Once upon a time, Facebook was a happy place. Friends shared cute photos of their kids or their pets. People wrote witty little observations or mini-stories in 100 words or less. Occasionally, someone would ask for a restaurant recommendation. Maybe they would explain why they liked a certain movie or song. The response among friends would be instantaneous and usually thoughtful. Unlike Twitter, Facebook was truly interactive. Reactions and conversations fueled Facebook’s growing appeal.
That was a long time ago. Today, Facebook is like a once-thriving neighborhood now littered with payday loan stores, political campaign signs and ugly billboards. The sidewalks that were once filled with friendly pedestrians are mostly vacant. Neighbors don’t venture outside to talk to one another much anymore.
I’ve come up with a top 10 list of things I dislike about Facebook mostly because lists seem to be the only way we can communicate and process information these days. Maybe you will agree with some of my observations. Some of them you will certainly find to be cranky and old man-ish. Anyway, here they are–10 Amazing Reasons Why Facebook Sucks:
#1. Personal Branding. Participating on Facebook has become less about sharing information and more about managing your own personal brand. I’m as guilty of this as anyone and probably more than most. The past several months, I have been using Facebook to promote my novel to an extent that even I am now tired of writing about it (it is delightful book, by the way). Even if I didn’t have a product to pitch, I would still probably spend way too much time thinking about my Facebook persona. A few weeks ago, Father’s Day rolled around and I felt this strange obligation to post something about the holiday. Why would I feel that was an important thing to do? It’s not like I’m paid to write about Father’s Day, or that anyone beyond a dozen people would care about my thoughts on the occasion. Ten years ago, I would not have considered sending out a blast email to all of my friends and contacts about Father’s Day. Why do I feel pressured to do so now, to compete against other peoples’ personal brands with my own Father’s Day post? It doesn’t seem healthy.
#2. Advertising. It is no big revelation that Facebook uses your personal data to sell you things. This was first revolutionized by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, when he used bookselling as a tool to learn peoples’ personal tastes and how to market to them. Facebook is just following suit. Still, it is irritating to scroll through my news feed and see one ad after another for the Dollar Shave Club. I don’t go to Facebook to buy stuff. I want to find out what my friends are doing.
#3. Politics. Hey, friend who used to write amusing posts about his family, sports and pop culture–I get it. You hate the Republicans. They’re destroying the country. I may agree with you on most points but that doesn’t mean I want to read every single article you share from The Huffington Post, Politico or MSNBC. I’ve got news for you, political friend. You are talking to the same circle of agreeable buddies while everyone else has tuned you out. You have not changed anyone’s mind about the important political issues of the day.
#4. Shares. It seems to me that most of us on Facebook have migrated from writing original posts to just sharing news articles, memes or surveys that we find amusing. Now, we can even share streaming videos that stream whether the viewer wants them to or not. The result is a visual cluster with no rhyme or reason. Just glancing at my feed right now, I see “29 Terrifying Panorama Fails That Will Haunt Your Nightmares,” a meme about getting up when life knocks you down, an ad about paying off my mortgage and “26 Struggles Anyone Raised Catholic Will Totally Understand.” Some days, finding a text post in your news feed that actually tells you what somebody is doing with their life is like discovering a rare, precious jewel.
#5. Misinformation. I was guilty of this the other day. I shared a piece about how much time people spend on their phones that was, upon closer examination, probably made up. I’ve also seen a quote about funding for the arts attributed to Winston Churchill that he never said. There is a lot of bogus stuff on the Internet, and we all get fooled every now and then. Lately, however, I’ve noticed “friends” trying to trick each other with misinformation. For example, an article about a celebrity death that you click on only to find the headline, “You been owned!” Shame on me for having a morbid curiosity about one of the stars of The Walking Dead, I guess.
#6. Narcissism. This one is nothing new. Facebook and other social media have made all of us more narcissistic. Still, I believe that the problem is evolving from “self-absorbed” to “totally lacking in self-awareness.” Yes, you may be a good friend, but that doesn’t mean I want to be updated four times a day about your latest adventures in Cancun. It just makes me jealous. Also, sometimes it’s a little irritating to be part of a mass layoff from a company you worked at for eight years, and then read posts from your former co-workers gushing about how cool it is to work for that company. That’s my bad, of course. I don’t have to read those posts and, in the future, I won’t be friending as many co-workers on Facebook.
