 3 things made me delete my Facebook account within days of opening one.

Holidayaddict · 30/12/2019 08:38

All of the above.

I had someone who was always banging on about "random acts of kindness" sharing examples that were "oh so wonderful" yet she was one of the most selfish poeple I knew and not very kind at all!

Mangoandbroccoli · 30/12/2019 08:46

People who post #travelmad pics of themselves in one of three Instagram acceptable poses, none of which had ever been used pre 2015. (Presumably when the next Instamum poses with her fingers up nose, we'll be inundated with those too.) And, ffs, spending two weeks in a country with a weak economic climate, regularly queuing to pose for that oh so candid shot is not 'travelling'. It's just called going on holiday.

TabbyMumz · 30/12/2019 08:53

People who mix self boast posts with messages to the dead......"how I looked after you day and night, held your hand, wiped away your tears, loved you like a real daughter would, everyone said how did I do it, keep it together, held your hand till the end. Id do it again in a heartbeat. Miss you so much, have a drink on me up there, your heartbroken daughter in law... "