Warning: Today's post is pretty whiney, but I felt compelled to "speak" up about something that has left me peeved...and despite what the title may suggest, I'm not going to be teaching you anything, but am rather hoping you can share your wisdom with me.
Lately, I've become more and more aware of how much of a love hate relationship I have with Facebook. On the one hand, I want to stay connected with what is going on in the world, in my friend's/family's lives, and in popular culture. So, I login to FB at least a dozen times a day to see what's up...you know, check out pics, status updates, etc...
I have noticed, however, that lately I roll my eyes a lot more then I used to when I'm browsing through FB. I'm not sure if it's because I'm annoyed at how acceptable it has become to over share (I know I sound sort of hypocritical talking about over sharing in my blog that is about my day-to-day life), or if it's because I dislike how disingenuous some of the comments/updates feel, but I am seriously rolling my eyes a lot (or saying "lame" out loud, which is fine, because I work from home, so my only "office mate" is a little bird that stops by our window every couple of hours).
Despite all of this, I have not (and doubt I will anytime in the near future) deactivated my account. Why you ask? Probably for the same reason FB has become so popular...I'm curious, like the ability to connect to a gazillion people with the click of my keyboard, and like looking at pictures.
Recently...very, very recently, someone who I had de-friended on FB, re-friended me. I didn't have the heart to ignore or reject their friend request (mostly because they are family). Big mistake. I initially de-friended them because I didn't like their lack of understanding of how to use FB appropriately (i.e., don't tag yourself in my pics when you're clearly not in them, don't share all of my pics on your page, and please please please do not fill my timeline/wall with political spam). So now, I find that I am again "friends" with this person, and again trying to stay calm while this person breaks all of the unspoken rules of FB.
Any advice on how to handle the situation? Mind you, I have addressed as many of the technical privacy issues as I could using FB Help, but am now in need of some sage non-technical advice about how to stay calm and regain control over my social content (yeah, I know how ridiculous "control over my social content" sounds...but you know what I mean...). Friends, I need some advice on how to kindly, nicely, and effectively put an end to annoying FB behavior by a FB friend and real life relative.
Oh and here's a pics from Dr. Love's bday this weekend...
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