Madness on Facebook

wretcheddomain

I find this very vexing and hope all of you do as well but I'm under no illusion as I fear many users here will be equally culpable of this crime.

So what am I on about?

The concept of placing hundreds of photos on Facebook, usually holiday pics, when abroad, at that moment. The reason it annoys me is that they're basically saying

'Look where I am, having a great time, while all you f***ers are stuck at home'

The worst part is when you have the 'Check-In' folks who post up messages such as 'Fanny has checked into X Café in Dubrovnik' or some such nonsense.

Could you imagine going to a café in Dublin and texting all your friends, not FB friends, but regular legit friends and saying in the text 'I've just arrived in this café in Dublin'. That sounds mad and rightly so but for some bizarre reason, when someone on FB checks in somewhere, it's deemed somewhat more acceptable. What they're actually saying on FB is 'I'm here having a great time, hope you're jealous'.

I think a certain type of people are guilty of this and I wish there was a 'Dislike' feature on FB as I'd have no qualms to press it in such circumstances.

Is there anything else on FB you've noticed that would be bizarre if you texted but somehow has become 'normal acceptable behaviour' on FB.

endacl

You do know Facebook isn't compulsory, don't you?

Boombastic

Click the ignore button so you don't see their updates?

Mickey Dazzler

Maybe you should try to get a bit more.

ScumLord

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Is there anything else on FB you've noticed that would be bizarre if you texted but somehow has become 'normal acceptable behaviour' on FB.

People constantly complaining about Facebook, but keep using Facebook.

Fox_In_Socks

"Just bought some Baggy Trousers at The Gap. Lovin' them xx"

endacl

Mickey Dazzler wrote: »

Maybe you should try to get a bit more.

A bit more.... what?

EGriff

You don't get out (of the country) much do you?

wretcheddomain

endacl wrote: »

You do know Facebook isn't cumpolsory, don't you?

Boombastic wrote: »

Click the ignore button so you don't see their updates?

You're missing the point - it's not so much about me seeing their updates, I can ignore them whenever I like, I'm talking about concepts on Facebook that are weirdly accepted but in real life would be considered mad or even rude.

overshoot

its more interesting than the people who check in "in bed", at least they are doing something somewhat interesting, for everyone else theres hide newsfeed!

Mr E

wretcheddomain wrote: »

The worst part is when you have the 'Check-In' folks who post up messages such as 'Fanny has checked into X Café in Dubrovnik' or some such nonsense.

Fanny? Who are you? Enid Blyton? :pac:

Reekwind

wretcheddomain wrote: »

What they're actually saying on FB is 'I'm here having a great time, hope you're jealous'

Which has been the purpose of holiday snaps since time immemorial

endacl

Mr E wrote: »

Fanny? Who are you? Enid Blyton? :pac:

There in no 'X cafe' in Dubrovnik.

camel jockey

Is the Facebook still around? I thought it had gone the way of the Bebo or the MySpace by now.

hoodwinked

overshoot wrote: »

its more interesting than the people who check in "in bed", at least they are doing something somewhat interesting, for everyone else theres hide newsfeed!

but if i dont check in in bed how will you know where to find me? :P

wretcheddomain

Reekwind wrote: »

Which has been the purpose of holiday snaps since time immemorial

Rubbish - they're kept for personal memory. When was the last time you saw someone come home from a holiday with physical copies of the photographs and brings a copy with them everywhere to show everyone, even people who would be considered acquaintances?

Sugar Free

OP I do that, not to show off but because:

1) I use FB as my main place to store photos.
2) It takes ages to upload several hundred photos so it's easier to do it as you go.
3) I fear losing my camera or SD card while out there and thus losing some amazing shots (which has happened before unfortunately).

camel jockey

wretcheddomain wrote: »

You're missing the point - it's not so much about me seeing their updates, I can ignore them whenever I like, I'm talking about concepts on Facebook that are weirdly accepted but in real life would be considered mad or even rude.

The whole like / dislike is more of an issue surely?

Frosty McSnowballs

This is why Im glad im not on Facecreep!

wretcheddomain

Sugar Free wrote: »

OP I do that, not to show off but because:

1) I use FB as my main place to store photos.
2) It takes ages to upload several hundred photos.
3) I fear losing my camera or SD card while out there and thus losing some amazing shots (which has happened before unfortunately).

Leave them on your computer and copy them to 2 devices for safety reasons then. Stop annoying people with your photos please.

