This article brings up some pretty valid points, and I can relate to just about every one of them. I have one friend that always posts posters about men treating their girlfriends better and it just makes everyone think, then why are you with him if you "scream" about problems on Facebook all the time. As for people feeling more neagatively about thier life when looking through Facebook excessively that's understandable. Just like everything else, things are good in moderation, but when you overdo it then probelms pop up. Hop on every now and then, and look at the things and people you are interested in, but don't make it a part of your life to scan through Facebook for hours, there is plenty of better stuff out there on the web!
Awesome article! definitely sums up my frustrations with Facebook. Almost everything that shows up on the news feed I want to comment on and say "What in the world are you thinking?" I don't really think people care what you think.
This article definitely told of the most annoying things about facebook. The most annoying is people posting about every single thing in their life, and some people even start fights through facebook that should be kept confidential. I just "unfriend" those people though. The good thing about facebook is being able to network and ask each other opinions on parenthood, products, etc. So yes facebook is annoying but it is also helpful at the same time. I think your maturity to handle the annoying things about facebook is also a big factor.
I couldn't agree with this article more. I quit using facebook a while back. My reason is because life is too short to be worried about all of these people that I really don't care to see again. The idea that everyone needs to be connected is a load of nonsense to me, primarily because I don't want to have anything in common with some people. Facebook tries to be that common ground too much, so I gave it up. I am not completely opposed to social networking though. Linked In is a great way to connect people for professional reasons, so that is what I pursue now.
You are all my friends, but not on Facebook. I have never had a FB account; I stopped at Myspace. I have been encouraged by all my friends and family to get one, and “stay connected!” “You’ll find lost friends, we can share pictures,” and, “it’s easier to stay in touch.” I agree with Mr. Etemesi’s point-of-view and also another. People are going crazy over FB, spending hours a day on the site-- yes. But the entire time their privacy is being invaded without their care, every aspect of it, only to only support these pop-up ads that we see continuously.
This article definitely sums up my feelings toward not only Facebook but social media in general. I think social media tends to make us feel worse about ourselves without us even noticing. I also really agree with the last point. I find myself wondering who half the people are who show up on my newsfeed. Facebook is quickly becoming something we all need to think twice about before posting anything on due to employers. Also, it gets pretty annoying when your extended family needs to comment on every single picture we post. Facebook seems to be somewhat phasing out in the social media world. It is losing its "cool" factor as more and more parents are creating accounts, making twitter the new social media ruler.
The article certainly points out some very irritating quirks of Facebook. I think it's important to note, though, that many of them can be resolved or lessened through simple self control. Cleaning up one's friends list, managing one's time online, and using content filters are all easy ways to dramatically reduce these annoyances. That said, I realize it is a hassle to do those things and it would be easier if they just did not exist.
This article has a couple of great main ideas on why a few people have negative feelings towards FaceBook. One idea that I found the most interesting was that "Facebook makes you feel less positive about your life".
The studies at Utah Valley University proves what I find a lot of people who find value in their FaceBook page feel. For instance, my girlfriend will express some form of discomfort whenever someone gets more likes on a photo than her; and because she will (hopefully) never see this blog, I feel comfortable stating that.
In my own opinion, yes, FaceBook does very much suck. But others enjoy it, so I say let them enjoy it while it lasts. I, on the other hand, will stick to hanging out with my friends on a regular basis, and have fun by doing, not by posting.
The points listed in this article are undoubtedly frustrations most individuals have with Facebook. However some of these annoyances can be changed. For example "Annoying people who keep posting about all the proceedings in their lives"....unfriend them. Secondly, "You realize you only know and care about only 30 people out of your 1,000 friends."...unfriend them. These types of frustrations can be solved. If you only friend those who you actually care to stay updated with on their lives, then this will eliminate some of the problems. Also, you technically don't have to be "friends" with your parents or other relatives, but I understand the pressure to accept those requests. I am thankful, however, that Facebook did not exist when I was a kid. I hate the idea that we live in a time where someone's entire life can be documented on Facebook (and they are not aware until they are older and realize their parents have been posting pictures of them). When the kids nowadays see the embarrassing pictures their parents posted of them, I wonder what their reactions will be.