#7. Unoriginal Narcissism. Back when everyone got digital cameras on their phones, some people truly believed that the quality of experimental photography would explode. What we’ve gotten, instead, is people taking the same damn types of pictures as everyone else, in addition to a gluttony of photo-bombs and selfies. I really don’t care to see your feet, even if they are landscaped against a beautiful Caribbean beach. That photo has been done a million times before. The only feet I really care about seeing belong to my wife and my child, and that’s it.
#8. Anger and Negativity. Call me old-fashioned, but I don’t think it’s ever a good idea to use social media to complain about your problems, take shots at a former spouse or cuss about that stupid thing Obama did. I just think it reflects poorly on a person’s character (just like writing a 1,300-word screed about Facebook probably reflects poorly on my character). It is also important to note that those comments never really go away. Even if you delete them, which Facebook now allows, those posts are floating out there somewhere. Someday, your angry vents on Facebook may work against you. Also, if negativity becomes an important part of your personal brand (see #1 above), even your friends will stop reading and caring.
#9. Meddling. Based on what you share and with whom you interact, Facebook thinks it knows you better than you know yourself. That is why only certain friends, products and stories keep showing up in your news feed. Eventually this can become a form of mind control. If I haven’t interacted with my friend George for six months, his updates and shares will disappear from my feed. Since I never see anything from George, I assume he is no longer active on Facebook. Pretty soon, I stop thinking about George because, unless I look up his profile, I am not connected to his life. Ultimately it’s my fault for not picking up the phone and giving George a call, but Facebook still plays a subtle part in bringing us closer to some friends and distancing us from others. That power over what and who we care about is frightening.
So there you have it—-nine reasons why Facebook definitely sucks. Wait, did I say there were 10 reasons? Well, I can’t think of a 10th reason.
I guess Facebook really isn’t so bad after all.
Stephen Roth is author of the humorous novel, A Plot for Pridemore. Be sure to “like” his author fan page at https://www.facebook.com/StephenRothWriter
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I don’t have a “Comment.” Can you start adding a “Like” link to your blogs, so if I read one that I like, I can let you know? Lol
BTW: I “Liked” this one.
Hey, I guess there is a “Like” icon. I didn’t see it . . . was it really there?
Thanks, Patrick. There is a like button with a little blue star next to it at the bottom of each post.
I miss the five star rating program which was more personal then the *like* or *dislike* which is boring.
You guys should check out http://circlesocially.com/
Well, when you LIKE here, you end up having to register with WordPress…which is probably okay, but I’m tired of registering. But, Stephen, you know I like everything you write, I may not agree, but I love it because I love you.
What a great idea…there must be 40 reasons not to like FB, you’d be amazed at how many of my “friends” I have blocked simply because of the cute sayings, etc they love to post…never anything personal.
Then there are those that post everything about their lives, from dr’s appts to what the dr said. Really, do you think I wanna know…and why do you want the world to know every detail of your life?
I have a local friend who posts so many pictures I am sure she is creating her own photo album from birth to…. I am tired of all these photos. But I hate to block her, we have been online together since early Prodigy days (1992 or so). And we ended up here in ILM together. So endure, Linda, endure…and isn’t it awful when you check FB knowing you will have to page thru all these photos…a new batch everyday.
The #1 reason to hate FB is it has replaced email. I never hear from my friends & relatives…it is dependent upon me to read FB to find out their news. Some of your relatives do not use FB. But I love you anyway.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to rant on this subject, you can tell I have given it a bit of thot. 🙂
The best way to send a message that you hate all the mundane farcebook entries is to cancel your farcebook account. You’d be pleasantly surprised what a relief it is when the notifications cease. You’re free! The idea that you get anything worthwhile from Farcebook is a myth; it’s there so mr Schmuckerberg can increase his fortune.
I fully agree…I dumped mine today because of family. Because my daughter-in-law, son and other daughter put me on the dog’s
list and sick of the games.
Mr. Shmuckerberg even called the users DFU’s. Dumb Fu** Users.
I quit FB and have been happier since. If my friends want me they can text! Whoa….call me on the phone!
The best thing to do is keep your account TOTALLY locked down. (You can actually do that but FB has purposely hidden the method) making it a chore to find.
Lock down your page and don’t I repeat DON’T do any of their apps like Candy Machine or Farm (Zombie) ville games. They not only collect your personal data but if your on a smartphone it’s a good way to eat up your minutes.