Or if they're really there for storage then just keep them hidden. Nobody wants to see them.

deadybai

every time i see something stupid on facebook I say in my head (In a Peter Griffin voice) " Oh my God! Who the hell cares!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI3DlIrvoHg

hoodwinked

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Rubbish - they're kept for personal memory. When was the last time you saw someone come home from a holiday with physical copies of the photographs and brings a copy with them everywhere to show everyone, even people who would be considered acquaintances?

lol my mother in law does that, any out of the ordinary day or event and she prints and shows all her friends the photos,

my personal :eek: moment was when she brought out the pics of her two sons weddings at her friends funeral :eek:

endacl

Sugar Free wrote: »

OP I do that, not to show off but because:

1) I use FB as my main place to store photos.
2) It takes ages to upload several hundred photos so it's easier to do it as you go.
3) I fear losing my camera or SD card while out there and thus losing some amazing shots (which has happened before unfortunately).

It's a crap way to store photos. The resolution is for sh1t.

Killer Wench

Sugar Free wrote: »

OP I do that, not to show off but because:

1) I use FB as my main place to store photos.
2) It takes ages to upload several hundred photos so it's easier to do it as you go.
3) I fear losing my camera or SD card while out there and thus losing some amazing shots (which has happened before unfortunately).

Totally agree with this. My hard drive crashed and I bought a new computer. I tried to transfer my documents from the old computer to the new one. Successful for the most part, but I lost all of the photos on the old hard drive. Luckily, I had posted many of them on facebook so I was able to save them from facebook to my new hard drive.

Why begrudge someone for sharing their life on their own page?

December2012

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Leave them on your computer and copy them to 2 devices for safety reasons then. Stop annoying people with your photos please.

Or if they're really there for storage then just keep them hidden. Nobody wants to see them.

What a load of crap. We should use Facebook according to what other people want us to post? It's my account and I can use it whatever way I want.

endacl

camel jockey wrote: »

The whole like / dislike is more of an issue surely?

Absolutely. Either 'I approve of this' or 'I have no position on this. You can tell from my silence'.

wretcheddomain

December2012 wrote: »

What a load of crap. We should use Facebook according to what other people want us to post? It's my account and I can use it whatever way I want.

Post what you like, I've no control over that but as long as it's acknowledged that nobody wants to see them. Maybe your best friend or two does, but nobody else gives a crap.

camel jockey

endacl wrote: »

Absolutely. Either 'I approve of this' or 'I have no position on this. You can tell from my silence'.

And what about someone or something I strongly disagree with?

Sugar Free

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Leave them on your computer and copy them to 2 devices for safety reasons then. Stop annoying people with your photos please.

Or if they're really there for storage then just keep them hidden. Nobody wants to see them.

Lol, I don't bring my laptop with me when travelling so I have to use internet café's.

If it makes you feel better, I try to upload some to Google drive too but it's painfully slow so the 'second device' option normally has to wait until I'm back home.

As for annoying people, they can simply hide posts from me if they wish, as I often do with people. Although I'm pretty sure I set them to be public but not to come up on my feed, so they are spared from an onslaught of photos that way too.

I can sympathise with you if your stream is full of people putting up photos with captions designed to highlight how cool and amazing their life is. That is certainly not me however and the convenience of uploading to FB means that many people will continue to use it for their photos.

wretcheddomain

camel jockey wrote: »

And what about someone or something I strongly disagree with?

'Strongly Disagree' button should be added as well.

December2012

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Post what you like, I've no control over that but as long as it's acknowledged that nobody wants to see them. Maybe your best friend or two does, but nobody else gives a crap.

But who cares what other people think?

wretcheddomain

December2012 wrote: »

But who cares what other people think?

This forum wouldn't exist if that were true.

Legs.Eleven

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Leave them on your computer and copy them to 2 devices for safety reasons then. Stop annoying people with your photos please.

Or if they're really there for storage then just keep them hidden. Nobody wants to see them.

My family around the world want to see them as do my friends as they have an interest in my life and I in theirs.

Sugar Free

endacl wrote: »

It's a crap way to store photos. The resolution is for sh1t.

Agree on the resolution but neither my camera nor my photography skills are up to much! So for me personally, it works well.

Killer Wench

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Post what you like, I've no control over that but as long as it's acknowledged that nobody wants to see them. Maybe your best friend or two does, but nobody else gives a crap.

Not true. There was a gorgeous pink, purple and peach sunset the other night. Someone on my profile asked for a photo so I walked out on my deck and took the picture and shared it. Other people took pictures of the sunset from their location and it was passed around from friend to friend. People do give a crap, maybe not on everything you post, but they do like to see new or beautiful things.

