Facebook- Finally Free From It

[Ice_Fire]

Over the past few months I have become increasingly frustrated at the pointlessness of the site and the arguments online. Not usually involving me (I'll get onto that) but irritating to constantly read none the less.

Wondering about other people's opinion on this: surely by posting anything on Facebook, you're opening yourself up to being ridiculed and dragged into an argument you'd rather avoid. So, why do people feel wronged when this happens? To be honest, I think the poster has asked for it.

Anyway, last night was the final straw. Lately, people seem to think that it's, I don't know, 'cool' or whatever they think it is, to 'like' and distribute photos of abused dogs, homeless people etc etc. Last night there was a picture of a little boy covered in bruises from being abused. Sorry, do not want to see that and I made a status saying as much, in the vain hope that the person who posted it would at the very least, realise that it's distasteful- well, downright sick. Is it just me that worries for that little boy? Yes the photo was to raise awareness, but he was too young to give permission of any sort, his parents were, I assume, in custody or something...so who decided they had the right to publicly distribute a photo of his appalling injuries? What will that little boy think when he's older, finding out that the abuse he suffered was plastered all over the internet, with thousands of people inanely clicking 'like' to make themselves feel better. It's a pointless and easy way of appearing to care about such matters as child abuse.

Donating to the NSPCC (UK based charity: National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) or volunteering to help these victims seems much better to me...

Rant over, I feel so...'free' and unburdened by deleting my account!

 

[Ice_Fire]

Oh yes, and a mere 5 minutes after making a status saying I don't want to see these sorts of things being distributed on Facebook, I get accused of 'attention seeking' by a person I thought was a good friend.

 

[therapybankrupt]

Block them, Block them all! You do not have to tolerate anyone in your FB life. I do not have to leave ever! Its my happy place to meet up with friends and family out of town. I do not have much to look forward in the day and no one is going to take that away from me.

 

[Dallas]

I had an experience when I started on fb a couple years ago. All my "friends" were those I knew in high school. Only then, in high school, we were all pot-smoking alcholics and drug addicts. I changed after 30 years. My "friends" had not. I recently deleted them all because they were abusive and irrational and threatening. I now have 25 "friends" who I trust and I know have a deep relationship with God, as I do. I now feel safe on facebook, where I didn't before. I do not miss those drug-addicted, pot-smoking, alcoholic "friends".

Sincerely,
Dallas.

PS I do have an alternative "public" fb page for my book and blog...most of my "friends" on there are Boxer show people and people from church. It is impersonal. I just post stuff about my blog and book. But, I keep my personal separate fb page of 25 friends for me alone!

Sincerely,
Dallas.

 

[Tanishq]

I get accused of 'attention seeking' by a person I thought was a good friend.

I have been accused,too. I removed them all.

If you are friend, live like a friend. not as something else.

I am keeping facebook to keep in touch with true friend. I like honest and good people. I have friends who posts good things and it uplifts me always. We have understanding. I am thnakful for this.

If you see bad people, instantly remove them. You don't need them.

Those who accuse by "attention seeking", I guess they might be seeking for attention.

 

[GreenFrog2]

Block them, Block them all! You do not have to tolerate anyone in your FB life.

My fb friends are all people that I know and trust - only ever had to delete 1 old school friend who fell off the wagon and starting posting hideous rants about her family! Otherwise it has been a lifeline for me. Before I found this site it was the only place I had contact with people - am sure being able to go there saved me several times.

Now I also have this forum - if anyone posted pictures of abused animals on here I am sure they would be banned pretty quickly so I feel pretty safe here from that kind of stuff.

 

[Tanishq]

Before I found this site it was the only place I had contact with people - am sure being able to go there saved me several times.

Facebook has been life line for me,too.

 

[rightkindofme]

I deleted my facebook account because I got tired of the drama. I have a lot more time and energy for me now.

 

[Ice_Fire]

Yes I've found that since deleting it. Can't say I've missed it. I have other, more direct ways of contacting the people who matter to me and not getting all the drama. Much better!

 

[TLJ]

I think it has a lot to do with who you have on your Facebook page. I have people that I don't want to unfriend because they are family but I don't want to see all there post so I hide them. This had seemed to work for me.

 

[anthony]

I have a Facebook account pretty much because I need one in order to use the API's for development purposes. If I didn't need to use the API's to run sites, I wouldn't have one at all.

 

[Britt.f7]

I like to keep facebook because it keeps me up to date on people I couldn't otherwise see. Especially when I am housebound. That being said, I don't like seeing pictures of dogs that are homeless(don't ever see people), but my friends are doing that in hopes the dog will find a forever home. I try to overlook them.

I do have a niece that posts her drama. Doesn't involve me, but does make me think she isn't rather bright by doing that. (bad aunt?). I also have people who put their political views up. Sometimes bothers me, but I try to accept it and sometimes I might argue it or put up a correction. I do the same when people reprint hoaxes up as fact. Drives me insane. People do your research before you reprint something false! People probably get mad at me for putting up my point of view or my corrections, but, seriously, if you don't want people commenting don't post.

My blog entries get posted there, in hopes that people will check it out.

Ice Fire, hopefully that boy was made up with makeup. I know they do that and that probably is what they did in this picture. Still, I would have found it disturbing.

Not quite sure why you were considered attention seeking. No offense, but I think your friend may definitely have issues.