Another Facebook Story / myLot

Louisville, Kentucky

January 12, 2016 5:45am CST

My brother and I both have an account with Facebook. We normally browse through it each evening while watching TV. Some things are pretty funny and of course you want to share these with your friends. But sometimes sharing things can be a little much. One of my brother's ex-coworkers shared something with her friends and we were both so shocked and disgusted that she would even think that it was okay to share. It was a picture of a baby girl lying next to a curb. I don't know if she was deceased or not but she looked like it and there was blood everywhere. The caption said, "This will happen to you if you don't type 'Amen' and share". Like I said, I don't know if she was really deceased or if the picture was even real but to me it was in very very poor taste. I think this is carrying things a little too far on Facebook. My brother was so appalled that he didn't even know what to say but he did unfriend this person. If it were me, I would have reported it to Facebook. This has made me not even want to go on Facebook anymore. I don't think any of my friends would forward such a thing but you never know. What would you have done in this situation?

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Margaret Mwangi

@Missmwngi (12915)

• Nairobi, Kenya

12 Jan 16

I hate those kind of messages that say if you don't share this and that will happen

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

I hate them do. They are a form of the old chain mails from years ago.

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Margaret Mwangi

@Missmwngi (12915)

• Nairobi, Kenya

13 Jan 16

@simone10 Oooh yeah

Ria Roy

@ria1606roy (2797)

• Kolkata, India

12 Jan 16

People share all kinds of rubbish on facebook, and it reflects poorly upon them. I don't think they even give it a second thought before sharing, how would it make them seem and what others would think. The viral pictures are shared more in this manner, and people seem to get a kick out of sharing them, irrespective of whether they are worth sharing or not.

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dpk262006

@dpk262006 (58679)

• Delhi, India

13 Jan 16

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

You are so right. My brother was so offended, he unfriended the person who shared it and couldn't understand why she thought it was appropriate to share. I agree with him but I would have gone a step further and reported it.

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Raine38

@Raine38 (12387)

• United States

12 Jan 16

It's the same like, posting images of people who are sick and saying each like will donate a dollar or something towards the medical expenses of that person. That is so absurd. And sick, using someone's situation to gather likes and popularity. Reporting it to Facebook is a great idea as well as hiding the post. I feel dismayed when people actually fall for it.

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patgalca

@patgalca (18481)

• Orangeville, Ontario

12 Jan 16

Yeah, I simply "hide" what I don't want to see.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

If it had been me, I would have reported it but it was my brother and he just chose to unfriend his so called friend.

Gudheart

@gudheart (12659)

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12 Jan 16

I no longer go on facebook! It just annoys me now.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

Because of this, I haven't been on facebook in about a week.

ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12069)

• United States

12 Jan 16

I limit my Facebook friends to my immediate family and a couple of real friends. None of them would pass on "chain letters" of this sort.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

I don't think any of my facebook friends would either but to be honest, I know the person who shared the one in question and I never thought she would do something like that either.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12069)

• United States

13 Jan 16

@simone10 It is sad when you find out your friends aren't as level headed as you thought they were. Bummer.

Jessica

@JESSY3236 (22245)

• United States

12 Jan 16

That's terrible. I never respond to those memes.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148734)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Jan 16

We never respond either and delete it.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

I wouldn't respond either but I would report it to facebook.

Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14994)

• Malaysia

13 Jan 16

I have not come across such pictures. I will not befriend someone, but I do unfollow some Facebook friends if they always post something that not interest me. I do not like my wall to be bombarded with not useful or positive posts, and disturbing me from reading other more meaningful posts.

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14994)

• Malaysia

13 Jan 16

@simone10 Yes, if it's not really a good friend of yours, then it's a good move to do so. If she's your good friend, perhaps it's good to send her a PM asking her not to do so.

Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

In the instance of this post and this person, I would definitely have unfriended her. It was very offensive.

