Facebookers

Okay, so earlier on in the semester I wrote a blog on what not to post on social media. It seemed to be a pretty popular read, so I figured I'd take the same idea and tweak it a little bit >>>

Earlier today I found a site called Social Media Today which hosted a post entitled "11 Things You Need to Immediately Stop Doing on Facebook." The author of the article, Daniel Zeevi, states in the opening paragraph that "Facebook is the most popular social network with over 1 billion active users. And with great popularity comes some shameful characters ..."  

Right away, reader's can tell that this piece of writing is going to announce the most annoying things that people do on Facebook, and to immediately stop if you are one of them. Take a look:

http://socialmediatoday.com/daniel-zeevi/1312321/11-things-you-need-immediately-stop-doing-facebook

Now, I realize the importance of Facebook in our everyday lives, hell, I'm on it everyday. It acts as a third community for me: I have my home town, college town, and internet town. But with every community, comes those people, those neighbors, that you just cant stand and who are always showing up outside your door with baked goods. The one's you get so aggravated at because a) they are always posting b) inviting you to play stupid games like candy crush c) poking you (which is way out of style or d) posting about how perfect their lives or relationships are.

Again, Facebook is not a place for everyone to know everything bout you, or care. We should all be focused on our own lives, rather than reading old posts of people, whom the majority of them, we don't even talk to or see on a daily bases. I find Facebook to be just one epic site of gossip and personal judgments. If I post something wrong, say something out of my supposed "character" (which isn't even my real self on the internet), or upload the wrong photos, I am definitely going to be judged for it. People's behavior changes erratically on social media networks. I guess I have mixed emotions regarding the site, and on whether its really a healthy communication device for society or not. Cyber bullying, another blog I wrote about, is easier on sites like this, and finding information on people is cake. I think people need to step away from the computer screens and go play outside for a change. Stop being that annoying self absorbed, judgmental person on the internet whose comparing themselves to the thousands of others on the media network, who cares? You are who you are, you don't need to do stupid things, or post ridiculous amounts of information about yourself to get noticed. We have plenty of snow outside now, go play.

Zeevi's post is both sarcastic and hilarious, it is one I found myself smiling and agreeing with the whole way through. Facebook really is a whole new world, with people who are far from normal.