Anyone remember the confessions (re: Facebook)...

asianbymarriage

Anyone remember a few weeks ago when we had confessions, and ppl were saying how it makes them feel bad when they post something important on FB/MySpace/LiveJournal and get so few comments... and then a friend posts about the most random stuff and gets 30 comments?

I totally feel that way sometimes. Today I checked FB, and some girl who'd posted, "...got a new phone!!!" got 10 comments and a bunch of thumbs up in a half hour's time. Same for a friend who posts lots of pictures of food he cooks. Yet, when I posted, "Asian is having a BOY!" I got 3 or 4 comments.?

Most of the time this doesn't really bother me. I'm an adult and I have a great life filled with lots of real friends and truly important things. Most of my friends are not in the married/parenting stage of life, and they aren't into it. Plus, I get that I rub some ppl the wrong way, trust me - so I've always been kind of independent. But every once in a while, this makes me a little sad. How can you be an adult and still feel "unpopular"? Sometimes I envy our parents' generation that they didn't have this kind of technology. Sometimes I think it regresses us, and maybe it would be better of we didn't have social outlets like that...

Ok, that was my pity party of the week. Off to be?optimistic! ?

cwhip77

I know what you mean.  When I started Facebook I wasn't crazy about how you can see what everyone is doing with everyone else.  In a way I can see it being good, it keeps everyone connected and all, but then I'd see this friend making plans with that friend and I'd think, "Hey!  How come I wasn't invited!??" and things like that.   I think it makes it a little too easy to be up in everyone else's business and you might see more than you really should or need to, you know? 

And yup, a little more mystery/privacy in our lives would probably do us all good. 

LuvBug12683

omg Deb, I am the same way!

I'll see my friends making plans on FB and I'll get sad and jealous I wasnt invited lol!

Im guilty of sharing every little detail that goes on in our house...
::hangs head in shame::
I'll back off a little bit...

asianbymarriage

Yup, totally agree...

pinktulips

One thing that I remind myself is that I might have 25 friends and one of my friends might have 250. So they have more people reading their posts and so the chances for more replies.

mishquiche

Yeah, I know what you mean.  Like PP, I keep in mind that my Facebook group of friends is relatively small compared to some people.  Also, it all depends on when you post, who is online, etc.  But I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me sometimes.

keri1013

So glad I'm not the only one who sometimes feels left out on FB!