I Hate Facebook - Reason Number 490

There are certain things about Facebook that I love. Staying in touch with friends and family from around the world. Okay, probably more like just across the country. I'm not real worldly.

There are times that the the things I hate about Facebook outnumber the things I like.

Facebook Etiquette Faux Pas:

The Random Snark:
People who never comment or interact with you actually come and comment on your status update with the most sarcastic snippet ever. Seriously. If you never talk to me? Keep your sarcasm to yourself. If it's a constant banter thing? Yes. By all means. Let's banter. If not? Go away.

The Passive Aggressive Wuss:
People who don't have the guts to state their opinion. You might have a status update, or perhaps a friend of yours has one that you comment on. Someone comes behind you and disagrees with you. Then you see that their comment was liked. Who liked that comment? Oh. One of my friends. They like that I've been put in my place by random observer. Of course they don't have the guts to come out and say it themselves...so they passive aggressively "like" everyone on the thread that is trying to "school" me.

The Political Pawns:
People who never do any research but spew their thoughts, uninformed, all over your feed.

The Look At Me! People:
People who only update when they need to explain how rough their life is right now. They then get kudos and likes and hearts and prayers from everyone.

The Drive By Poster:
People who post some totally evocative status update that begs questions but never comes back to give the rest of the story.

The Stalkers:
People who will see that you commented on something and then go look at whatever it was. I feel like this is pretty nosy, but it's there to see (Facebook really needs to quit sharing all of that kind of stuff.) so they give it a looky loo. Then they have the gall to bitch at you for it. Um. Did it have anything to do with you? No? Then shut the heck up.

The Golden Rule Violators:
Do unto those as you would have them do unto you. If you don't want people being jerks to you then don't be jerks to them. Think of it like this: If you wouldn't say it in real life, don't say it online. And if you would say it in real life then be prepared for the consequences. As in: a couple weeks ago someone said something to me on Facebook that had they said it to me in real life there's a very real possibility that I would have hit them. I probably would have slapped them across the face so hard that their teeth would still be rattling.

The Unfrienders:
That sort of speaks for itself. The only reason it bugs me is that sometimes I think, "You know, I think I should probably unfriend them...I don't really know them that well..." So I go to do it and guess what. They're gone! They already unfriended me! The nerve!!!

The One Worders:
Again, no explanation really necessary. Things like, Frustrated. Happy. No! Shoot. Excited. I have one word for them. Lame.

The Novel Writers:
The people whose status updates are so long that you have to take a pee break before you get to the end of them.

So...I'm guilty of some of these. I know I am...probably The Golden Rule Violator...because the level of anonymity that comes with social media leads you to say things you'd never say in real life. Although I try not to ever do that.

I've been known to be a Novel Writer. I've done the Political thing...try to keep those to a minimum because they're so irritating! I've probably also done a Look At Me!

Are you guilty of any of these things? Do you have one you would add?