I definitely agree that the points made by this article are valid, but I think that facebook does a great job of giving you a lot of security options. You can block annoying people from your newsfeed without de-friending them and you can choose what specific people can see on our timeline as well. And while some people can by annoying, it can be entertaining at times hoe naïve some people can really be. But yes, there are ads on facebook, but they're usually pretty easy to ignore. So in the end there are definitely down falls to facebook, but I think there are a lot of options to make the things you don't like about facebook different to fit your preferences.
I completely agree with this article. I do enjoy keeping up with my good friends that don't live near me anymore, but the majority of my facebook friends aren't people that I really care about, so it kind of defeats the purpose. I also have many friends that are always posting every detail of their lives on their pages and it gets very annoying. The adds are frustrating as well. It seems like there are more and more of them everyday. I think it's because people are annoyed with facebook that other social media pages have been created and have become so popular, like twitter, instagram, etc.
I'm one of the shrinking number of Americans who doesn't have a Facebook account. Sometimes I feel tempted to bite the bullet and sign up. But, then I see classmates spend the entire class time on their laptop checking Facebook. Or I look at my brother's Facebook page and wonder why it's interesting that he got a haircut today. I don't think Facebook is going anywhere anytime soon, but I do wonder if it's dominance is waning.
Think of life without facebook. There will always be certain individuals who will always dislike somebody's or somethings success. Even the Bible has thumbs down's or dislikes on Amazon, though it has changed people's lives and futures forever. Why facebook is awesome? Some family members have a better relationships because of facebook. The starving boy? Without facebook, there would most likely be more starving people in this world without an outlet to get non-profit marketing out to people.
I honestly dont care what people have to say on faebook. I think sometimes things should just be kept to themselves. Im slowly starting to get off facebook because of all of the irrelevant things on there.
I agree with most of them. I like how I can keep in touch with old friends. We all lead such busy lives, it is hard to keep up. But I can still see pictures and hear about how their lives are.
With that said - I agree with most of those points. Facebook really does make you feel more negatively about your life. When you see other people's successes, you wish you had the same. It also gets really annoying when people post about stupid things - like what they did all day and what they had for lunch. I also dislike how employers can look up your Facebook and judge you without even knowing you. But Facebook is not going anywhere and we need to learn to embrace it in order to remain relevant in the business world.
Do I agree? YES! A thousand times, yes! At first, I enjoyed catching up with old friends I hadn't talked to in years. Unfortunately,FB became a place for people to whine about something or post baby pictures. No thank you.
I agree with all of the listed annoyances of Facebook in this article. I try to avoid being an annoyance on Facebook by rarely posting updates. When I do post something, I try to make it funny or entertaining. Another thing about Facebook I get annoyed with is when it automatically changes my privacy settings, causing me to go back and update my settings again. This has happened multiple times in recent years and I do not even get an update that the privacy setting changes have happened.
I have about 800 friends but I only communicate with 200 or so. The reason behind it is most of my friends pollute my news feed with nonsense. I usually block them
I deleted my Facebook profile a couple of years ago and I haven't missed it one bit. Facebook is a great tool for staying in touch with people, but it comes at a price, in my opinion. I found the constant updates to be quite annoying, and have always felt that the amount of data that Facebook collects from its users is a little troubling.
I think that Facebook should get in touch with what made it so popular in the first place. My suggestion is that they stop making their interface so convoluted. I think that they should go back to the days where there wasn't a live feed. I am not normal, but I thought that the introduction of the live feed was Facebook taking their idea one step too far. Sometimes less is more.
I agree with every single point of the article. I personally enjoy twitter more. I'll admit it has some of the same problems as Facebook but I still think it is better. My favorite part of twitter is the post can't be more than 140 characters long. Also, I like the hash tags so you can follow topics you find interesting or want to know more about.
I don't have a Facebook. But I can see how it could be annoying. Social sites makes us not interact with people face to face anymore. You could say its making us dumber by the minute. We are to busy on social media sites that we forgot what's really going on in the real world. I think all social media sucks. it is getting to a point were that's all we will ever do.
The only reason I still have a Facebook is to keep in contact with my friends and family who live in various states. If it weren't for them I would definitely not have one. About 90% of my news feed is stupid stuff people thing is necessary for everyone to know when they wouldn't be nearly as anxious to tell each person to their face. The article was great and I agreed with just about every point.