I know somebody who was reluctant but decided to try Pokemon Go and then regretted it when he found out it collects all his personal data and eats up his internet allowance.
You can only be on so many minutes and it’s all gone and Pokemon Go is a MAJOR drain and it also drains the phone itself.
The only thing that could be worse is if the Pokemon creatures actually ran from you and you had to run around looking like a chicken with it’s head cut off trying to find that escaping creature!
I got to catch that blue Pokemon! Come back here!
OH yeah!
This is really good, Stephen. Thanks for posting your thoughts and insights.
Thanks for visiting, Emily, and for the kind words! – Stephen
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Facebook does suck and your reasons are for not liking it are shared, but what is AMAZING about those reasons? This is a vastly overused word.
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Monkey see, monkey do. That’s what Facebook is base on.
Stay away.
I always envisioned social media to be like Web TV which was actually a cool thing but at the time most people didn’t understand computers yet so it wasn’t really bought up.
Facebook style is actually a set back but they have a huge monopoly so until they are broken up like Bell Telephone Inc was they will continue to dictate us and control the web.
Google Plus even tried it because likely they were bribed or young dodo heads in charge who thought *Kool everybody will use this!” part of the *only smart phones* crowd.
Microsoft tried the *only smart phones* crowd with Windows 8 and you can see how well that worked out. NOT!!!! And the computer industry almost died as many developers stopped writing software except those that are ported to game consoles or cheap indie developers who want hack n slash style in all their games.
Oh and Google Plus was made for the Android smart phone only crowd as part of their *Me too!” answer to Face Book.
Google went to court numerous times in the early 2000s accused for stealing Wi Fi data so they probably decided to *Play it safe* and just imitate others with a *Me too!* product which is why their division is so big into *cars* and *robots* to the point they lost their core focus.
Their share holding name is even called *Alphabet* instead of Google because they have too many lettered divisions with no real direction. I really hope Google gets broken up into smaller companies with their own focuses.
Facebook. I am done with it.
I totally agree. I have been cured from FB for several years now. Like everyone else, I tried it, I got hooked on Farm and fishvilles. Then I happened to get hacked( opened something up in FB that I shouldn’t have) and then I got hacked. I fixed my pc myself, and then armed with that hate of Zberg, and how easily it was to get hacked, along with hundreds of others already hacked, I promptly left. I deleted my account, knew who my real “friends” were in this world, and I have all their emails, so I don’t need FB.
Facebook is a cancer on the Internet. it needs to be treated like any other cancer: eradicate it, don’t let any of it continue to exist.
Is it just Facebook, or is the entire Internet the cancer? Hard to see how it has improved the world much.
The internet is very helpful as it has a wealth of knowledge for basically free. I have read so much amazing advice that has helped me immensely as a first-time parent. My family wasn’t around to give advice or help me out, so I was really grateful for the blogs I’ve read on parenting. Also, I met my husband through the internet (on myspace) so without the internet our child would have never even been born! 🙂
If we let the web continue to morph into Facebook style it will be a cancer. I guess this is our web 2.0. I envisioned web 2.0 to be something like Web TV back in the days but sadly not too many people were ready for something like that so it never took off.
Now they are.
Honestly, since I deleted my Facebook I have been much happier. The thing that irritates me the most about Facebook is the obsession with posting millions of pictures of kids. We are the guinea pigs of the internet.
My personal account has been blocked!!!
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It can happen to anyone, whether you paid them, or you have an account for your company, you should strongly consider before opening the page in fackbook!
Just don’t.
Where do you go to complain about FACEBOOK? EVERYtime I sign on I have to change my password. Last time I used a couple of cuss words. It worked… until I tried to sign on again. Then I had to change my password… AGAIN!! I keep a notebook tied to the computer JUST TO KEEP TRACK OF MY FACEBOOK PASSWORDS. Guess I needn’t bother, they are TOTALLY DISPOSABLE!! Does anyone else have this problem?? I need to vent about it.
The recipies. Screw the damned recipes. Broccoli casarole. Spinach smoothies. Peanut brittle. Penis brittle. Whatever. Stop the damned recipies.
Truer than this, there is none. Everything here you’ve hit on the nose!
Good read!!!
RJE
Facebook just asked me to PROVE who I was… by sending them scans of my ID, social security card, birth certificate, etc!
