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SuperThat1006 · April 2011

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sillypit · April 2011

I would even argue if you post it anywhere on FB, status or not, it's open to the FB crowd you've allowed access to it.

alduarte · April 2011

sillypit:
I would even argue if you post it anywhere on FB, status or not, it's open to the FB crowd you've allowed access to it.

Agreed.

CinemaGoddess · April 2011

SS:

If you're complaining about your life (or whatever) it would be pretty rude for someone to just get all up in your grill with their opinions. So that's a protected place and if you have an issue, take to PM.

If the status is something political, religious, or of that ilk, fair game.

ETA - As with TB, it's hard to gauge tone on FB. Even if someone is trying to help, the wording may be misconstrued and offend the original poster.

Rach7170 · April 2011

sillypit:
I would even argue if you post it anywhere on FB, status or not, it's open to the FB crowd you've allowed access to it.

Yes This is also what I think and why I am careful with what I put on my facebook page!

kg_08 · April 2011

I clicked yes, fair game. That said sometimes I forget it and get annoyed when people are unnecessarily douchy on my status. This one in particular is awesome... She's actually a little on the "special" side and always offers me bogus parenting advice.

Rach21 · April 2011

cinema_goddess:
SS:
If you're complaining about your life (or whatever) it would be pretty rude for someone to just get all up in your grill with their opinions. So that's a protected place and if you have an issue, take to PM.
If the status is something political, religious, or of that ilk, fair game.
ETA - As with TB, it's hard to gauge tone on FB. Even if someone is trying to help, the wording may be misconstrued and offend the original poster.

FB statuses are like when you bump into someone IRL and they say, "Hey! Haven't seen you in awhile, how you been?" And you tell them, "doing good. The hubs and I just took our little one to the park." They wouldn't turn around and launch into a debate about it, but you might be able to get some "oh that's great" or "bla bla bla yackety smackety." It's small talk.

If you put a link or something on your page, you're generally inviting your friends to "come look what I found/think/believe" so you open yourself up to statements like "I agree" or "I don't see where you're coming from" or "you're a jerk!" or whatever their opinion might be.

rg8482 · April 2011

cinema_goddess:

SS:

If you're complaining about your life (or whatever) it would be pretty rude for someone to just get all up in your grill with their opinions. So that's a protected place and if you have an issue, take to PM.

If the status is something political, religious, or of that ilk, fair game.

ETA - As with TB, it's hard to gauge tone on FB. Even if someone is trying to help, the wording may be misconstrued and offend the original poster.

I have to agree with all this.

It really just depends on what type of status it is.

TAMLVSCARL · April 2011

Def fair game. Don't post stuff if you don't want people's opinions on it. If you're posting a FB status, you're looking for some kind of feedback, comment or whatever--you can't be choosy just cause you don't like the response you got.

CinemaGoddess · April 2011

Rach21:
cinema_goddess:

SS:

If you're complaining about your life (or whatever) it would be pretty rude for someone to just get all up in your grill with their opinions. So that's a protected place and if you have an issue, take to PM.

If the status is something political, religious, or of that ilk, fair game.

ETA - As with TB, it's hard to gauge tone on FB. Even if someone is trying to help, the wording may be misconstrued and offend the original poster.

FB statuses are like when you bump into someone IRL and they say, "Hey! Haven't seen you in awhile, how you been?" And you tell them, "doing good. The hubs and I just took our little one to the park." They wouldn't turn around and launch into a debate about it, but you might be able to get some "oh that's great" or "bla bla bla yackety smackety." It's small talk.

If you put a link or something on your page, you're generally inviting your friends to "come look what I found/think/believe" so you open yourself up to statements like "I agree" or "I don't see where you're coming from" or "you're a jerk!" or whatever their opinion might be.

Eeeeexactly.

Putting your own opinions into the small talk is like the following:

Person A. Oh hey! I haven't seen you in forever!

Person B: I know! How's it going?

Person A: Great! John and I went out to the new Italian restaurant last night. It was fahhhhbulous.:

Person C: That italian restaurant harbors illegal immigrants and anyone who eats there is supporting terrorism and pot smoking.

Persons A&B: WTMF?

Kitiara5512 · April 2011

Short responses that dont really attack the poster or something are okay. However, offering advice on serious topics should be PMed unless the status asks for opinions or help. Light stuff like "heres a pic of my new hair do" can be responded to in comments on status.

tripleas · April 2011

I voted yes, but I always choose to exercise discretion when posting. Nobody needs to know about my parenting decisions, and I really don't care to be reprimanded about my choices.

emilydholmes1 · April 2011

rochella:
alduarte:

sillypit:
I would even argue if you post it anywhere on FB, status or not, it's open to the FB crowd you've allowed access to it.