The only reason I have a Facebook is to keep in contact with my friends and family that live in various other states. If it weren't for them I definitely wouldn't have one. The article was good and I agree on most of the points. About 90% of my news feed is full of stuff people think is necessary for everyone to know but wouldn't find it nearly as important enough to tell people to their face. I do not spend much time on Facebook at all.
I've been thinking about deleting my Facebook for a while but some reason always gets in the way. The points discussed in the article are all very true. I have to say that it does give me a lot of reasons to reconsider keeping my Facebook. I think the main reasons I keep it are to send quick messages to people I don't have contact information for and so I can get notifications about group events.
This article is completely accurate, well mostly. I agree with most of the points made. Sometimes I accidentally click on a pop up, which is super annoying. It is also annoying when someone will just keep posting everything that they do. It is also annoying that now everyone is on it, it is no longer that semi secretive social media get away from adults are people that we would not want to look at how we talk or function outside of church or work.
This article is completely accurate, well mostly. I agree with most of the points made. Sometimes I accidentally click on a pop up, which is super annoying. It is also annoying when someone will just keep posting everything that they do. It is also annoying that now everyone is on it, it is no longer that semi secretive social media get away from adults are people that we would not want to look at how we talk or function outside of church or work.
This article brings up some great points Facebook has changed a lot from when it first came out and it has had some negative responses but i don't think it necessarily sucks it just not for everyone and the changes made and the reasons brought up in the article show who Facebook is for and is not for
Although I consider myself to be a generally positive person, this article hit the very points of Facebook faults that really irritate me! It was refreshing to see someone else's frustration with certain elements of the site rather than mine. Certain personal information should stay confidential...not put out on the web for everyone to see. Especially when it has to do with your kids.
I think this article brought up good points that not only annoy me but other Facebook users. I get annoyed with people posting Ads that take up most of my news feed. I also am annoyed that when people add pictures of me that I really did not want others to see, you are unable to delete these pictures. Yes, Facebook did come out with a privacy thing for users to accept the pictures or posts that you were tagged in but it still does not help with past posts that still cant be deleted.
I believe that this article is correct and proves points of not only things that annoy me about Facebook but that are annoying others. I think it is annoying for people to repost an Ad or companies posting Ads on the news feeds and also that we cant control what other people post about us such as pictures or status updates. Yes, Facebook has updated its features such as being able to accept or decline posts and pictures but that does not take care of the fact that past posts and pictures are still there. I have also deleted people from Facebook for the fact that they posted every detail of their life on there good or bad and not to many people want to keep up with your daily life. Facebook is a good way to keep in touch but not for daily updates.
I definitely agree with the majority of the points made in this article. Half of the things I see people post on Facebook I wonder "why would someone ever post that?" Online life is vastly different from real life. People are more open to say things online than they would say in person. Online, you can moderate, edit, pick and choose what and when people view, all with the goal that they’ll see the “you” that you want them to see. I also believe if someone really wanted to be apart of your life or know what is going on in your life they would pick up the phone and call you, send a text, or even an e-mail. The friends who only know you through Facebook are not really your "friends."
This an interesting article. I can personally testify to the negative impact of Facebook on one's mental well being. I find myself HAVING to check my Facebook page frequently, in order to appease my family and friends who leave posts on my timeline or post what they are doing on an hourly basis expecting a "like" or "comment". I (as many other students with jobs, or a life outside of social media at all) do not have much spare time to give any recognition to the people I may love and care for through constant social media awareness. When I see my friends posting horrific selfies and expecting acknowledgment for such an egotistical act on Facebook, i cringe at the thought that "Hey, I am actually friends with these people" immediately pops into my head. Facebook can be great for marketing, but I believe the overuse of Facebook is a long-term issue that will continue to negatively impact the lives of those who are enthralled in the mindless wormhole that is Facebook.
I think i agree with artical some point, but i beleve in order to save your good profetional image, you can make saprate facebook acounts for your profetional netwarking, and another one for your relative and close friends.so that way you can stay connected with your love ones and on been embarrass front of your mentor,or colleagues because of your parents some comments or post.
Annoying people who keep posting about all the proceedings in their lives
First of all, you do not have to be friends with these people. If you have such friends by accident, you can easily unfriend them. But if you are not brave enough, you should stop blaming Facebook. That's not Facebook's problem. They certainly give you the chance to choose your friends and they are not responsible for either your or their behaviors. Stop those annoying people by unfriending them.
Your parents, relatives (and even grandparents) are now watching your every move
Yes, but before Facebook, they used to call you more frequently, you meet more frequently. They tried to watch your every move all the time, Facebook just makes their way easier. But, again if you don't like it, in privacy settings you can do a lot about it.
Or they’re posting photos of you that you would never want anyone to see
You need to stop them. You can inform them about it and request them to remove those photos that you would never want anyone to see. And I think you can also inform Facebook about this. But you are a grown person, you should be able to control your life. A stupid photo cannot ruin your life. It depends of course on the situation for example that photo could be taken when you were under custody, and your parents do not know about it.
Facebook makes you feel less positive about your life
Life itself make us feel less positive about it. Facebook cannot surpass that. If you are not happy with your personality, your body, your life, your family, Facebook puts a mirror before you and remind you all those and more frequently. If you are happy, Facebook cannot make you unhappier.
In addition, why being happy all the time? There are many things to think about, life is not only about flowers, cats or good food. There is violence, there is terrorism and many more sad things and as a grown person you should not look the other way.
The excessive ads are about to ruin the whole experience
AdBlock Plus (the most popular adblocker) has a fantastic plugin for browsers. AdBlock simply blocks all the ads you do not want to see. It works also on Facebook and it is free. However, you can learn a lot from the ads. Discounts, better brands, products you may not have heard of, etc. You can give another chance to ads.
It makes getting over a breakup really hard
On the contrary. Back in the days, people did not have a virtual world or a virtual identity. Now, you can forget about your girlfriend or boyfriend more easily. Why? Because you have a virtual world to explore now. New people all around the world. Other people are always there. That gives you chance to forget easily. You can meet with others, they are just a few clicks away. And really, did you fall in love with that girl? I did not think so.
Potential employers might misjudge you
Potential employers always wanted to know more about potential employees. Now it is easier for them. If you share your every opinion about everything on Facebook, they might be interested in those opinions. They might also wonder how you have such amount of time to waste. Think about your potential employers before you send a stupid message on Facebook. Facebook does not give you an excuse to be stupid, lazy or irresponsible. This is just like real world. If you post cat photos all day long and if your potential employer is not in cat food business, they can find you boring and it is not their fault.
You realize you only know and care about only 30 people out of your 1,000 friends
Why do you have 1000+ friends? You probably do not know them at all, you possibly do not share any of their opinions, maybe you have not met them or you will not see them in the rest of your life, so why are they in your friend list? Stop this. If you only know and care about 30 people, unfriend 970 others and problem will be solved. And please stop blaming Facebook. You do not have to become friends everyone Facebook thinks you might know of.
This article has some really good points! Wow. However I think there are still some really great benefits of Facebook despite the fact that the author of the article brought up so many of its disadvantages. Facebooks purpose is to connect people all over the world and it does an amazing job of reuniting old friends and family who become members of Facebook.
After reading the first 2 "Reasons Why Facebook Sucks" I immediately disagreed.
Reason 1: Facebook sucks because annoying people post about their lives? That sounds like a personal problem. There is an unfriend button on Facebook that is easy to use. If someone annoys you and you don't get any value out of their posts, simply unfriend them.
Reason 2: Facebook sucks because most of your family is watching your every move? Did you also know that employers and potential employers have the ability to watch your every move? Let's be honest, you probably shouldn't be posting something that you wouldn't want your Grandma or an employer seeing anyway.
To sum things up, I personally think that you can control most of the "cons" of Facebook and have a great experience.
Along with the other posters aboove, I agree that this article is on point with its content regarding facebook. I still use my account on a daily basis, but find myself slightly disenchanted as of late (yes my parents are now on FB, no that's not my reasoning). There are benefits associated with FB that others have mentioned, but the biggest for me has to be the time I waste scrolling aimlessly when bored.
