Recent Facebook Pet Peeves

Facebook has gotten totally out of hand for me lately. Though there is no right or wrong way for an individual to use social media there are annoyances. I know the pet peeves I’m about to list are hardly new but it seems that they have recently shown themselves in full force in my news feed. I also know that at times I too am guilty of perpetrating them.

Before I continue, a disclaimer: If you are reading this and are a Facebook friend of mine please don’t be offended. Though it’s possible that you practice one or more of the items listed please know that I am not writing it about any one person in particular. I have several Facebook friends whose actions lately have prompted this list. It seems like several people in my feed have been practicing more than one of these (each) lately leading to my feed being cluttered with this type of content. It’s an issue of critical mass and not criticizing a particular person or entity.

  1. Quoting song lyrics. This has been done since Facebook began. I understand it as a way to express ones self and how one may feel at the time they write it. But doing it every day (sometimes multiple times a day) is just plain annoying.
  2. Continuous posts stating how proud one is of their children for some accomplishment or other. I know this is part of Facebook too but for some people this is all they do and they do it incessantly. Again, I understand the occasional or even regular post about your kids. But there’s a limit.
  3. Over sharing personal information. I don’t need to hear details of the best date you ever went on, constant daily reminders of upcoming (and previous) milestones in your life or an endless stream of links to articles you find interesting with little or no context as to why you are posting them.
  4. Play by play of sporting events. This is perhaps my biggest pet peeve. When I looks through my feed I see many statuses that are out of context and don’t mean anything to anyone not watching the same event. This is something better suited for twitter or blogs with live blogging functionality.
  5. Endless news reporting. I appreciate your take on both main stream and offbeat news stories. There are times I actually look forward to it. But 10-15 times a day has me asking “does this person have a life?”.
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