My Facebook Peeve
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (40432)
United States
January 13, 2019 1:19pm CST
I love Facebook as a place to check up on my friends and family. Most of them are there.
I do have some peeves. I hate things that people post without checking on them. The main one is missing children. People post photos of kids that were found safe a year or two ago. Or, some tragic ones where the child is deceased.
Also, links that don't work, hoaxes that have been going around for years, and other time wasters.
Those are some things I hate about Facebook. Do you have any peeves about it? What do you like or not like about Facebook?
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13 responses
@akalinus (40432)
• United States
23 Jan 19
@enlightenedpsych2 I don't know why they want it. They could sell it for scam and spam for all I know.
@akalinus (40432)
• United States
25 Jan 19
@enlightenedpsych2 he said our accounts were secure and sold our information to six different places. How do I know he won't sell my phone number?
@akalinus (40432)
• United States
22 Jan 19
@LadyDuck Me too. Where do they get the idea that we know those people? Even worse, we might know them and not want to be friends with them. They were after me for a long time to be friends with someone we suspected of setting multiple fires in our park.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
13 Jan 19
I like FB because it keeps me connected with friends and family, I don't care for all the drama at times. People will start arguing on their timeline with somebody.
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@Shivram59 (31685)
• India
13 Jan 19
@akalinus Recently my niece insisted me to join Facebook and I joined it.But I rarely use it.
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@akalinus (40432)
• United States
14 Jan 19
@Shivram59 My best friend is not on FB but we still phone and text several times a week. She lives in the State of New York and I am in Florida.
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@Shivram59 (31685)
• India
13 Jan 19
@akalinus Yes,my niece is on it and many of her friends who all are girls. So far as my friends are concerned I don't know who of them is in Facebook.
@fivecandles (356)
• United States
21 Jan 19
Yes!!!! I'll quickly check the actual status on those and then comment right there that they've been found, have passed, the company doesn't actually have that policy, that employee was already fired...whatever it is.
Also...I cannot stand the "if you care about ______ you'll share this." If you honestly think that I don't care because I don't share it then go ahead and judge me. I passed Kindergarten a really really long time ago, I'm past that mentality.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
14 Jan 19
My page gets cluttered with shares. I have now decided to hide them. I prefer to see what I want to see and not what others want me to
@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan 19
If I used FB this would drive me crazy too. As it is, it drives Vince crazy. He is always telling me about some hoax that is reappearing.
@akalinus (40432)
• United States
14 Jan 19
There are hoaxes that have gone on for years and people keep posting them. Even when I tell them it is a hoax, they don't believe it. Some are charging for Facebook, legal notices, share this photo of a sick child and FB will donate money, share to win a house, a computer, a camper, etc. It just never ends.
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@isweartokira (3465)
• United States
14 Jan 19
eh, i haven't used facebook in 4 years and i've felt a lot better. too much family drama for me, though it was good to see pictures of family that live far away. but that's the internet for you, not everyone pays attention to what they're posting
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@akalinus (40432)
• United States
14 Jan 19
That is the truth. I have heard some medical dramas on there. Everything from day one with a description of the pain and misery and a blow by blow account of it all. I have to be sympathetic and caring even though I might not be feeling that great myself. I would never put it on FB.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
13 Jan 19
I have liked facebook ever since I signed up to.(It's been 11 years already :O ) However the recent enhancements like "Facebook Story" which is a feature that other social medias have, somehow made it lost its originality. As the way I see it's not a wise move for Fb. So far it's bearable, but I don't care if somebody share their mini stories. ugh they're annoying :(
@akalinus (40432)
• United States
14 Jan 19
I keep forgetting about the 'story' part and hardly ever put anything in there. I don't like thinking my info might be sold to the highest bidder. I did a search and found my photos on a public forum. It made me mad because they are mine but anyone can steal them now. I have to delete them all after I send them to my email. Makes me very upset.
The photos were nothing personal, mostly trees, flowers, etc. But I take them to illustrate articles and it makes me mad.
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@akalinus (40432)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@jvicentevalera They say it does not happen but we can never be sure. If you don't have things in common, don't accept the friendship offer.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
15 Jan 19
@akalinus Oh my God that's horrible! I don't know what is going on with people who steal photos from others.You know that is so concerning. What if somebody steals our photos to create fake profile to tease others? I would be mad as well. I think we have to be cafeful with what sorf ot people we accept as friends on facebook.
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@yisuylm (116)
• Nanjing, China
13 Jan 19
i don't use facebook,because it cannot be visit in china unless use vpn
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
26 Jan 19
You should not believe anything like this you read on any social media sites unless you confirm it for yourself
@akalinus (40432)
• United States
26 Jan 19
@ThreeTeddies Snopes gives you the truth according to liberal agenda.
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
26 Jan 19
@akalinus There is a site where you can check the authenticity of 'facts' on FB
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