Here's such an image:

http://www.myballard.com/wp-content/uploads/sunset1.jpg


I am editing to add. This is not my image. It's taken from the www.myballard.com blog. A poster shared it on their facebook page.

hoodwinked

December2012 wrote: »

But who cares what other people think?

people care, some people live for what other people think of them. i learned a long time ago not to give a crap, its what i think of me that counts.

i use my social media the way i like, if you don't like it dont add me.

endacl

camel jockey wrote: »

And what about someone or something I strongly disagree with?

You have to keep your yap shut about it on facebook. One of many reasons my account is deleted. Facebook is for shiny happy people only. Negativity interferes with the ad placement.

Czarcasm

Mr E wrote: »

Fanny? Who are you? Enid Blyton? :pac:

Not as unusual as you might think-

Czarcasm wrote: »

But he was going on anyway in his sermon about going and introducing yourself to a stranger, so everybody in the hall did the meet and greet thing (how I kept a straight face when an Indian guy introduced himself as "Phani"... "Sorry?", "P.H.A.N.I", "Right" :pac:)

Of course India were a British Colony so maybe something was lost in the translation

wretcheddomain

Killer Wench wrote: »

Not true. There was a gorgeous pink, purple and peach sunset the other night. Someone on my profile asked for a photo so I walked out on my deck and took the picture and shared it. Other people took pictures of the sunset from their location and it was passed around from friend to friend. People do give a crap, maybe not on everything you post, but they do like to see new or beautiful things.

Here's such an image:

http://www.myballard.com/wp-content/uploads/sunset1.jpg

There's a world of difference between posting a unique photo such as that and bragging where you are via Check-In (don't forget this thread is about that too!) or posting a photo of yourself and what you're eating in some cheap tacky restaurant off the high street of some redundant European capital city.

MadsL

wretcheddomain wrote: »

'Strongly Disagree' button should be added as well.

wretcheddomain wrote: »

This forum wouldn't exist if that were true.

Point me in the direction of the Strongly Disagree button on boards, cheers.

my my my

wretcheddomain wrote: »

There's a world of difference between posting a unique photo such as that and bragging where you are via Check-In (don't forget this thread is about that too!) or posting a photo of yourself and what you're eating in some cheap tacky restaurant off the high street of some redundant European capital city.

how many friends have u got on facebook?

Balmed Out

As a professional Burglar I love these feature's

wretcheddomain

MadsL wrote: »

Point me in the direction of the Strongly Disagree button on boards, cheers.

As the crow flies, it's in *that* direction (points wildly around) < ^ >

wretcheddomain

my my my wrote: »

how many friends have u got on facebook?

What a fantastically irrelevant post. :eek:

Daveysil15

If somebody had a party where everybody behaved the way they do on facebook, nobody would go to it.

Killer Wench

wretcheddomain wrote: »

There's a world of difference between posting a unique photo such as that and bragging where you are via Check-In (don't forget this thread is about that too!) or posting a photo of yourself and what you're eating in some cheap tacky restaurant off the high street of some redundant European capital city.

Isn't bragging? Because it's probably what has been a marketing revolution for small businesses. I've gone to plenty hole in the walls where they bring out a killer dish and I've taken a photo and shared with friends. They ask where that is at and I share details. It's like a Yelp Review but on Facebook. I've seen people Check-In as proof that they tried a restaurant a friend encouraged them to try or they checked in while driving cross country as a means of letting friends and family know their progress on a trip. I don't see the harm in wanting to share an awesome experience you are having at that moment. Shouldn't we encourage people to enjoy themselves and share their happiness with their family and 'alleged' friends?

Frosty McSnowballs

Is Farmville still around?

Killer Wench

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Is Farmville still around?

Candy Crush is the new craze.

camel jockey

Killer Wench wrote: »

Candy Crush is the new craze.

What about those Angry Pigs?

harry Bailey esq

wretcheddomain wrote: »

I think a certain type of people are guilty of this and I wish there was a 'Dislike' feature on FB as I'd have no qualms to press it in such circumstances.

Is there anything else on FB you've noticed that would be bizarre if you texted but somehow has become 'normal acceptable behaviour' on FB.

hope your ok hun x x x

hoodwinked

Killer Wench wrote: »

Candy Crush is the new craze.

its not a craze ok, its a way of life, now send me the damn ticket to board the train or i'll defriend you :mad: