Just the other day I came to the conclusion that Facebook is evil. It all started when I ran into an old acquaintance I haven't seen in a while. She started telling me about her new long distance boyfriend, that pesky wisdom tooth that she got pulled, and the fact that she recently rescued a kitten from an animal shelter.
As she was blabbing on about her life, I realized something. Wait a second, I already know all of this. Why do I know all these random facts about someone I don't even really know? And then it hit me ... this was my first real-life encounter with an obnoxious Facebooker.
Not sure if you know an obnoxious Facebooker? (Or even worse, if you are an obnoxious Facebooker?) Well, I'm going to help you figure that out.
You're definitely the person everyone secretly wants to defriend if ...
1. You update your status with vacation countdowns. "Just booked the hotel for Cancun -- 94 Days!!!" We get it. You're excited. But 94 days is 93 days too many to hear about it.
2. You tag multiple pictures every single time you leave the house. Because how else will people know that you actually have a wild and crazy social life if you don't tag TONS of pictures?! HOW?
3. You update your status incessantly during any sports game you watch. Ask yourself this: If you watch a football game, and don't write about it on Facebook ... did you really watch it?
4. You post entire photo albums of just kissy faces. Dear Lord. I don't have enough time to explain why this is bad. Just no. Un-pucker those lips immediately.
5. You take your issues out on the Facebook community. Firing off statuses like, "Leave me alone. Don't try calling me. I hate everyone!!!!" only begs the question: why the hell are you on a social media site?
6. You use Facebook to try to get back at your ex. We know you've got #SingleGirlSwag now that you're on your own, but it's really obvious what you're trying to do.
7. Your status updates are TMI. Sorry about your baby's rash, that you were puking all night, or how badly you smell after that 10-mile run ... but some things are better kept to yourself.
8. You fish for compliments. "OMG, this guy stopped me on the street and told me I have the most beautiful eyes ever. Yeah right! I look like shit today!!" *Rolls eyes.*
9. You update everyone daily, but your schedule hasn't changed. If you go to the gym every day, there's really no need to write "at the gym" on your status each time. We know you're there. We believe you.
10. You get a new haircut/makeover/outfit and immediately upload a picture. Because God forbid you wait for people to see you in person.
Do you have an obnoxious Facebook friend? What have they done that annoys you?
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I for one am tired of Four Square. I don't want to see that you went through the drive-thru for a burger and then went to drop off your laundry and then checked in at work.
Every and anything I post is twisted into a political dilema by a FB friend
@CosmicPossum, that's one that bugs me as well & I've blocked their posts from coming up on my feed. There have been times I've so wanted to comment back with "I get it, we ALL get it. You love your children & your hubby. You're blessed to have them in your life. Your children are the most precious and the most beautiful in the world...mine are worthless & butt-ugly in comparison". Once in a while is fine, but every day, several times a day is too much (for me).
People begging for likes/subscribers are another pet peeve. If I've liked/subscribed to you already, that is my cue to unlike &/or unsubscribe.
Last would be Autism groups I belong to posting the same pictures/quotes day after day after day. Make that the cover or profile picture or at the very least only post it once/week. I'm in the groups for information & reading about or sharing stories w/other parents who have children on the spectrum, not for the pictures! I think the group will survive if noone posts for a couple hours. It's like the page owner/admins. get desperate when their page is quiet/inactive for more than 5 minutes and post the same things repeatedly just for the sake of posting something for the members to 'like'.
FISHING FOR ATTENTION!!! I have unfriended many people because of that! "It happened again!!" or "We broke up" or "I am so sick" If something happened don't post it on FB unless your gonna tell us what happened!!
I have one friend who is guilty of pretty much all of these. My eyes have learned to slide over her posts. :D But none of these really bother me too much. What I do not like is the hoax posts, especially political ones. I'm thinking specifically of the 'death' of Morgan Freeman or photoshopped pics of Obama or Romney. I hate being lied to.
I've been guilty of #10 once, but like a few others here, it was because I cut off about 2 feet from my hair. I don't think anyone would truly find that annoying.
What I DO like is funny pet and kid pics, and statuses of something funny your 4 year old said/did. Those make my day. :D
I must not be friends with these people but you know what post REALLY pisses me off? The posts (like this blog) that complain about all the "drama" everyone else puts on facebook! Really? Am I the only one that sees the irony in bashing someone FOR bashing something or someone else??? Facebook is hypocrisy at its finest. Also I really hate the "LIKE if......" pictures and posts from bullshit pages..so old..PS. i do post a picture of my hair after I change its color or something. It is a social network! you are supposed to be social on it. The ones that post absolutely nothing and just creep and complain are the obnoxious ones :)
I hate it when, every time I comment, they feel as though they MUST respond! ... I want a DISLIKE button.