Just TACKY!

In regards to Facebook, Myspace or any other social networking sites....

I think it's just plain out TACKY when:

1. People change their "relationship status" every other day. 1 minute, it says you're in a relationship; the next you're single; 2 days later, you're married. MAYBE if you'd spend LESS time updating your relationship status on facebook & MORE time evaluating/fixing the REASONS your relationship keeps failing in the 1st place, you wouldn't be so embarrassed to report to the world AGAIN that you're obviously in the WRONG relationship.

2. Women purposely writing on their partner's wall, professing love & all of your business, ONLY with the intention on scaring away any women who are having thoughts about approaching/trying to hook up with their partners. (Example: A woman purposely wrote on her MAN'S wall how much she loves how they make love every night--she SPECIFICALLY emphasized that they lived together & shared the SAME bed.) If you're THAT afraid of any outsiders jeopardizing your relationship, take it up with that person PERSONALLY, leave the relationship OR don't say anything at all. But the obvious & desperate calls for attention are ALWAYS obvious & tacky. It's even MORE tacky to use someone ELSE's page as the showcase for YOUR insecurities. (The same goes for males)

3. People writing INDIRECT statuses, clearly talking shXt about someone specific (or others). If something is bothering you THAT bad, just take it up with the person you're clearly angry with. And if you can't do that, the WORST thing you can do is write an indirect status about them, which only gives that person MORE power. Not to mention, it always makes YOU look worse than the person you're probably trying to look bad.

4. Don't create a profile AT ALL if you're too secretive/private. Yes, any AND everything you post on the internet WILL (OR CAN) be seen by the WHOLE WORLD. And if you have a problem with that, social networking sites are NOT for you. There is NO such thing as "Privacy" on the WORLD WIDE WEB! Being a private person is fine, BUT being this way DEFEATS the purpose of creating a profile online.

5. Use the internet to BULLY others. How truly intimidating are YOU if the ONLY time you get a set of BALLS is when you're BEHIND a computer screen?!

6. If you're going to be a player or cheater, that's FINE, but using the same website your PARTNER is also signed up with is NOT the smartest thing to do. If you're going to flirt with people your partner ALSO has access to, YES you will be CAUGHT. You cannot change the fact that others WILL be nosy, BUT what you CAN change is YOU; in other words, if you're going to use the WORLD WIDE WEB to cheat, atleast be DISCREET! Sheeeesh.

7. Unless you're on Twitter, there is NO reason anyone should be broadcasting their every move to strangers on the internet. Telling everyone you're about to step into the shower & afterwards towel dry off is a call for ATTENTION. Perhaps, for some, the idea of a person feeling the need to constantly subject & place random instances of supposed importance in regards to self, suggests characteristics of NARCISSTIC behavior.

8. Quit sending out 100 of the SAME event invitations. If a person already clicked "NO," the 1st 99 times, what makes you think they'll change their mind when they get the 100th invitation!? It's like, "OK! We get it, you're throwing a party on this date! And NOPE, I'm STILL not going!"

9. Don't post beligerant pictures of yourself or others that can be used against you or get you in a world of trouble! If you work for the DUI unit/department in your city, it's probably NOT in your best interest to post pics of you & your friends getting WASTED/drunk for the whole WORLD + your employers to see! If you're engaging in any illegal activities (smoking weed, holding/pointing a CONCEALED weapon, etc.) that's 1 thing, BUT to SHOW the world (Especially the COPS who go around looking for people who are DUMB enough to do this) signals that you WANT to get caught!

10. DO NOT use God's name in the SAME sentence on a status using profanity and/OR ignorance. It's DEAD wrong to write, "I love the Lord so much. Oh & btw, last night I had the BEST pre-marital sex EVER!" as a status update.

11. Don't say certain things that you already KNOW will warrant certain attention/responses from others IF you're not truly in the mood to discuss something. (Example: Don't grab the world's attention by telling the world you are devestated & wish SOME people would die, if you're NOT ready or prepared for the numbers of people you already KNEW were going to want to know what's going on/why!

Posted by FeistyAquarian
I think it prevents problems if you're casually dating, definitely.

And I know another couple who switch theirs just for attention. They're kinda retarded though...lol

Exactly! It's NOT a smart move to broadcast your relationship to everyone (especially if you're ONLY doing so for attention) UNTIL you know for sure the relationship is stable & has a chance at lasting more than a few weeks! There's nothing wrong with wanting the world to know that you're finally in love BUT when I get online & see that "John Smith & Jane Doe are now in a relationship" when yet I know good & well they've only been together for 4 hours, stuff like that REALLY rubs me the wrong way!

Even though I don't believe in necessarily "hiding" that you're already taken, I DO believe it's better to just "HIDE" the actual relationship status all together vs. stating that your single when you're really married!

