Apart from the odd drunken status and the funny video, facebook has become quite boring nowadays. Free and overused, it just evokes the been-there-seen-that-pic emotion now. I've observed a few things that piss me off about facebook and like a typical facebooker I decided I wanted to enlist these. If anything it would keep me off facebook for a half an hour.
Everyone stalks, get over it. Stop clicking on links that promise to show you people who've 'checked you out'. For one, there is no such app because that data is not made available by facebook. Secondly, even if there was such an app and you did find out who visited your profile, before you give yourself an ego boost, think of the time when you were bored doing nothing and started clicking on random people and their friends. There's probably a term like 'wall-surfing' or 'profile-browsing' or something. If there isn't, there should be one.
Likes for a pic put up by a girl = 10 x likes for same pic put up by a guy...but thats a given isn't it?
When people copy paste your status, they will comment something like "Cool! stealing this! ♥" (stupid heart emoticon) or they might tag you in the paste. No guesses for the gender stereotype established here. Why can't you just use the 'via' option you flintstone-ic morons.
People who send friend requests to unknown people are probably under the delusion that facebook friends equate to real friends....oh, and people who block such friend requests are most certainly under that delusion
Every once in a while some topic will go viral and a whole bunch of people will try to display their wit by posting (or stealing) some pearls of wisdom/wit/stupidity till your feed is a constant sludge of putrid pearls
Then someone will post a status saying how fed up he/she is of seeing that topic on his/her feed. Remember, this someone is trying to console his/her ego for not coming up with (or stealing) something on the topic
For non-football lovers having football loving 'friends' like me could well be a pain in the arse. But that's just payback for how it is in the real world. We want to head down to the sports pub to catch the match while you have to insist on dragging us to the movies, well take this barrage of banter, pics, and meaningless/endless arguments. Ha!
If you've just posted a comment on a pic saying 'like! ♥" (stupid heart emoticon again)....congratulations! You just advertised your stupidity! They put a 'like' button there for a reason dumbass!...Don't even get me started on 'supah like! ♥♥'
Sites like Quora are a welcome relief from facebook, until everyone on facebook starts using them
The side-bar of ads was timed perfectly was it not!? They waited for the feeds to become so boring that the ads seem more interesting now
Some people like to deactivate and then re-activate their account often. No there's no wise-ass comment here, I just have no clue why people do that. Just stop using it if you are fed up!
Fake accounts. Who the hell made all those accounts!! There are 13 accounts with my name (no i wasn't doing a narcissistic search)...atleast 12 of them are clearly fake...what the hell! Yeah, check your name now, you will be surprised...
People who 'check-in' the movies they are watching are just feeling guilty about the calls they are not going to pick-up while their phone's on silent
If looks weren't important, facebook wouldn't have been conceived, so take that bullshit notion somewhere else. On a related note, people with actors' pics as their profile pics...you lost the plot there a bit....Also when unknown people ask "Is that your pic?" to the aforementioned people, it is so freaking funny innit! Its like an army of idiots let loose on each other
Respect to those who share interesting and thought provoking articles, videos and pics. But really its a losing battle people. Stuff like P Sainath's "Nero's Guests" goes unnoticed here. Well why wouldn't it, when kolaveri di went viral like it did.
I quite like cribbing on facebook, I also like to see people crib on it. As long as it reduces atleast some of the cribbing I have to do or hear in real life...it's a win-win in my book (pun intended). In fact, if you haven't noticed yet, this list is a crib...about facebook....i should share this on facebook.
Endless debates and rants on someone else's wall also fall into the above category of win-win situations
People 'wishing' everyone 'happy birthday' on facebook...it is so cliche that the only thing more irritating is when the birthday person starts replying to each and every 'wish'. Someone write some code to block that crap from my feed
Facebook messages. For the life of me i can't understand why it doesn't have a bcc option...
When i say i am 'not-attending' an event, why does facebook still keep reminding me about it!?? And how can people add me to weirrd groups that i have absolutely no interest in!??
Having ranted, I think it is still fun to use facebook. Catching up with long lost friends, seeing pictures of new born nephew's and nieces, and friends going places. It isn't an entire waste of time....it does have the potential though. As long as you don't take it all too seriously you should be fine wasting your time on facebook. Unfortunately, of late, the wrong kind of people have started taking it seriously...advertisers, parents and employers.