~candice~ Posted May 31, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted May 31, 2011 You know what irks me? Facebook statuses that start or end like this: POST THIS MESSAGE IF YOU AGREE! Or contain phrases like this: I KNOW MANY WON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO POST THIS. Or any FB status that has a general tone that suggests that if you DON"T copy and paste the status you've seen, you must not have genuine belief or appreciation or be a self centered person with respect to some particular ideal. DRIVES ME BATTY! And yes, it must be in caps. And a copy and paste job. And don't forget the hearts <3 <3 <3 Please don't be offended if I don't copy and paste your status. I might agree with it, I might not. But I don't do group think. COPY THIS STATUS TO YOUR FB STATUS IF YOU AGREE THAT GROUP THINK STATUS STATEMENTS ARE INANE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 COPY THIS STATUS TO YOUR FB STATUS IF YOU AGREE THAT GROUP THINK STATUS STATEMENTS ARE INANE. Good post, I agree, but as a conservative, I like options, not single solutions, what else can I do if I agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted May 31, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.22 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted May 31, 2011 I gave up Facebook to remain sane. Way too much drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I gave up Facebook to remain sane. Way too much drama. I agree, with one exception. I listened to the testimony of others -- and never signed up on Facebook. It's because I don't do drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted May 31, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Please don't be offended if I don't copy and paste your status. I might agree with it, I might not. But I don't do group think. It's no different than chain letters sent through e-mail. I only repost those things if I feel like sharing what it says, and I keep the "repost this" message only to show that it's a spread-around message. But I agree, the guilt trip is annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah 6:8 Posted May 31, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 426 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,633 Content Per Day: 0.58 Reputation: 222 Days Won: 13 Joined: 03/23/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/26/1978 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I agree, but I do keep FB for one reason. I have a lot of friends from my time in missions all over the world, and since I live 5,000 miles away from my family, I keep in touch. If I don't know you, you are not on my facebook. I don't add random people and I do not let random people add me. However, I do hate those status update things just as much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsomebulldog Posted May 31, 2011 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 732 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 113 Days Won: 5 Joined: 03/26/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/30/1971 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I never fall for the guilt trips, either on FB or in emails. There is nothing more absurd to me than the messages I get that tell me to send it on to others (usually a specific number of others) including returning it to the one who sent it to me. I get enough junk in my inbox without adding countless duplicates of the same email. If I like what's been sent, I'll forward it to whomever I like - AFTER I've removed the "forward this or else" part of the message. The same goes with FB status updates. I've reposted several, but then like others have mentioned, I don't do drama. None of my friends do, either. Well, none of my true friends. I use FB because I have family all over the place and it lets us keep in touch. I do not "collect" friends like so many others. If someone I accept a friend request from posts a lot of garbage, I either unfriend them or block their posts from view. This is mostly an issue with the youngest members of my family, or the kids of good friends. There is one older woman, though, who goes to my church that has started using the email I set up specifically for the church to let me know about changes and additions to our prayer list to forward Christian "chain" email. If she keeps it up, I'm afraid I'm going to have to call her on it. In general, I have no complaints with my FB connections. But I absolutely will not be bullied or guilted into posting or reposting something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 :24: I like Joe, he likes almost every thing! Even MY stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saved2Serve Posted June 14, 2011 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 75 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/02/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/16/1993 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I don't ever have time for FB. I'm too busy on here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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