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This article brings up some pretty valid points, and I can relate to just about every one of them. I have one friend that always posts posters about men treating their girlfriends better and it just makes everyone think, then why are you with him if you "scream" about problems on Facebook all the time. As for people feeling more neagatively about thier life when looking through Facebook excessively that's understandable. Just like everything else, things are good in moderation, but when you overdo it then probelms pop up. Hop on every now and then, and look at the things and people you are interested in, but don't make it a part of your life to scan through Facebook for hours, there is plenty of better stuff out there on the web!
Awesome article! definitely sums up my frustrations with Facebook. Almost everything that shows up on the news feed I want to comment on and say "What in the world are you thinking?" I don't really think people care what you think.
This article definitely told of the most annoying things about facebook. The most annoying is people posting about every single thing in their life, and some people even start fights through facebook that should be kept confidential. I just "unfriend" those people though. The good thing about facebook is being able to network and ask each other opinions on parenthood, products, etc. So yes facebook is annoying but it is also helpful at the same time. I think your maturity to handle the annoying things about facebook is also a big factor.
I couldn't agree with this article more. I quit using facebook a while back. My reason is because life is too short to be worried about all of these people that I really don't care to see again. The idea that everyone needs to be connected is a load of nonsense to me, primarily because I don't want to have anything in common with some people.
Facebook tries to be that common ground too much, so I gave it up.
I am not completely opposed to social networking though. Linked In is a great way to connect people for professional reasons, so that is what I pursue now.
You are all my friends, but not on Facebook. I have never had a FB account; I stopped at Myspace. I have been encouraged by all my friends and family to get one, and “stay connected!” “You’ll find lost friends, we can share pictures,” and, “it’s easier to stay in touch.” I agree with Mr. Etemesi’s point-of-view and also another. People are going crazy over FB, spending hours a day on the site-- yes. But the entire time their privacy is being invaded without their care, every aspect of it, only to only support these pop-up ads that we see continuously.
This article definitely sums up my feelings toward not only Facebook but social media in general. I think social media tends to make us feel worse about ourselves without us even noticing.
I also really agree with the last point. I find myself wondering who half the people are who show up on my newsfeed.
Facebook is quickly becoming something we all need to think twice about before posting anything on due to employers. Also, it gets pretty annoying when your extended family needs to comment on every single picture we post.
Facebook seems to be somewhat phasing out in the social media world. It is losing its "cool" factor as more and more parents are creating accounts, making twitter the new social media ruler.
The article certainly points out some very irritating quirks of Facebook. I think it's important to note, though, that many of them can be resolved or lessened through simple self control. Cleaning up one's friends list, managing one's time online, and using content filters are all easy ways to dramatically reduce these annoyances. That said, I realize it is a hassle to do those things and it would be easier if they just did not exist.
This article has a couple of great main ideas on why a few people have negative feelings towards FaceBook. One idea that I found the most interesting was that "Facebook makes you feel less positive about your life".
The studies at Utah Valley University proves what I find a lot of people who find value in their FaceBook page feel. For instance, my girlfriend will express some form of discomfort whenever someone gets more likes on a photo than her; and because she will (hopefully) never see this blog, I feel comfortable stating that.
In my own opinion, yes, FaceBook does very much suck. But others enjoy it, so I say let them enjoy it while it lasts. I, on the other hand, will stick to hanging out with my friends on a regular basis, and have fun by doing, not by posting.
The points listed in this article are undoubtedly frustrations most individuals have with Facebook. However some of these annoyances can be changed. For example "Annoying people who keep posting about all the proceedings in their lives"....unfriend them. Secondly, "You realize you only know and care about only 30 people out of your 1,000 friends."...unfriend them. These types of frustrations can be solved. If you only friend those who you actually care to stay updated with on their lives, then this will eliminate some of the problems. Also, you technically don't have to be "friends" with your parents or other relatives, but I understand the pressure to accept those requests. I am thankful, however, that Facebook did not exist when I was a kid. I hate the idea that we live in a time where someone's entire life can be documented on Facebook (and they are not aware until they are older and realize their parents have been posting pictures of them). When the kids nowadays see the embarrassing pictures their parents posted of them, I wonder what their reactions will be.