They have NO legitimate/legal reason to demand such things – UNLESS they are part of an IDENTITY THEFT RING! It might be hard for people to believe, but it is TRUE – and I have screenshots of the notice!
Me too! I uploaded an old army officers list that has my name on it, (ain’t me but hey – that’ s my name!)
how about Facebook doesn’t allow joint accounts for married couples
My wife and I are not even friends on FB because of how that can open the door to malicious people playing “games” just to cause trouble. I use FB as little as possible anyway.
Blah…………….
Just quit facebook. Your life will be way better….it is amazing. 🙂
Do people still use Facebook?
I mean I admit I have a Facebook……with zero friends, that I use only to access comment sections on websites or to join groups like 24hr auctions , electronics for sale etc
But do people still use Facebook? I mean I was on there for awhile had 1000+” friends” and was bored outta my mind…..then I met a girl, got laid moved….met new people and forgot all about Facebook (except for when I comment on a post)
Had same thing happen … FB asking me to prove that it’s really me. I was using an alias, like so many of us do. Wasn’t ANYONE ELSE’s name, just a (imo) cute nick-name. I do not have “proof” that such a name was ME. I’m not sure if FB is involved in some covert identity theft ring, and I really don’t care at this point. They hid or did away with my page – presumably because I didn’t pony up with what they asked for. The way I look at it – they did me a huge favor! One less piece of cyber manure to deal with 🙂 As far as all of you who say you “have to” have FB – because it’s how you keep in touch with her & him & them & etc. … I’m calling B.S. on this one; many other ways of staying in touch exist. Existed before FB, and still work … AND your emotional / mental health will improve once you delete the cancerous FB page. “Facebook eats your brain”. Once I post this little script, I’m gonna place a few phone calls to real friends. I don’t even care if I’m greeted by their voicemail. It’ll be a call from the heart. Wishing an epiphany to all. Peace & Joy; the Bogie Man 🙂
I have not canceled my Facebook account yet, but you have made me consider it. I agree that social media is no substitute for phone calls and get-togethers.
FB doesn’t allow you to be anonymous . That stifles free thought from anyone who dares to speak the truth in the presence of bullies who would happily show up in front of your house tomorrow if you were to say something negative about them.
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I clicked like on one page. WTF
Another reason – Facebook will make moral judgements about your posts and ban you from their service, even if the post you posted is just funny or cute.
Thanks to people and their narrow minded thought process, we see great idears turn in to huge companies that suckes us dry of money and prevents new idears come to life, if you could do allmost anything without any consequences you would at the very least conside doing it. Think about how the world would look like if all where able to think creatively and not be so dependend on things we use in our daily lifes, that would mean more competition for big companies like facebook and google, and as a result better solutions for all of us as they would be forced to better their service insted of income. The digital age is still in the stone age, and we have alot to learn.
Just found this.. Glorious! I do like, I don’t have to share… I epically agree and I thank you for putting my fleeting remarks/concerns into context. Brilliant!
what’s facebook?
I have had people try to pressure me into getting a Facebook account. I tried it a few times and every single time I was just miserable and irritated with it. For the sake of the people I would like to continue to be friends and get along with, I refuse to have a FB. Why, you may ask, and it’s because I don’t want to know what you do with every waking moment, I don’t want to see pictures of your food, your new rug, or hear about where, when and what time you need to pay your bills, see the dentist, or trim your beard. If you want to call and talk, have lunch, hell, shop for rugs, I’d much rather do that than read about it after I get past the 678643489 memes, videos, and news links. Let’s hang out, go places and do things without stopping every damn minute to “check in” and snap a picture we can show off. In the past it was enough just to live and learn and have fun inbetween, now people are so full of themselves and lead such frivolous little lives that they need YOU to love their life too and approve of it with a digital thumbs up. No thank you! “But it’s for keeping in touch” and “but it’s easier to share information”, excuse me? The rest of us aren’t using Morse code and the Pony Express for Pete’s sake, we’re maybe not as lazy as you though.
I hate the fact that I can’t respond to any news article anywhere without have a Facebook account. That is why Facebook sucks, IMO. Or maybe it’s simply every news site that sucks. Either way, gating public interaction with news articles by requiring a Facebook account is stupid.
Another reason they suck: they’ll actually post ads to your friend’s pages using YOUR OWN account!
