by Amanda Lewis
1. Posting important news:
You would think it would be a simple concept – the more important the information, the more personal the way to disclose that information should be. How would you feel if you found out your sister was pregnant because you happened to check her status? Or that Grandpa passed away because Dad thought it would be more convenient to let everyone know through Facebook? Those closest to you should always find out before your acquaintances. If it’s going to be through Facebook, be sure you’ve let the most important people know first.
2. Relationship countdowns:
“15 days until my sweetie is coming home!! <333 LOVE YOU POOH-BEAR!!!”
Honestly. These are just a tad obnoxious. I don’t sign onto Facebook for this. If it’s a countdown for something else, by all means post it but if it’s always about your partner then you really need to get over your obsession.
3. Posting awful pictures of your friends and tagging them:
Would you really want someone to do this to you? It’s an invitation for revenge. The next time your friend catches you eating and there’s food all over your face, you should know where the photo is ending up. Be kind to your friends.
4. Personal conversations only you and another person know about:
There are times where you and a friend may have an inside joke that you post all over Facebook. It’s okay if you aren’t excessive about it. But the personal exchanges that go on forever and that make us feel like we’re invading your privacy should stop.
5. Updating your status with song lyrics:
I’ll admit that sometimes song lyrics can be poetic, but it’s usually pretty obvious that they are intended for a particular person. Your entire friends list doesn’t need to see your relationship problems through song lyrics. Don’t get me wrong, lyrics are okay sometimes, but when it gets repetitive it becomes a problem.
6. Numerous invitations to the same application:
No, I do not want your lonely and sad cow from Farmville. I do not want to play a round of Poker with you, and for goodness sake if there’s a button to press that says, “Skip invite,” you would be doing all of us a favor by pressing it ASAP. When I repetitively reject your invitations it does not mean send me another one.
7. Friending someone you don’t know:
You bumped into them in the hallway the other day, and they’re related to your brother’s best friend. That doesn’t make it okay to friend them. One should not friend another whom they have no association or connection with. Doing so makes you what I like to call a ‘creeper’. The reality is you don’t really know them. Stick to people you’ve actually had conversations with and not just admired from afar.
8. Sending out a private message to a massive amount of people:
You’ve seen it before: one of your friends sends out a message to update their friends about an event and then suddenly a threaded conversation erupts. We know that you’ve probably been too busy to catch up with many of your friends recently, but don’t take mass messages as the opportunity to reconnect. You’re flooding everybody’s inbox with information that isn’t relevant to them and it’s flat out annoying! Just don’t do it.
Other social networks to visit when you need a break from Facebook:
www.tumblr.com www.blogger.com www.livejournal.com
Fun Facts about Facebook:
~ More than 2.5 billion pictures are uploaded to Facebook each month.
~ The average Facebook user has 130 friends and sends eight friend requests per month.
~ If Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, after China, India, the U.S., and Indonesia.
~There are more than 800,000 developers building applications for Facebook.
~Approximately 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States.
Source: http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facebook-facts.html