I definitely agree that the points made by this article are valid, but I think that facebook does a great job of giving you a lot of security options. You can block annoying people from your newsfeed without de-friending them and you can choose what specific people can see on our timeline as well. And while some people can by annoying, it can be entertaining at times hoe naïve some people can really be. But yes, there are ads on facebook, but they're usually pretty easy to ignore. So in the end there are definitely down falls to facebook, but I think there are a lot of options to make the things you don't like about facebook different to fit your preferences.
I completely agree with this article. I do enjoy keeping up with my good friends that don't live near me anymore, but the majority of my facebook friends aren't people that I really care about, so it kind of defeats the purpose. I also have many friends that are always posting every detail of their lives on their pages and it gets very annoying. The adds are frustrating as well. It seems like there are more and more of them everyday. I think it's because people are annoyed with facebook that other social media pages have been created and have become so popular, like twitter, instagram, etc.
I'm one of the shrinking number of Americans who doesn't have a Facebook account. Sometimes I feel tempted to bite the bullet and sign up. But, then I see classmates spend the entire class time on their laptop checking Facebook. Or I look at my brother's Facebook page and wonder why it's interesting that he got a haircut today. I don't think Facebook is going anywhere anytime soon, but I do wonder if it's dominance is waning.
Think of life without facebook. There will always be certain individuals who will always dislike somebody's or somethings success. Even the Bible has thumbs down's or dislikes on Amazon, though it has changed people's lives and futures forever. Why facebook is awesome? Some family members have a better relationships because of facebook. The starving boy? Without facebook, there would most likely be more starving people in this world without an outlet to get non-profit marketing out to people.
I honestly dont care what people have to say on faebook. I think sometimes things should just be kept to themselves. Im slowly starting to get off facebook because of all of the irrelevant things on there.
I agree with most of them. I like how I can keep in touch with old friends. We all lead such busy lives, it is hard to keep up. But I can still see pictures and hear about how their lives are.
With that said - I agree with most of those points. Facebook really does make you feel more negatively about your life. When you see other people's successes, you wish you had the same. It also gets really annoying when people post about stupid things - like what they did all day and what they had for lunch. I also dislike how employers can look up your Facebook and judge you without even knowing you. But Facebook is not going anywhere and we need to learn to embrace it in order to remain relevant in the business world.
Do I agree? YES! A thousand times, yes! At first, I enjoyed catching up with old friends I hadn't talked to in years. Unfortunately,FB became a place for people to whine about something or post baby pictures. No thank you.
I agree with all of the listed annoyances of Facebook in this article. I try to avoid being an annoyance on Facebook by rarely posting updates. When I do post something, I try to make it funny or entertaining. Another thing about Facebook I get annoyed with is when it automatically changes my privacy settings, causing me to go back and update my settings again. This has happened multiple times in recent years and I do not even get an update that the privacy setting changes have happened.
I have about 800 friends but I only communicate with 200 or so. The reason behind it is most of my friends pollute my news feed with nonsense. I usually block them
I agree with a lot of these points. Facebook is pretty annoying, especially the ads and some of the pointless status updates
I agree with a lot of these points. Facebook is pretty annoying, especially the ads and some of the pointless status updates
I deleted my Facebook profile a couple of years ago and I haven't missed it one bit. Facebook is a great tool for staying in touch with people, but it comes at a price, in my opinion. I found the constant updates to be quite annoying, and have always felt that the amount of data that Facebook collects from its users is a little troubling.
I think that Facebook should get in touch with what made it so popular in the first place. My suggestion is that they stop making their interface so convoluted. I think that they should go back to the days where there wasn't a live feed. I am not normal, but I thought that the introduction of the live feed was Facebook taking their idea one step too far. Sometimes less is more.
Yes, on everything this article says. Facebook sucks sometimes. However i think networking is important and facebook allows you to do that.
I agree with every single point of the article. I personally enjoy twitter more. I'll admit it has some of the same problems as Facebook but I still think it is better. My favorite part of twitter is the post can't be more than 140 characters long. Also, I like the hash tags so you can follow topics you find interesting or want to know more about.
I don't have a Facebook. But I can see how it could be annoying. Social sites makes us not interact with people face to face anymore. You could say its making us dumber by the minute. We are to busy on social media sites that we forgot what's really going on in the real world. I think all social media sucks. it is getting to a point were that's all we will ever do.
