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Post by jenn on Jan 19, 2011 16:42:50 GMT -5
 I was just unfriended and blocked on Facebook. Social networking is out of control. I was scolded because I never comment on this persons wall, post on my wall etc. Oh give me a break. I really do not care what you had with your bagel or how many lanes are open in a Walmart 1500 miles from my home. So rarely read the news feeds and I rarely ever post. OK rant over. Jenn the unfriended and Finley
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Post by AnnaMatrix on Jan 19, 2011 16:50:12 GMT -5
Jenn - you have lots of friends here!  I'm with you - I'm on Facebook, but really don't participate much. Most of the posts are pretty trivial, so the important stuff gets buried in all the junk!! If someone unfriended you for not being fascinated with every moment of her life, I think you're better of without that friend!  After all - you have to have your priorities - Findley and scrapbooking take up a lot of time!!!  Hang in there, hon!  Gail |
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Post by jenn on Jan 19, 2011 16:53:38 GMT -5
Thank you, Jenn
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Post by scrapkatze on Jan 19, 2011 16:57:09 GMT -5
Dont feel bad, Jenn, some people tend to overreact on the internet, just like they were still in highschool. I recently canceled my Facebook account. Like you I didn't want to be involved in the daily this and that of other people and I rarely posted anything at all. Mainly I had signed up for it cause most major SB companies seem to post news on facebook first. Then recently there was an article in a magazine about Facebook planning to share personal data of their users with software developers and other companies and how this would make identity theft much easier, so I decided it was time to go... |
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Post by Basketlady on Jan 19, 2011 17:41:34 GMT -5
I have an acct but have never posted a thing. Can I make a confession? I don't really get FB. There, I said it out loud.  You can't write much, if you are writing back and forth, other stuff gets in the middle of a conversation, and you can't write much at once. I'm long winded and can't be hemmed in by 100 characters or whatever it is! It seems like people mostly just throw random things out there and then you have to go searching for the rest of the postings to figure out what's going on. But I do like to look at the pretty pictures.  |
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Post by Karen W on Jan 19, 2011 18:47:02 GMT -5
I was just unfriended and blocked on Facebook. Social networking is out of control. I was scolded because I never comment on this persons wall, post on my wall etc. Oh give me a break. I really do not care what you had with your bagel or how many lanes are open in a Walmart 1500 miles from my home. So rarely read the news feeds and I rarely ever post. OK rant over. Jenn the unfriended and Finley No worries, you have friends here that appreciate you and love seeing Finely's cute little face. (He makes me smile evry time I see his picture). Karen |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2011 20:18:54 GMT -5
I was just unfriended and blocked on Facebook. Social networking is out of control. I was scolded because I never comment on this persons wall, post on my wall etc. Oh give me a break. I really do not care what you had with your bagel or how many lanes are open in a Walmart 1500 miles from my home. So rarely read the news feeds and I rarely ever post. OK rant over. Jenn the unfriended and Finley Jenn, you can hardly be "unfriended" by people who may not have been your friends to begin with. Real friends are interested in YOU, and not because they expect you to give THEM your undivided attention. True friendship is not "all about them", but they will genuinely care about you. Real friends know how to reach you by telephone or email or to meet you for lunch (etc.). The radio journalist, Walter Winchell once said: "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." You are not "unfriended", because you DO have caring friends here. (And we love Finley, too!) Diane/casunflower And...BTW...I do not have a Facebook account for just about all of the reasons mentioned above. |
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Post by Susan on Jan 19, 2011 21:39:11 GMT -5
well I'll say it - I LOVE FACEBOOK! mainly because I'm a dork also because I have teenagers and because the teen's friends were bugging me to do it and they all friend request me - so I can keep my eye on them I have no family that lives near me and we all have FB accounts it's fun, it's a huge networking tool being used by retailers and it's fun but it can also be a HUGE TIME SUCK! so I control it when I need to - but basically it's fun! If someone unfriended you they probably needed to get a life. You have one, and were trying to keep FB where it belong - a little activity to check in on once in a while. Kind of like my mother-in-law, but I digress! Don't give it another thought - focus on the real people who are around you! They're your friends!!  |
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Post by Cat on Jan 19, 2011 21:53:46 GMT -5
DITTO!!! to all of above!!!
I deal with this kind of behavior enough at work without spending my personal time dealing with it. (a few very spoiled women that everything is their way and what they think) Junior High behavior!!!( being a short, over weight, granny pantie wearing, tongue tied stutter I provide them with hours of fun.) Glad I can provide them with such cheap entertainment, cause if they wasn't picking on me they would be picking on someone who cared what they think.
Not A Rant just pure simple facts.
Hugs & Prayers for all my SL message board friends!
