People living their lives through Facebook/Mobiles etc

bylromarha

Oh, just don't get me started...

I do think it isn't Facebook though, it's smartphones in general are changing our lives - to prove this I have 2 words.

Candy Crush.

Gloomendoom

bylromarha wrote: »

Oh, just don't get me started...

I do think it isn't Facebook though, it's smartphones in general are changing our lives - to prove this I have 2 words.

Candy Crush.

What is Candy Crush?

sax11

i'll reply to this when i log into my phone

Gra76

I recently deleted my entire friends list on FB and have only just started to rebuild it, mainly because a lot of the people on there weren't actual friends but just people I'd met or socialised with at some time since I joined FB and to be honest I never spoke to them or interacted with them. I'd been meaning to do it for a while but couldn't face the length of time it'd take to selectively go through them all.

In the end what triggered it was an old school 'friend' I haven't seen in 20 years taking something I'd said out of context and sharing it with his friends list to try and make himself look clever. His 'friends' took what he'd said at face value and before I knew it I was getting hassle from dozens of idiots I didn't know.

So I decided it was time to delete literally everyone. Which I did including close friends and family.

No-one even noticed for a week. Then I got a gobful of abuse from my sister who asked me how I dared delete them! My brother gave me a similar amount of abuse, as did a couple of close friends.

I asked them what was stopping them ringing me or texting me. My sister said she did everything through FB. I told her she was a sad little monkey and that she should pick up the phone and ring me if there was anything to be said.

My wife gave me endless hassle as well, and even though we live in the same house and see each other daily she was furious that I'd 'deleted' her....

So I've added a select few back to my friends list again to keep them quiet.

I don't 'get' FB anymore, how it rules so many peoples day to day existence. Very sad.

Rachylou1981

My worst ever experience on FB is finding out a family member had died via it as my family hadn't thought to contact me at work with him being a distant family member who I didn't see much.

Also, when a close friend died through the night, I had to start ringing round our other close friends (who weren't informed by her family) first thing in the morning. I didn't want to start ringing before 9am on a Sunday morning but from 8am, the 'RIP' posts starting appearing in the newsfeed which infuriated me. I've seen this happen with other people too, people are quick to be the first to post condolences regardless of the fact the news is still very raw and may not have circulated the whole family and friends network yet

This thread has prompted me to go through my friends list and get rid of some people who annoy me or who I don't speak to. I have about 600 on my friends list :eek: but that is because I travelled for a year. I do know/have associated with them all at some point in my life but probably could do with a cull

PenguinOfDeath

Threebabes wrote: »

Someone on facebook updating their status on their wedding day too inform everyone what a fantastic day they were having!! Put your phone down .... go and enjoy your very expensive day.

Yep, I've been to a wedding where the bride was saying she wanted to check 'FaceyB' as we were sitting down for the meal, sad.

There was a discussion in the radio the other day about the role social media plays in relationships breaking up, causing a rather heated discussion between myself and a male colleague who was arguing that it's Facebook's fault people stray because there's so many apps and different ways to meet people. He didn't seem to understand that it's the user that chooses to add them and to interact with people; if you don't want to cheat on your partner, it doesn't hold you at gunpoint!

stir_crazy

Usually I dont mind people who share too much on facebook, I tend to just block them so they dont come up on my news feed. A couple of months ago my friend found out through facebook that her sister had given birth to her neice. The family's excuse for not telling her? It happened in the middle of the night and they didnt want to disturb her:eek:

Roller_Derby_Girl

I've always made a concious effort to not spend too much time on social media. It was a necessary evil at university, as most social activities were organised through Facebook, and it is the main method of contact for my sports team (if training gets cancelled that's where I would find out). The only thing that did really upset me about someone else's Facebook use was when my sister posted updates and photos from a family get together that she hadn't invited me to. That really hurt.

alwaysonthego_2

I have just been out to lunch with my MIL and toddler. As we left we notice a couple, both with their heads down, on their phones ignoring their DS who looked about 2. He was just sat there, so must be use to the lack of interaction, poor boy.

his_missus

It annoys me too. My Hubby seems to be permanently attached to his phone. He has a phone through work so this supposedly means he needs to read every single email just in case it's work, EVEN AT THE WEEKEND! I keep telling him if it's that urgent they can call not email. When we go out he's always checking FB and Twitter for what I do not know - footy results, news, gossip? I usually say "Something important? No? Leave it then." in a joking manner, but seething inside. If we're planning going out I'll ask if he'll be spending all day on his phone. He has games sending him notifications too!

Makes you wonder how some people survived without smartphones?

I do have FB and emails on my phone but don't have notifications set up. My phone usually just beeps 3 times a day - morning alarm, text from best friend at 8am and text from another friend at lunchtime.

People who post too much carp on FB just get hidden by me so I can't see them on my newsfeed.

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