The only reason I still have a Facebook is to keep in contact with my friends and family who live in various states. If it weren't for them I would definitely not have one. About 90% of my news feed is stupid stuff people thing is necessary for everyone to know when they wouldn't be nearly as anxious to tell each person to their face. The article was great and I agreed with just about every point.
The only reason I have a Facebook is to keep in contact with my friends and family that live in various other states. If it weren't for them I definitely wouldn't have one. The article was good and I agree on most of the points. About 90% of my news feed is full of stuff people think is necessary for everyone to know but wouldn't find it nearly as important enough to tell people to their face. I do not spend much time on Facebook at all.
I've been thinking about deleting my Facebook for a while but some reason always gets in the way. The points discussed in the article are all very true. I have to say that it does give me a lot of reasons to reconsider keeping my Facebook. I think the main reasons I keep it are to send quick messages to people I don't have contact information for and so I can get notifications about group events.
This article is completely accurate, well mostly. I agree with most of the points made. Sometimes I accidentally click on a pop up, which is super annoying. It is also annoying when someone will just keep posting everything that they do. It is also annoying that now everyone is on it, it is no longer that semi secretive social media get away from adults are people that we would not want to look at how we talk or function outside of church or work.
This article is completely accurate, well mostly. I agree with most of the points made. Sometimes I accidentally click on a pop up, which is super annoying. It is also annoying when someone will just keep posting everything that they do. It is also annoying that now everyone is on it, it is no longer that semi secretive social media get away from adults are people that we would not want to look at how we talk or function outside of church or work.
This article brings up some great points Facebook has changed a lot from when it first came out and it has had some negative responses but i don't think it necessarily sucks it just not for everyone and the changes made and the reasons brought up in the article show who Facebook is for and is not for
Although I consider myself to be a generally positive person, this article hit the very points of Facebook faults that really irritate me! It was refreshing to see someone else's frustration with certain elements of the site rather than mine. Certain personal information should stay confidential...not put out on the web for everyone to see. Especially when it has to do with your kids.
I think this article brought up good points that not only annoy me but other Facebook users. I get annoyed with people posting Ads that take up most of my news feed. I also am annoyed that when people add pictures of me that I really did not want others to see, you are unable to delete these pictures. Yes, Facebook did come out with a privacy thing for users to accept the pictures or posts that you were tagged in but it still does not help with past posts that still cant be deleted.
I believe that this article is correct and proves points of not only things that annoy me about Facebook but that are annoying others. I think it is annoying for people to repost an Ad or companies posting Ads on the news feeds and also that we cant control what other people post about us such as pictures or status updates. Yes, Facebook has updated its features such as being able to accept or decline posts and pictures but that does not take care of the fact that past posts and pictures are still there. I have also deleted people from Facebook for the fact that they posted every detail of their life on there good or bad and not to many people want to keep up with your daily life. Facebook is a good way to keep in touch but not for daily updates.
I definitely agree with the majority of the points made in this article. Half of the things I see people post on Facebook I wonder "why would someone ever post that?" Online life is vastly different from real life. People are more open to say things online than they would say in person. Online, you can moderate, edit, pick and choose what and when people view, all with the goal that they’ll see the “you” that you want them to see. I also believe if someone really wanted to be apart of your life or know what is going on in your life they would pick up the phone and call you, send a text, or even an e-mail. The friends who only know you through Facebook are not really your "friends."
This an interesting article. I can personally testify to the negative impact of Facebook on one's mental well being. I find myself HAVING to check my Facebook page frequently, in order to appease my family and friends who leave posts on my timeline or post what they are doing on an hourly basis expecting a "like" or "comment". I (as many other students with jobs, or a life outside of social media at all) do not have much spare time to give any recognition to the people I may love and care for through constant social media awareness. When I see my friends posting horrific selfies and expecting acknowledgment for such an egotistical act on Facebook, i cringe at the thought that "Hey, I am actually friends with these people" immediately pops into my head. Facebook can be great for marketing, but I believe the overuse of Facebook is a long-term issue that will continue to negatively impact the lives of those who are enthralled in the mindless wormhole that is Facebook.
I think i agree with artical some point, but i beleve in order to save your good profetional image, you can make saprate facebook acounts for your profetional netwarking, and another one for your relative and close friends.so that way you can stay connected with your love ones and on been embarrass front of your mentor,or colleagues because of your parents some comments or post.