Cat
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Post by peterpan on Jan 19, 2011 22:29:45 GMT -5
I agree, anyone that would unfriend you for not keeping up with the minutiae of their life or posting yours was not a good friend to begin with. Honestly, what has the world come to!?!?  I keep a Facebook account so I can check in with family and friends from time to time. But like most of you, I rarely if ever post anything and only check in on my long distance friends every few months. Anyway, I'm with Karen...the ladies here appreciate you and who could resist Finley?? His picture makes me smile too! |
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Post by Dania on Jan 19, 2011 23:38:45 GMT -5
Me too Jen. It hurts, but don't let one bad apple ruin the whole bunch. Not worth it. |
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Post by crazy4pink on Jan 19, 2011 23:55:04 GMT -5
I have a Love/Hate relationship with Facebook. Like Susan- I have a facebook for my teen. I think it is fun especially when they did all the stupid quizzes. I laugh at all the "my kid just learned to poop" or "we are all sick again" and then there are those who post pictures of what they ate for dinner- its ridiculous and funny at the same time. Like Michelle- I totally love looking at everyones pictures!! even people I do not know.  I usually only comment on other peoples posts. I admit that I get on everyday but it is usually only for a few minutes. I spend way more time here My husband recently deleted his account for all the same reasons that I have an account he had everyone but me, the kid, and his sister hidden anyway. Cindy |
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Post by Basketlady on Jan 20, 2011 6:52:01 GMT -5
I'm seeing a trend, here. Both Susan and Cindy have teens. I do, but DS isn't into that. However, I know when DD gets older, she will be into all that. It's her thing. And I will be there lurking and reading everything that I can!
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Post by pixie on Jan 20, 2011 8:09:30 GMT -5
I agree with the others jenn. That person wasn't your friend. Friends don't unfriend people because you aren't meeting their expectations. Nope, that's not a friend.
I have a facebook account. Don't use it much. Don't write on my wall, rarely post on other peoples walls.
I have enjoyed finding the occasional cousin that I have lost track of and it's been interesting watching some of my classmates try to plan our upcoming reunion.
Like Michelle, I have to say I don't get it. All of those "hugs" and "presents" and weird things that people send me always take me to another site that want's me to sign up. No thanks.
I'm glad that other people like it, but it's not my thing.
Barb
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Post by Noelle on Jan 20, 2011 19:00:13 GMT -5
I have unfriended a few co workers and blocked them as well because some of my coworkers don't know how to separate personal friendship and work friendship. It's not okay to talk about something your coworkers said on Facebook at work and make fun of them for it! Makes for a hostile working and personal relationship.
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Post by Cat on Jan 20, 2011 20:01:41 GMT -5
Facebook might be handy with teenagers I never needed it to know what my kids were doing..... living in a small town has it benefits (sometimes)....The kids couldn't sneeze without us being called and informed.... Our son was "Kinda Sorta Arrested" while in High School. Homecoming, city limits sign of the other town disappeared, local Dare policeman thought he had the scoop. Walked in to class told son he was under arrest.....tried to leave the building with our son......school secretary wouldn't let him take our son.....while policeman was trying to get his paperwork together, she sent our son home.....she called us....son picked his dad up at the house and went to the police station/courthouse to straighten out the mess......they waited for the Dare policeman to show up at the station.....meanwhile son talks with the police at the station telling them where he had been the night before. Dare policeman gets there.... they go in to see the city judge....while in the judges office......6 very upset mothers showed up at the judge's office and more were calling the station. Our son was cleared..... he had been helping the cheerleaders and their moms decorate the school gym....... the sign was found on the bondfire....there was even a picture with the sign and the boys who had taken it on the hall bulletin board. Less than a hour had gone by from the time he was "arrested" to time everything had been cleared up and he was back at home. News travels fast in our little spot in the road.....but it's still hard to believe all the cheerleaders' Moms had found out so fast, got off work, made it to the judge's office in such a short time. I don'teven think the internet work that fast. (this was before cell phones were common even) Cat |
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Post by Basketlady on Jan 20, 2011 21:02:08 GMT -5
Cat, now that is Mom Power in action! Wow! And what a great feeling to know that they rallied around DS so quickly!
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Post by Cat on Jan 20, 2011 22:02:25 GMT -5
Michelle, The Moms needed their DJ and lights guy. He had worked with these ladies on all kinds of projects. Jr Sr banquets. Football banquets and etc.....working as a carpenter's helper, electrician's helper (his dad) and working with watering systems (his dad) made him a ideal person to help with setting up sets, of coarse being into computers and music didn't hurt either. He was a hard and willing worker....these Moms thought he had hung the moon. Husband said when they burst into the office he couldn't keep from laughing.....the troops had arrived. Cat PS.... I wasn't there......I had a pinched nerve in my back and was layed up. |
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Post by chili on Jan 21, 2011 19:59:32 GMT -5
we do facebook i can see a lot of 'downs' of fb, but i have met up with people i haven't seen or heard from since hs  just out of touch and now we are re-uniting but.... have also blocked people who have been rude etc  but i can't see you being rude......mostly kids that have added us that we work with at school........... so don't take it to heart - you have a whole bunch of friends here and you really didn't need that person
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Gail
You can't write much, if you are writing back and forth, other stuff gets in the middle of a conversation, and you can't write much at once. I'm long winded and can't be hemmed in by 100 characters or whatever it is! It seems like people mostly just throw random things out there and then you have to go searching for the rest of the postings to figure out what's going on.
just out of touch and now we are re-uniting 