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dpk262006

@dpk262006 (58679)

• Delhi, India

13 Jan 16

I would immediately delete (unfriend) such a kind of 'friend' (everyone is 'friend' on facebook), if I come across such a disgusting post. I neither believe in checking such posts nor do I share such posts on Facebook.

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dpk262006

@dpk262006 (58679)

• Delhi, India

14 Jan 16

@simone10 - May be she has got perverted mindset.

Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

Neither do I. He did unfriend her. I honestly don't know what she was thinking because you couldn't miss the picture so it wasn't by mistake.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90717)

• Philippines

13 Jan 16

I ignore such kind of posts . They are chain mails actually . So cheap .

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

Yes, they are chain mails and most of the time I ignore them also but when I my brother got that one in particular, I was appalled.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

12 Jan 16

I would have reported them to Facebook for such emotional blackmail and use of viral ways to promote extreme evangelism

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

I would have too but my brother was so shocked that he deleted it and unfriended the so called friend.

Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61463)

• United States

13 Jan 16

I never forward any that are of a religious nature. God does not punish people who don't forward messages, I find it offensive.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61463)

• United States

14 Jan 16

@simone10 The funny thing is some of them are sent by friends I know are religious, I can't believe that they aren't appalled by these as well. I just got one yesterday to stand up for Christ, Ya know what, I am not sure Jesus has a Facebook account!! He knows what is in my heart, I don't need to paste it all over Facebook. Seriously!! what are people thinking?

Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

I also find it offensive. God has more on his hands than to keep track of who forwards and notice like that.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91086)

• United States

12 Jan 16

I skip over all those type Amen posts. Some of them are horrible

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

This is the first time I have seen one so graphic. I just pray that the picture was fake and not a real child.

Cindy Tolbert

@cintol (11261)

• United States

12 Jan 16

That is an awful thing to post, I would have reported her for doing something so insensitive. Some people just don't have any brains when it comes to things like that.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

Isn't that the truth? I mean, what was she thinking? There was no way she didn't see the picture.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

14 Jan 16

@cintol You got that right! I don't know what kind of response she thought she would get but she better be glad that she was my brother's friend and not mine.

Cindy Tolbert

@cintol (11261)

• United States

14 Jan 16

@simone10 I wonder what kind of response she was hoping for and as for thinking, I doubt she was!!

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myLot Prince (LOL)

@trivia79 (7827)

• El Segundo, California

13 Jan 16

it's just one instance. Just ignore it!

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

I wish it was that easy to ignore. I didn't even get it on my facebook, my brother did and I am still bothered by it.

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myLot Prince (LOL)

@trivia79 (7827)

• El Segundo, California

13 Jan 16

@simone10 I have lot of such posts and some are worse than you experienced in my newsfeed. I just ignore them anyway because it doesn't affect me.

41Combedale

@41CombedaleRoad (5966)

• Greece

13 Jan 16

I have never got a threatening one like this but I do get them promising good fortune if I forward them. Bring irritated by it myself I never forward whether for blessing or curse.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

I get the kind you are talking about a lot but I've never received one like my brother got. Like you, I never share or forward those types of things.

Stacey

@xstitcher (39032)

• Petaluma, California

14 Jan 16

That is horrible. :( I block people who post things that awful--or that to me are just plain offensive.

Judy Story

@jstory07 (148734)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Jan 16

Wha t I think is wrong when you abuse a child and put it up on facebook and than wonder why the police come to arrest you. Some people are just gross and that picture was gross.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jan 16

Yes it was gross! Did you see it? I am really thinking and hoping it was fake but either way it was in bad taste.

GreatMartin

@GreatMartin (23670)

• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

14 Jan 16

How come you never come to my page?? I don't have pictures like that!!

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

14 Jan 16

I didn't get the picture, my brother did and showed it to me. I haven't really been on facebook in quite a while. I may show up now and then but I'm just getting tired of it.