# I grow weary of the facebookers... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950 "2017-06-27T00:32:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/41 "2017-06-27T16:27:29Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Who needs Facebook for that? You can witness and/or participate in all the troll feeding you can handle right here. Well yeah, but most of my FB “friends” don’t know about this place. So I get it from both ends! ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/42 "2017-06-27T19:41:48Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > IAN **BigT** and cannot speak for him/her, but I think that’s what was meant, since that was what I said in the second part of that paragraph that **BigT** quoted. Ah. See, i see two paragraphs. He cut the first one in half, and didn’t quote the2nd half of the first paragraph. Then didn’t seem to the to the second paragraph at all. I’m on my phone, so i was confused. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/43 "2017-06-27T19:51:36Z")
Have you no hope at all? Do you really think that when you leave Facebook, you leave Facebook outright and nothing remains? > [@John\_Mace](#): > > I stopped using Facebook today. Or maybe yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/44 "2017-06-27T20:37:29Z")
I’m not sure what’s worse - Vaguebooking or friends who post every single gym check-in, completely with a slew of selfies. Or the ones who post the most inane statuses, but end up with 100+ likes. Statuses such as “Looks like I need to go buy some Tupperware.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/45 "2017-06-27T20:49:12Z")
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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/46 "2017-06-27T21:00:47Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > Or the ones who post the most inane statuses, but end up with 100+ likes. Statuses such as “Looks like I need to go buy some Tupperware.” _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like **Like** Like\*\*Like_ _Like_ ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/47 "2017-06-27T21:11:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I stopped using Facebook today. Or maybe yesterday. Wasn’t there a Camus book that started this way? I read it in French class. _‘L’Étranger’_… I think it started "Aujourd’hui, je suis morte _en ligne…"_ ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/48 "2017-06-27T21:18:48Z")
I’ve come up with a term: DNFTVB. Seems about right. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/49 "2017-06-27T23:17:10Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > The other day one of my FB friends went on a rant about vaguebooking, especially posts about “Oh, I’m in the ER now” without any other information. His rationale was _If you’re in the ER then you should either not post at all or explain why you’re there so people won’t get all upset and worried about you._ > > Somebody else pointed out the whole “drama king/queen” protocol in such a post. > > My friend was gobsmacked that people would actually behave as such on Facebook :smack: Then again he’s a somewhat naive type. I have seen friends make posts like “Welp, back from the ER. That killed half a day. Everything’s fine now.” Well, then. Good to know! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/50 "2017-06-27T23:42:19Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I have seen friends make posts like “Welp, back from the ER. That killed half a day. Everything’s fine now.” > > Well, then. Good to know! At least they used the word “fine”. My kid loves to post a pic of himself in the ER, hooked up to monitors… with zero explanation. I’m afraid to say that with his propensity for skateboarding down steep, busy streets and off high precipices, he’s posting that shot on a regular basis… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/51 "2017-06-27T23:51:50Z")
A post today from a friend: “My oncologist left me a message after hours, and now I have to wait till tomorrow to call her back.” Yeah, that was useful. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/52 "2017-06-28T00:04:24Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I have seen friends make posts like “Welp, back from the ER. That killed half a day. Everything’s fine now.” > > Well, then. Good to know! At least they told you they were “fine”. My kid loves to post a pic of himself in the ER, bloody head, hooked up to monitors… with zero explanation. (I’m afraid to say that with his propensity for skateboarding down steep, busy streets and off high precipices, he’s posting that shot on a regular basis…) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/53 "2017-06-28T00:06:06Z")
> [@Carnacki](#): > > Have you no hope at all? Do you really think that when you leave Facebook, you leave Facebook outright and nothing remains? > [@digs](#): > > Wasn’t there a Camus book that started this way? > > I read it in French class. _‘L’Étranger’_… I think it started "Aujourd’hui, je suis morte _en ligne…"_ I was beginning to think no one would notice. Well, what does it even matter anyway? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/54 "2017-06-28T01:45:26Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > IAN **BigT** and cannot speak for him/her, but I think that’s what was meant, since that was what I said in the second part of that paragraph that **BigT** quoted. Yeah, in hindsight, I should have kept both parts. But I was lazy and didn’t want to go back. Sorry about that. Oh, and I’m surprised you don’t remember the gender of someone like me who posts way, way too often. But I’m male. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/55 "2017-06-28T01:49:31Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > A post today from a friend: “My oncologist left me a message after hours, and now I have to wait till tomorrow to call her back.” > > Yeah, that was useful. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk I don’t know, assuming that the oncologist part is already known by FB friends,this seems a bit different. You know as much the OP of that post does, and they are in the dark and presumably worried as well. I mean,they could have not posted, but they may be stressing. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/56 "2017-06-28T01:54:36Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I don’t know, assuming that the oncologist part is already known by FB friends,this seems a bit different. You know as much the OP of that post does, and they are in the dark and presumably worried as well. I mean,they could have not posted, but they may be stressing. Is it common for people to have their doctors as FB friends? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/57 "2017-06-28T01:58:17Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > IAN **BigT** and cannot speak for\*\* him/her\*\*, but I think that’s what was meant, since that was what I said in the second part of that paragraph that **BigT** quoted. Oh come on. You know **BigT** is male. Just c’mon. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/58 "2017-06-28T02:04:22Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I don’t know, assuming that the oncologist part is already known by FB friends,this seems a bit different. You know as much the OP of that post does, and they are in the dark and presumably worried as well. I mean,they could have not posted, but they may be stressing. See, I see it as an attention whore move. Why post that at all? Wouldn’t most normal people wait until the actual news comes from the oncologist? “Oh, poor me. My oncologist has some news for me but I have to wait 16 hours and I don’t know if it’s good or bad. Wah!” Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/59 "2017-06-28T02:26:37Z")
No. A “normal” person shares their feelings with their friends whenever they feel the need to share their feelings with their friends. If I’m feeling bad now, why would I wait until later to try and get comfort? Also, this is what I said in my other post. If you genuinely think this person is an attention whore, then why are you friends? Or, if you have to interact with them in real life, why are you still following them? With people who spread stupid memes, I get it. They can still be decent people, but just a bit naive. But an attention whore is just a selfish jerk who makes the world only about them, and doesn’t care about anyone else. Why would I want to be friends with them? ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950/60 "2017-06-28T02:34:52Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Is it common for people to have their doctors as FB friends? I meant that they even had an oncologist - ie, were being treated for cancer. If their fb crowd already knows that,then the fact a rather important doctor called and left a message (worrying) but that they couldn’t reach said doctor until morning (frustrating) - that doesn’t seem like vaguebooking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-the-facebookers/789950.md?page=4)