Agreed.

I dunno, I posted on a public news article once about my hatred of Macs (something like "just because I hate Macs doesn't mean I love Windows... I just hate Mac more") and some random guy sent me a five-paragraph message on why I was a total uninformed b!tch and I'd probably never even used a Mac and iLife is the best product ever and how he regularly sucks Steve Jobs' d!ck.

I was like.... wow. That was totally weird and unwarranted.

I don't get why what I said warranted that sort of response, and I have no desire to fight with someone over why I don't like Macs. It's an amusing hatred, like vanilla vs chocolate or something. I didn't say I hated half-Mexican Muslims from Antarctica. People have bizarre passionate causes.

You are right about that.

Kitiara5512 · April 2011

cinema_goddess:

SS:

If you're complaining about your life (or whatever) it would be pretty rude for someone to just get all up in your grill with their opinions. So that's a protected place and if you have an issue, take to PM.

If the status is something political, religious, or of that ilk, fair game.

ETA - As with TB, it's hard to gauge tone on FB. Even if someone is trying to help, the wording may be misconstrued and offend the original poster.

I should have read all the posts before I responded because this one sums it up nicely. I am a big political poster and welcome all opinions.

SuperThat1006 · April 2011

I also would like to add that many of you ladies have some interesting personalities in your Facebook community.

There are things you all talk about happening that absolutely floor me.

Kitiara5512 · April 2011

cinema_goddess:
Rach21:
cinema_goddess:

SS:

If you're complaining about your life (or whatever) it would be pretty rude for someone to just get all up in your grill with their opinions. So that's a protected place and if you have an issue, take to PM.

If the status is something political, religious, or of that ilk, fair game.

ETA - As with TB, it's hard to gauge tone on FB. Even if someone is trying to help, the wording may be misconstrued and offend the original poster.

FB statuses are like when you bump into someone IRL and they say, "Hey! Haven't seen you in awhile, how you been?" And you tell them, "doing good. The hubs and I just took our little one to the park." They wouldn't turn around and launch into a debate about it, but you might be able to get some "oh that's great" or "bla bla bla yackety smackety." It's small talk.

If you put a link or something on your page, you're generally inviting your friends to "come look what I found/think/believe" so you open yourself up to statements like "I agree" or "I don't see where you're coming from" or "you're a jerk!" or whatever their opinion might be.

Eeeeexactly.

Putting your own opinions into the small talk is like the following:

Person A. Oh hey! I haven't seen you in forever!

Person B: I know! How's it going?

Person A: Great! John and I went out to the new Italian restaurant last night. It was fahhhhbulous.:

Person C: That italian restaurant harbors illegal immigrants and anyone who eats there is supporting terrorism and pot smoking.

Persons A&B: WTMF?

And the problem is?

CinemaGoddess · April 2011

Kitiara0364:

And the problem is?

Ha!

alduarte · April 2011

rochella:
alduarte:
sillypit:
I would even argue if you post it anywhere on FB, status or not, it's open to the FB crowd you've allowed access to it.
Agreed.
I dunno, I posted on a public news article once about my hatred of Macs (something like "just because I hate Macs doesn't mean I love Windows... I just hate Mac more") and some random guy sent me a five-paragraph message on why I was a total uninformed b!tch and I'd probably never even used a Mac and iLife is the best product ever and how he regularly sucks Steve Jobs' d!ck.
I was like.... wow. That was totally weird and unwarranted.
I don't get why what I said warranted that sort of response, and I have no desire to fight with someone over why I don't like Macs. It's an amusing hatred, like vanilla vs chocolate or something. I didn't say I hated half-Mexican Muslims from Antarctica. People have bizarre passionate causes.

But how can some random guy see your status? I don't really do anything on Facebook and rarely, if ever, post a status but I am still super crazy about my privacy settings. If I were someone who did more on Facebook I would definitely make sure randoms couldn't see anything.

SuperThat1006 · April 2011

rochella:
ChrissieW3:
I also would like to add that many of you ladies have some interesting personalities in your Facebook community.
There are things you all talk about happening that absolutely floor me.
Ooh, you ought to clarify this statement.

