Madness on Facebook

wretcheddomain · 01-07-2013 05:30PM #1

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 · 01-07-2013 05:32PM

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

Boombastic · 01-07-2013 05:32PM

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

Mickey Dazzler · 01-07-2013 05:32PM

Maybe you should try to get a bit more.

ScumLord · 01-07-2013 05:32PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:33PM

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

endacl · 01-07-2013 05:33PM

Mickey Dazzler wrote: »

Maybe you should try to get a bit more.

A bit more.... what?

EGriff · 01-07-2013 05:33PM

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

wretcheddomain · 01-07-2013 05:33PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:33PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:34PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:34PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:35PM

Mr E wrote: »

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

There in no 'X cafe' in Dubrovnik.

camel jockey · 01-07-2013 05:35PM

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

hoodwinked · 01-07-2013 05:35PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:35PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:36PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:36PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:36PM

This is why Im glad im not on Facecreep!

wretcheddomain · 01-07-2013 05:37PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:37PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:37PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:39PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:40PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:40PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:41PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:42PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:43PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:43PM

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 · 01-07-2013 05:43PM

camel jockey wrote: »

And what about someone or something I strongly disagree with?

'Strongly Disagree' button should be added as well.

December2012 · 01-07-2013 05:43PM

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?

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