Annoying people who keep posting about all the proceedings in their lives
First of all, you do not have to be friends with these people. If you have such friends by accident, you can easily unfriend them. But if you are not brave enough, you should stop blaming Facebook. That's not Facebook's problem. They certainly give you the chance to choose your friends and they are not responsible for either your or their behaviors. Stop those annoying people by unfriending them.
Your parents, relatives (and even grandparents) are now watching your every move
Yes, but before Facebook, they used to call you more frequently, you meet more frequently. They tried to watch your every move all the time, Facebook just makes their way easier. But, again if you don't like it, in privacy settings you can do a lot about it.
Or they’re posting photos of you that you would never want anyone to see
You need to stop them. You can inform them about it and request them to remove those photos that you would never want anyone to see. And I think you can also inform Facebook about this. But you are a grown person, you should be able to control your life. A stupid photo cannot ruin your life. It depends of course on the situation for example that photo could be taken when you were under custody, and your parents do not know about it.
Facebook makes you feel less positive about your life
Life itself make us feel less positive about it. Facebook cannot surpass that. If you are not happy with your personality, your body, your life, your family, Facebook puts a mirror before you and remind you all those and more frequently. If you are happy, Facebook cannot make you unhappier.
In addition, why being happy all the time? There are many things to think about, life is not only about flowers, cats or good food. There is violence, there is terrorism and many more sad things and as a grown person you should not look the other way.
The excessive ads are about to ruin the whole experience
AdBlock Plus (the most popular adblocker) has a fantastic plugin for browsers. AdBlock simply blocks all the ads you do not want to see. It works also on Facebook and it is free. However, you can learn a lot from the ads. Discounts, better brands, products you may not have heard of, etc. You can give another chance to ads.
It makes getting over a breakup really hard
On the contrary. Back in the days, people did not have a virtual world or a virtual identity. Now, you can forget about your girlfriend or boyfriend more easily. Why? Because you have a virtual world to explore now. New people all around the world. Other people are always there. That gives you chance to forget easily. You can meet with others, they are just a few clicks away. And really, did you fall in love with that girl? I did not think so.
Potential employers might misjudge you
Potential employers always wanted to know more about potential employees. Now it is easier for them. If you share your every opinion about everything on Facebook, they might be interested in those opinions. They might also wonder how you have such amount of time to waste. Think about your potential employers before you send a stupid message on Facebook. Facebook does not give you an excuse to be stupid, lazy or irresponsible. This is just like real world. If you post cat photos all day long and if your potential employer is not in cat food business, they can find you boring and it is not their fault.
You realize you only know and care about only 30 people out of your 1,000 friends
Why do you have 1000+ friends? You probably do not know them at all, you possibly do not share any of their opinions, maybe you have not met them or you will not see them in the rest of your life, so why are they in your friend list? Stop this. If you only know and care about 30 people, unfriend 970 others and problem will be solved. And please stop blaming Facebook. You do not have to become friends everyone Facebook thinks you might know of.
This article has some really good points! Wow. However I think there are still some really great benefits of Facebook despite the fact that the author of the article brought up so many of its disadvantages. Facebooks purpose is to connect people all over the world and it does an amazing job of reuniting old friends and family who become members of Facebook.
After reading the first 2 "Reasons Why Facebook Sucks" I immediately disagreed.
Reason 1: Facebook sucks because annoying people post about their lives? That sounds like a personal problem. There is an unfriend button on Facebook that is easy to use. If someone annoys you and you don't get any value out of their posts, simply unfriend them.
Reason 2: Facebook sucks because most of your family is watching your every move? Did you also know that employers and potential employers have the ability to watch your every move? Let's be honest, you probably shouldn't be posting something that you wouldn't want your Grandma or an employer seeing anyway.
To sum things up, I personally think that you can control most of the "cons" of Facebook and have a great experience.
Along with the other posters aboove, I agree that this article is on point with its content regarding facebook. I still use my account on a daily basis, but find myself slightly disenchanted as of late (yes my parents are now on FB, no that's not my reasoning). There are benefits associated with FB that others have mentioned, but the biggest for me has to be the time I waste scrolling aimlessly when bored.
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