Yup. I hate Facebook. It used to be OK when it first started. Now it has become embarrassing to watch middle-aged people brag endlessly about their perfect lives and beg for morsels of attention and “likes” from hundreds (and in some cases, thousands) of people. These are people I used to like in “real” life but after seeing their true selves come out on Facebook I no longer want to associate with them. These people also expect me to somehow keep up with the minutiae of their daily lives via “likes”, supporting them every step of the way from their horrible commute to work to the amazing dish they whipped up for dinner (gotta post that photo!). How DO adults keep up with this stuff? I know people over 50 who post on Facebook several times a day, also respond to posts, have full time jobs and kids. Why do people feel obligated to participate in this madness? Why do I now have to “like” every damn photo you post so that you’ll “like” and accept me in real life? It’s ridiculous. Too much.
Life was way better before Facebook. I have drastically reduced my usage and hope I have the strength to delete completely.
Here’s what I hate about Facebook: TAGS! Last December, my sister (who is on my friends list) tagged some pictures of me when I was 3 or less with her and Santa, or by the Christmas tree. (Like everyone else on my friends’ list really needs to see that!) Or for that matter people tagging ANY embarrassing photos of me. If I want pictures of from my childhood to appear on my timeline, I will upload them at my discretion. Thank you very much. Thank God I can enable tag block. Unfortunately it doesn’t prevent anyone she’s friends with from seeing it on her timeline.
What’s another? (and I admit I’ve done this before) Please stop uploading pictures of what you’re having for dinner. So you fixed a meal. Big deal! You didn’t invite me to dinner.
If it weren’t for staying in touch with all of my friends from High School (i.e. getting wonderful birthday messages from everyone), posting anything important or really good news I have to announce, and/or for occasional denigrating of stupid pictures I see every now and then, I would have deleted my account long ago.
Every time I see Mark Zuckerberg I want to remove that stupid grin from his face with a baseball bat.
Facebook forces people to censor what they say because they don’t want to look bad with their friends and family. I especially hate reading articles that are adult oriented and wanting to comment only to see they are using Facebook comments. Sorry I’m.not going to talk about my thoughts on dating or sex only to.have my Facebook friends read it. Nothing is private with facebook. The internet is great because it allows one to explore private thoughts and ideas. Facebook thinks your private thoughts should be read by everyone in the world.
Rebuttal:
#1. Personal Branding. I think if you are small business, why not, it does not cost to advertise your products and services on Facebook, unless you reach a certain friend count. I think its 5000 friends. I can be wrong.
#2. Advertising. Facebook is a business after all. They have to generate money some how. Look at Instagram, they did not generate any monies for the first several years. Even though they had a massive following, the new owners had to figure out how this “monster’ was going to generate profits.
#3. Politics. I think people who in the past could not express their politics, have found Facebook to be a Platform to air dirty laundries of current governmental regimes.
#4. Shares. I agree, whole lot of them are just pointless.
#5. Misinformation. As a reader, we have to do our due diligence, and sometimes facts are hard to find. But, if you are not going to do research, then you can stay misinformed.
#6. Narcissism. We need academics from the psychology to provide research for this bold paragraph. Without any links backing this information up, we are just assuming things. Sorry. I still love this article.
#7. Unoriginal Narcissism. I agree, someone hijacked the work “art’ photography and replaced it with instant updates, and “How I look”.
#8. Anger and Negativity. I like and agree.
#9. Meddling. What happened to privacy issues, I think they went out the window when people decide to tell you about their problems.
#10. You could have gave yourself some more credit, because it was a great informative article. Thank you.
I’m so pissed off because I have been on facebook for over 10 years and am used to being able to just log in and go into facebook and have my comments, etc…..now after all these years I just got logged off because I had to sign in and after all these years I can’t remember my password so tried to change it!!! NOT!!! It didnt’ work and here I am once again not able to access!! You know what, you are making billions of dollars$$$$$$$ and I can’t even access my friends and communicate!!! Didn’t I just see that you made billions and billions of dollars $$$$$. I’m NOT HAPPY!!!
How can I leave a comment when you don’t even let me do it????
Excellent post! Quite an eye opener!
Thank you!
Greed made Facebook suck……
Has anybody notice you can’t view posts now without being forced to login? You get this annoying thing in the way saying “Login to view the post!” and it never goes away.
Same with Live Journal and other social media sites.
Sorry but you are not controlling me!
I can’t believe this generation literally SCREAMS for more government control……as long as it’s a Democrat that does it! Now if Facebook was ran by a bunch of Republicans then there would suddenly be hell with the media screaming *FACEBOOK ABUSE SCANDAL!”
