Maybe I am too sensitive. Is it just me?
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Or is it just me?
This post has absolutely nothing to do with quilting. It concerns Facebook. Does anyone else think it is a really bad idea to complain about your job, write negative posts about members of your family or argue with someone on Facebook? The only reason I am on Facebook is to know what is going on in the lives of family and friends but some of the negativity I see makes me cringe. Call me crazy but if I need to vent about something of a true personal nature, the last place I am going to do that is on Facebook. Airing dirty laundry for all my friends and family to see would be, at the very least, an incredible embarrassment.
Maybe I am too sensitive. Is it just me?
Maybe I am too sensitive. Is it just me?
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No, it's not just you. Life is full of TMI lately. People just don't seem to think about how these personal discussions about very personal issues can effect them and those they write about.
ReplyDeleteThere's a saying I think goes, "say it forget it write it regret it."
Like! Like! Like! I am with you! They air everything and then get very disgusted when someone braves it up to say something to them. TMI is among us everywhere we turn! Glad to know I am not the only one! I was beginning to feel "old fashioned" Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteCan't help but agree. Some of the things I've seen just this week make me cringe. At first I thought it was just the younger, more tech comfortable generation, but that isn't really true either. It's like people think FB is the proper place to tell all. Grow up people! There is not a proper place to tell some things.
ReplyDeleteNo. I totally agree with you . Wayyyyyy too much personal disclosure happens on facebook. Boundaries people! Learn some boundaries.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I am not a Facebook user. I tried it and I can say I did not like knowing what was going on with everyone every minute of the day. I guess I am out of the loop when it comes to some of these techy things but I am surviving!!
ReplyDeleteThis is probably the number 2 reason why I am not on facebook or twitter.
ReplyDeleteNumber 1 - I don't need another time waster.
Number 3 - I don't need to "like" _____ quilt shop/blog for a chance that I might win a fat quarter...
Oh, no, it's not just you. I often wonder how many Facebook users really understand the privacy settings and how wall posts work. Too many people post on other people's wall when they really should be using the message function. And I see this with both young and old!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and currently am considering removing myself from FB. Who needs negativity?!!
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you. so far I have not come up against that yet. I don't think it is in good taste for people to behave so poorly.
ReplyDeleteApparently young people have no sence of privacy- sorry this is a gross generalisation. But as I understand this is why many will have cellphone videos of them doing all kinds of things. Perhaps this has now spread to the older generation. Although I have a facebook profile- it was just to start a quilt group. I found groups in other places like at the Quilt show- so do not use FB any more
ReplyDeleteTotally agree - some of the FB posts are quite embarassing. I have had to "de-friend" some of my acquaintances because of bad language/poor choices. Sometimes I think I am too much of a prud? BUT, I do love technology - so I guess I will take the good with the bad :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, it is not a classy thing to do at all. I hate reading that stuff on there and I always think "how embarrassing" I just don't get on FB much anymore...except to check on what my kids are up too! LOL! They are all cool with it, but you can't be too safe. I always try to keep up with what they are doing or who they are talking to....know what I mean..
ReplyDeleteKristie
You are so right! People still do not realize that colleges, employers etc check that to see what people have on thier sites. It can be detrimental. And even if it isn't what you wrote, but what someone else put on your page. Further more, I think people who write ugly things about others on Facebook are cowards. They can say it there, but are too chicken to say it to someone in person.
ReplyDeleteOh I am so with you on this. like you I use it to keep up to date with family (they live in the UK, I live in France). I have seen how FB can destroy families, a very good friend of mine was talking about her parents and what they had done to her all her friends were making comments, unfortunately the said parents managed to log in and see the comments....they haven't spoken since, it's so so sad. I limit my use to small comments and "Happy Birthdays" and that's it.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. I have two friends on FB and haven't been on for ages! Fortunately my 13 yo son is not interested in FB because of all the bullying that goes on.
ReplyDeleteI also think that you can tell a lot about an adult by what they write on their page.
Nope, not you. That's why I left.
ReplyDeleteSome people never grow up...and still thrive on drama. Remember the kid that cut in line at school? He/she's the one that cuts you off in traffic or races at the light. I haven't seen too much drama on fb, but would just ignore or defriend the person. I'm not keen on the political fb users. Believe the old rule never discuss religon or politics with others. Yep, I think we're just old fashion. But I still wear slips under my skirts and dresses and don't wear white before Easter and after Labor Day. LOL!!!
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