Many ppl will post things about, "My FB friend said this," etc. etc. Many times it's uber confrontational or people will have knock-out, drag-out fights on FB. I have never witnessed something like that firsthand.

alduarte · April 2011

rochella:
alduarte:
rochella:
alduarte:
sillypit:
I would even argue if you post it anywhere on FB, status or not, it's open to the FB crowd you've allowed access to it.
Agreed.
I dunno, I posted on a public news article once about my hatred of Macs (something like "just because I hate Macs doesn't mean I love Windows... I just hate Mac more") and some random guy sent me a five-paragraph message on why I was a total uninformed b!tch and I'd probably never even used a Mac and iLife is the best product ever and how he regularly sucks Steve Jobs' d!ck.
I was like.... wow. That was totally weird and unwarranted.
I don't get why what I said warranted that sort of response, and I have no desire to fight with someone over why I don't like Macs. It's an amusing hatred, like vanilla vs chocolate or something. I didn't say I hated half-Mexican Muslims from Antarctica. People have bizarre passionate causes.
But how can some random guy see your status? I don't really do anything on Facebook and rarely, if ever, post a status but I am still super crazy about my privacy settings. If I were someone who did more on Facebook I would definitely make sure randoms couldn't see anything.
It was a public news article, not a status. I am friends with all the nearby local papers and lots of other news pages and sometimes I comment on the articles they post. Then he clicked on my name and sent me a message.

That is just plain creepy!

emilydholmes1 · April 2011

ChrissieW3:

I also would like to add that many of you ladies have some interesting personalities in your Facebook community.

There are things you all talk about happening that absolutely floor me.

I know you aren't talking about me because I hardly ever post statuses. Whew.

delg23 · April 2011

I say its open for other's opinions, but I'm open to tearing that person a new you know what if they piss me off.

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Kitiara5512 · April 2011

ChrissieW3:
rochella:
ChrissieW3:

I also would like to add that many of you ladies have some interesting personalities in your Facebook community.

There are things you all talk about happening that absolutely floor me.

Ooh, you ought to clarify this statement.

Many ppl will post things about, "My FB friend said this," etc. etc. Many times it's uber confrontational or people will have knock-out, drag-out fights on FB. I have never witnessed something like that firsthand.

Closest I have come is some article I shared which after a little bit of back and forth with my sister had her telling me that she still prays daily for me to see the light and become a Christian (raised Muslim and dont really care for organized religion) because she worries so much for my soul. I had to tell her my soul is just fine where it is and that by actually praying for me to renounce the beliefs I do hold she was basically saying that I am too stupid/ignorant to be capable of making my own decisions. That had really pissed me off because I discuss praying for her with her before I actually do because she can be so anti-non-Christian prayer and despite what I think of her decisions, I respect her enough to go along with it and I thought she would do the same.

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emilydholmes1 · April 2011

SookieFrackhouse68:
If you posted it as your public status, don't get all butthurt if one of your 400 friends doesn't agree with you. You put it out there--deal with the comments, be they solicited or unsolicited.

Snaps for Sookie.

MrsQueale · April 2011

If you don't want the opinions of others then keep it private. That way no questions are asked, and you avoid getting unwanted comments.

I can't stand posts like " Had a bad day, don't ask." Um, if you don't want people to ask then don't make it public. Write it in a diary instead.

MrsQueale · April 2011

rochella:
MrsQueale:
If you don't want the opinions of others then keep it private. That way no questions are asked, and you avoid getting unwanted comments.
I can't stand posts like " Had a bad day, don't ask." Um, if you don't want people to ask then don't make it public. Write it in a diary instead.
This is my least favorite kind of status update. I have one FB friend who posts statuses that I wish I could copy/paste here every couple hours or so except that they are so generically whiny and awful that people probably already have a friend like her.

Lol! I love reading the FB status complaint posts, it makes me feel like I am not alone. My least favorite status' come from my younger sister. She is in that "noone understands me and everyone hates me" phase right now.

emilydholmes1 · April 2011

MrsQueale:

If you don't want the opinions of others then keep it private. That way no questions are asked, and you avoid getting unwanted comments.

I can't stand posts like " Had a bad day, don't ask." Um, if you don't want people to ask then don't make it public. Write it in a diary instead.

I hate this.

"Went to the doctor this morning"
"What an exciting day"
"Today at 5 my life is going to be awesome"
"I'm really pissed"

I could go on and on.

alduarte · April 2011

emilydholmes1:
MrsQueale:

If you don't want the opinions of others then keep it private. That way no questions are asked, and you avoid getting unwanted comments.

I can't stand posts like " Had a bad day, don't ask." Um, if you don't want people to ask then don't make it public. Write it in a diary instead.

I hate this.

"Went to the doctor this morning"
"What an exciting day"
"Today at 5 my life is going to be awesome"
"I'm really pissed"

I could go on and on.

Totally agreed. I don't get the point of posting this. I really don't.

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