I wonder if FB HQ can be broken into? Wouldn’t be funny if they actually have just as lame security because they are too lame to give a damn about their own building?
I don’t agree about anger and negativity. We live in age where folks voice their opinions. Polices today our outrageous
Maybe we need more anger who says we must be facebook correct
Anger is a matter of opinion. It may be genuine caring and concern about what’s going on in our world
Quit being so wimpy and labeling things as angry
Everything time you try to read a article ,some dam ad or space telling you you won a gift card what a bunch of crap
Seems most commentors here are guilty of #8. I think FB ‘s great but I don’t game.
Never had a FB account and many of my friends are now coming around to my line of thinking…Facebook is a complete waste of time and energy. I see little value in it. If I want to communicate with someone via the ether, they get my email address or line/whatscrap/viber/skype…otherwise, I don’t give a flying squirell’s nutsack what some dweeb back from my HS that I NEVER knew or associated with as to what they are doing…I don’t give a phuck and the sheeple/lemmings that waste their time on Farcebook continue to make Zuckerberg look like a genius and line his pockets
I joined FB 3 years ago. Boy what a mistake that was. You may like people you see at work, on the dog walking trails, et cetera but when you see them on social media, they are Nuts!! And jealous. And competitive. I knew nothing about FB, then I posted some cool pics of animals I photographed in Africa and other places. I was just sharing some really cool stuff, not to show off, just to share the beauty of our world. Don’t do it. People are mostly haters and don’t like happy things, period! I have not Even been on there in almost a year and I have no plans to do so either.
Great insight, Spike. The more time I spend on Facebook, the more I agree with the points you make.
I think a lot of these are right on the money. With all of these sucky things it makes you not even want to use Facebook at all. There are a million reasons. Ill give you more. http://www.bleepingworld.com/top-10-most-annoying-things-people-do-on-facebook/
Thanks, Don. I just read your post, and I agree with you about most of these behaviors. I would think that Facebook has to be suffering some defections with all of the nonstop political crap and phony articles over the past year.
Indeed. I think some things become less about the user experience and more about the revenue. Thanks for reading my post!
I think that reason #10 to hate Facebook is that my friend’s list is like a living graveyard of spirits from my past: Acquaintances from HS and college, estranged friends, former co-workers. Seeing updates about their lives is often awkward. Yet unfriending them is awkward too. Discovering that one of them has unfriended me is awkward.
There is something rather unnatural about being able to, and even expected to, keep up with people that are no longer a tangible part of your life. I think there is something to be said for living in the present and letting relationships with no longer a reason or a season, as they say, drift away.
Alas, I login almost every day…and feel frustrated or bewildered almost every time I log off…
Although you couldn’t list all the top 10 reasons why Facebook sucks, I completely agree with you in regards to the list. I personally decided to delete my Facebook back in the fall. My profile was completely gone the day after Thanksgiving. I then typed in my name again the next day thus producing the same results as before.
Honestly, deleting my Facebook profile was the best thing I ever did. Most of my so-called friends from school, church or wherever didn’t really care for me. With them and most of my relatives, I was an outcast. It also felt like everyone was moving forward except me especially when they would post about starting a new job, relationship, marriage or if they were expecting or whatever. I was just this overweight, unemployed, community college dropout with no job prospects. No surprise most of the people I knew looked down on me. It was the same story with my family. The only good thing Facebook did was get my maternal half sister out of my life. Now, I know having a fallen out with a relative isn’t seen in such a positive light, but if anyone knew the history between us then maybe they’d understand. Besides, I know I do better without her criticisms, put downs and subtle insults about me, the way I dress and so forth.
I can also relate to the narcissistic posts not just on Facebook, but other social media sites as well. Social Media sometimes brings out the worst of the worst. People often go on different company FB profiles just to complain instead of picking up the phone and calling their corporate office or something. I also hated it when someone posted a disgusting meme or any type for that matter especially when it came to an abused animal. I also had a friend who would post all kinds of stuff on her FB profile including how she’s feeling. This person also threatened to kill herself several times. To be honest, she had no business being on FB. She’s way too vulnerable as it is.
Great thoughts, Jessica. Thanks for reading my blog, and good luck with your upcoming books!
Oh humanity, where did it all go wrong?
You’re soooooooo right !!!!!