Monday, March 28, 2011

Oversharers on Facebook

I'll try not to be too judgmental, I am all up on the Facebooks as well, but some people have a full blown obsession. We all have a few Fbook friends like this, the ones who share EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING they are doing. Example:

5:15- Jane Doe is on her way to Buffalo Wild Wings!
5:21-Jane Doe made it and is ready for some wings.
5:33-Jane Doe is thinking these spicy wings may be too much!
5:41-Jane Doe is really needing this beer after those spicy wings!

We all know people who do this. Facebook is a platform to share things with your friends (or with people who you used to kind of know who you only friended to see how bad they fucked up their life), but sharing can go too far. If you post this often, I question whether you actually have friends or if you just desperately need to feel like someone, anyone, cares what you are doing every second of every day.


Here is the WORST though: Browsing (stalking) an old friend's (alright, I never liked her that much) photos, I come across pictures of her in labor. Slightly horrified, I hurriedly click on to find...........a picture with her and her baby RIGHT after it is born. Like still blue and full of blood and other vaginal weirdness. WHY?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO UNSUSPECTING VICTIMS? The pic before should've had a disclaimer-If you were hoping never to see a fresh out the womb baby before you saw your own, please do not click further. I've also discussed with others that some women put details of their labor, like how many centimeters dilated they are, as status updates.Gross.

Look, I am sure having a baby is great and maybe you think it is so great that you want to share it with your Facebook family. But, remember, half of your Facebook friends probably don't care and another good portion probably don't even really like you, so no one wants to get such personal details from you. Keep it between a close group of friends and family, old school style. Post a pic when the baby is actually cute and do us all a favor-keep some things secret. 

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