I know I’m going to be redundant here and resurrect my inner
Facebook Grinch because I have posted on this topic previously, but if I have
to see one more person’s engagement ring on Facebook… or thirty-seven images of their expressionless newborn each day of the week…. or a wedding party/bridal
shower/bachelorette party/engagement party/invitation card/anything pertaining
to their upcoming wedding… or their child doing his/her “first” of everything (“This
is Ava doing her first waving of her right hand wearing her first blue sweater
and jeans combination ever”), I might throw myself out of the 10th
floor of my office building.
I think being a twenty-something or early-thirty-something makes
you a part of the worst possible subset of Facebook’s audience because it is the stage
of major life changes/career changes/family changes/perpetual bragging of all
these changes. And because we are the first generation to have encountered this
blasphemy, we were unfortunately, given no forewarning of the misery that was to
come. As you all know, I [successfully] deactivated Facebook for several
months, until I missed my best friend from college’s bachelorette party
because the invite was via Facebook and her sister did not know how else to
reach me. For that reason, I’m back on, but I ABSOLUTELY hate it. Like I said, I
know I already made a whole post about why I hate Facebook, but the past few
weeks have been especially awful.
First off, the election coverage via Facebook was miserable.
If I wanted to watch coverage of the election, I would watch it on television
or check out updates on Twitter feeds; I have zero desire to read your
uninformed and uneducated speculations. Politics should not be a Facebook topic. If
you want to talk about politics, start a blog and write your heart out about
your political beliefs so that way I can choose to read it (but more than
likely, choose not to read it). Instead, I now am forced to scan your status
update on my newsfeed, realize I subsequently, like you much less, and therefore,
have to delete you as a friend when you might, in fact, have been a perfectly good
drinking buddy.
Secondly, Twinkies are getting way more publicity than even
necessary. How many much more relevant companies have gone out of business
since the recession began? Why do hundreds of people on my newsfeed even REMOTELY
care about some concoction of an unequivocally unpopular processed food with a questionably
too-long shelf life? Honestly, I don’t remember the last time I have even seen
anyone purchase or eat a Twinkie. Maybe 1996? There’s a reason they are going
out of business. Innovate or throw in the towel.
Thirdly, Sunday football commentating is also unnecessary. I
understand you all are avid football fans and have fantasy sports teams and a
significant $20 on the line for your team to win, but come on!! WHY must I read
seventy-seven people describing the same exact situation all day on Sunday… and
then again on Monday… and then again on Thursday, each of which I care NOTHING
about?! Guys, if you think I’m being insensitive to your likes, how would you
feel if every single female on your newsfeed commented on every single character’s
actions on every single episode of Real Housewives… every single season. If I’m
not mistaken, I’m pretty sure after a while, all of you would rather give
yourself glaucoma than have to read one more idiotic opinion about who is
fighting with who on the Real Housewives.
Social media, but primarily, Facebook is being heavily abused
by you, your family and your friends. It’s up to all of you to stop it. Let’s
join together and resurrect a #KONY2012-esque movement for the new year.
#HATEBOOK2013
I couldn't have said this better myself! Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteThe worst about Football is when I literally see people verbally abuse each other because their teams are rivals.. to the point where I don't even think they're friends anymore! It's sad that I even know them..
I'm all for the movement & seriously if I become one of these people, you have full right to kick me!
I'm glad you enjoyed, Vee! And yes, you can NEVER become one of those people!!!
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