FB chain statuses

luckycooky · February 2010

Am I the only one who thinks these are stupid and pointless? Or am I completely missing something? I have a few fb friends that jump on to every chain status bandwagon rolling by but between these and fan updates, I couldn't care less. If it weren't for the fact that I am interested in the real posts, I'd take out 1/3 of my friend list.

mamie329 · February 2010

^This.

I've been feeling for quite a while that FB has jumped the proverbial shark. While I'm ever so thankful for the hide application feature, I wish I FB would auto-hide people who say something stupid about politics, post chain statuses, tell me they just sneezed, or post a lot of TMI.

luckycooky · February 2010

Fan of ... is another pet peeve. Especially now that you can be a fan of anything and everything. It's annoying because my friend who owns her own business has been battling them for months to get a page but they let stuff like "I farted" have a fan page. I'm convinced they are too busy changing the home page view to create useful features like auto-hide idiots.

mamie329 · February 2010

Ugh yes. I do fan things that I'm genuinely interested in or think are humorous, but too many people take it too far. My sister must fan 20 things a day. I looked to see how many she had total - 144 as of last night.

keb270 · February 2010

Agreed. If I didn't use FB to look at photos of girls from HS who got fat, guys who are going bald, and the popular people who work at the local grocery store, I would probably delete my account.

Leigha12 · February 2010

A chain status here and there doesn't bother me, although it does seem like they recently went a little crazy, but I hate the fan of obsession. My niece is probably a fan of a thousand things by now, and all ridiculous things. I especially hate the "lets see if A can get more fans than B" pages. Angry

mamie329 · February 2010

Leigha... I'm sorry. But "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback?" is HILARIOUS!

hawkilady · February 2010

I agree... its become one big chain email that annoys the crap out of me in most cases. I think there should be an age limit on fb too. My 7 yo cousin shouldnt be on fb. The fact that she is is likely a result of bad parenting but still. Seems like the younger the fb user is the more annoying they are with all the games/applications/fan pages crap.

luckycooky · February 2010

I definitely agree with the age limit. Some friends set up an account for their 7 year old son so he could give them farmville/yoville crap. He can log on to the account too though and I felt so bad declining the little guy I added him. I think I may be exploring the Limited Profile options soon.

Leigha12 · February 2010

keb270:
Agreed. If I didn't use FB to look at photos of girls from HS who got fat, guys who are going bald, and the popular people who work at the local grocery store, I would probably delete my account.

Please please please tell me this was sarcasm!

chrissyvcm · February 2010

Leigha12:

keb270:
Agreed. If I didn't use FB to look at photos of girls from HS who got fat, guys who are going bald, and the popular people who work at the local grocery store, I would probably delete my account.

Please please please tell me this was sarcasm!

Leigha, are you judging? This is what I love most about Facebook!!

megs1383 · February 2010

mamie329:
Leigha... I'm sorry. But "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback?" is HILARIOUS!

agreed. was so tempted to join this one, bc i am even MORE anti-Nickelback than i am anti-pointless facebook groups.

I dont use FB that much anymore bc i feel like it has become a forum for stay-at-home moms to give constant updates about their headaches, kid doctor appointments, and their progress on their farmville farms.

keb270 · February 2010

Leigha12:

keb270:
Agreed. If I didn't use FB to look at photos of girls from HS who got fat, guys who are going bald, and the popular people who work at the local grocery store, I would probably delete my account.

Please please please tell me this was sarcasm!

I forgot to add that I like to stalk my exes too Leigha

just dandy. · February 2010

I'm in Keb's boat! Seriously the only reason I use facebook... mostly

I'd also like to add that not only is it true that the younger you are, the more ridiculous your FB is, but this holds true the other way. The older you are, the more ridiculous your facebook is. And the worst thing is that older adults don't really understand written humor/sarcasm. It makes for some thread killers.

I think it was perfect at college kids and young professionals.

luckycooky · February 2010

just dandy.:

I'd also like to add that not only is it true that the younger you are, the more ridiculous your FB is, but this holds true the other way. The older you are, the more ridiculous your facebook is. And the worst thing is that older adults don't really understand written humor/sarcasm. It makes for some thread killers.

Or the page long quotes and spiritual messages. We get it, you feel blessed you can see the sky. Now step away from the computer to go enjoy it or I'll scream.

hawkilady · February 2010

luckycooky:
just dandy.:

I'd also like to add that not only is it true that the younger you are, the more ridiculous your FB is, but this holds true the other way. The older you are, the more ridiculous your facebook is. And the worst thing is that older adults don't really understand written humor/sarcasm. It makes for some thread killers.

Or the page long quotes and spiritual messages. We get it, you feel blessed you can see the sky. Now step away from the computer to go enjoy it or I'll scream.

Haha... I have a few people like this in my friend list too -- most of them are now on ignore.

I also hate Picnik (sp?) pictures all over fb. Just because Picnik gives you the ability to write in neon letters all over your pictures doesnt mean you should do so. Nor should you frame every single picture with some glowing colored frame. Some of my friends havent really moved on since they were 13 evidently.

mamie329 · February 2010

Confession: Even though I just bitched about people joining too many fan pages, I realized I've joined like 4 in the past 3 days. Oopsies.

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