facebook etiquette

[Seeler]

A friend recently posted a link relating to cutting welfare to the rich, increasing their taxes, and giving more assistance to the poor.
I posted that I agreed with her.
Another friend responded with a rant about welfare mothers, and suggested that there be no social assistance at all. "Let them manage themselves like we did 50 years ago."
I've often seen her post about this; but today I wasn't in the mood. I posted back telling about my volunteering to provide groceries for those in need and how 75% of them cannot work, usually due to poor health, and the other 25% cannot find full time work that pays a living wage.
I haven't heard from her since.

I suppose she thinks that everybody should be forced into the situation she was in 50 years ago, when as a 16 pregnant school girl she was forced to marry her 20 year old boyfriend. They stuck it out for 20 unhappy years before she left. A few years later he committed suicide. Their daughter, whose first child was born out-of-wedlock, has been married (or in relationship) four times.

 

[GO3838]

My solution to this dilemma? I don't have a Facebook account.

My life is Facebook Free, and I love it. (I should put that on a t-shirt.)

The truth is that I am not hard to get in touch with. I ask family, friends, and co-workers to send me updates and photos
via my regular e-mail accounts. That way I get the stuff that really matters, and none of the frivolous junk
and inappropriate content that I do not wish to know.

I don't feel I am "out of the loop" just because I'm Facebook Free.

And I'm not treated as inferior just because I'm Facebook Free.

I'm convinced I have a lot less noise in my head since I'm Facebook Free.

 

[Mendalla]

Actually, I just pulled the plug on my FB again. Yes, I had some nice pages and groups I was following but not enough to justify taking the time to pop in and check on it. Very few friends, though, because I didn't spend much time on it so I didn't go out of my way looking for people to friend.

 

[BetteTheRed]

I will readily admit to being a Facebook addict. "Unfollowing" usually works with the objectionable stuff; I have a couple of relatives whom I love dearly but just can't handle some of the drunken exploits.

Mind, I'm sure I'm the "objectionable stuff" to some people (I'm very political and extremely feminist), and I'm never quite guaranteed to be "f-bomb" free, which has caused an unfriending or two over the years.

 

[Beloved]

If I was extremely appalled I would send them a message telling them my thoughts and telling them I was going to unfriend them.

 

[KayTheCurler]

I don't have any close friends or family members posting items I find really objectionable. Some of the younger generation seem more than a little bit silly sometimes. and they occasionally type words that I wouldn't. More distant friends sometimes post things I disagree with - mostly I ignore it.

 

[Jaebius]

I belong to some MBTI-related groups. We talk about all kinds of things. Sometimes someone will post an inappropriate picture and ask something like, "What's your reaction to _this?_ (please state type)." Ugh.

 

[Pinga]

i have only had one unexpected response to facebok. I posted something on someone's wall intending it to be a funny jab. Clearly it hit on a wrong time, and he took it way out of context and over-the-top. He blocked me and sent me a nasty message. I was surprised. I attempted to seek clarification what he was concerned about , and it was vile.

Recently, I have noticed he has unblocked me as I now see his posts on threads of common friends.
In addition, we now have dinner together & laugh over items the same way as we did before when I am in town.

I think it hit on a bad day.


I share that, as sometimes it is ok to say "hmm, is that what you meant", or "i took that post in this way".