12. Some may disagree BUT it REALLY really REALLY bothers me when pregnant women post inappropriate pictures of themselves during the duration of the pregnancy OR while they're giving birth. It's 1 thing to show everyone your baby bump, BUT it's another thing to put up pictures of all the gooey blood & mess coming from your body at the time you gave birth! I feel the same way about breast feeding! If you choose to breast feed, GREAT! BUT, why on EARTH would you put up a picture of your child sucking on your breast? That is VERY personal!

13. Don't tag your friend in a picture that you KNOW GOOD & D WELL makes them look disgusting. I'm always suspicious of the people who PURPOSELY tag their friends in photos that they KNOW are unflattering. (Example: If YOU are the only 1 who looks decent/sane in a photo when yet your friend, whose ALSO in the photo looks a hot mess, either CROP them out OR don't put the picture up at all. Purposely putting photos up that show someone else at their WORST is NOT cool. If the only way you'll feel good about yourself/call attention to ONLY yourself is by purposely making sure everyone ELSE in the photo looks a mess, what does that say about you?!

14. REMEMBER that everything you DO/SAY/POST will ALWAYS be on ceratin web archieves FOREVER! If you have to THINK about it, you probably SHOULDN'T post it!

15. Don't fish for compliments. Don't post a picture of yourself, only to ask the world if they agree that you're "outfit is cute." OBVIOUSLY you posted the picture/status b/c you thought it WAS, so asking/saying certain things ONLY for the purposes of fishing for compliments is VERY OBVIOUS & quite pathetic! (Example: "Oh I look so fat!" Oh please, you know good & D well you CLEARLY DON'T think look fat or else you wouldn't have posted the picture!)

My face book relationship status is on "fwb". 🙂

Posted by FeistyAquarian
These are all great! I feel like reposting them on my facebook somewhere...lol

And people really do #12—? Holy crap...how disgusting!!

Ohhhhhh yeah! People do it all the time. I hate to see people doing this in person too.

A friend of mine (whose VERY attractive) recently admitted to me that she PURPOSELY goes out in public with women/friends she feel are no where NEAR as attractive as her. She claims it gets her MORE attention. I guess in her mind, she figures that when people see a group walking somewhere, they naturally pick/choose who they feel is the BEST looking 1. And since she's always clearly the BEST looking 1, it almost in a way makes her appear to be MORE attractive than she really is! Of course, I tore her a new 1 when she told me this BUT oh yeah, I believe that a lot of people secretly do this! If there's 5 women walking at the mall & 4 out of the 5 look like they just gave up on appearance, the 1 looking completely STUNNING always draws my suspicions.

Where I come from, I'd prefer to hang with 1. Not only my REAL friends (whether they look better than me or not) & 2. Those who ALSO take great pride in their appearance. I have NOTHING to gain by purposely calling up the 1 person whom I KNOW doesn't keep herself up. Technically, if others are going to find me attractive, they should think so whether I'm with other attractive women or not.

BUT to my friend, she feels that purposely being seen with who she considers "ugly girls," takes away the competition. Sad

Posted by Amandus
My face book relationship status is on "fwb". 🙂

LOL —

@Fiesty...Oh wowwwwwwww! See, that's what I'm talking about! And I watch Bridezillas too much now so anytime I even HEAR of a bride saying something ignorant, it pisses me off!

Sometimes that's 1 thing I LOVE about men. Their friendships tend to last WAYYYYY longer than ours do + the way they go about picking their friends with other men isn't half as shallow the way they pick out women. Men like hanging with men that remind them alot of themselves. The basketball players hang with other athletes. The "pretty boys" hang with other pretty boys. BUT ugh, with some women, they can't stand it when they don't stand out! 1 week, you'll see 3 pretty girls all hanging out. Next month, 1 or 2 of those girls were probably turned on for petty reasons! UGH!

Seems like alot of women don't feel "CONFIDENT" unless they're the ONLY 1 who looks good. They don't feel "good enough" when they're pretty & yet hanging with other pretty girls. They only feel great if they have to make someone else look bad. Women cockblock too! That's another thing I don't see guys doing that often to their male friends!

I personally enjoy it even MORE when I'm surrounded by women who remind me alot of myself in that they take great pride in their appearance. I love feeding off of someone else's energy when they feel "GREAT today." There's nothing like a group of us pretty girls walking with confidence & stride. BUTTTT of course, there's always the 1 girl who feels that anyone looking better (or just as good as her) is somehow ruining her "shine." Sad

Sooooooooooo...tell us how you really feel, krysrenee7. 😉

Do you like anything about Facebook? Seriously...thats not a rhetorical question.

You listed every reason I deactivated my account. I loathe Facebook.