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Post by Merge on Jul 24, 2014 2:23:30 GMT
I really should delete this person from my feed. I want to say, you're a 43-year-old mother of three, not a teenager. You're old enough to know better.
It's the constant re-posts of inspirational quotes about forgiving and moving on, with a cryptic comment like, "Just don't know if I can. Trying." Leaving all of her friends to wonder which one of us offended her this time, because she is the touchiest person I know. Everything is a personal affront.
Anyway, I can't really hide her because she's part of a larger group of friends/colleagues who share stuff on FB, and it would just be obvious if I was ignorant of her work-related posts.
Do you have people like this in your feed?
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quiltz
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Post by quiltz on Jul 24, 2014 2:25:49 GMT
A few, but I just ignore those posts.
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Post by doxielady on Jul 24, 2014 2:28:34 GMT
Yes. But she's a family member, so I don't want to hide her completely.
Lots of eye rolling and scrolling solves the issue for me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 2:29:38 GMT
I don't have her in my feed but I have her set for notifications so I know when she posts something new and I can click the little globe icon, the pop up menu means I see what it is about and decide if I need to visit her wall or not.
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Post by peasapie on Jul 24, 2014 2:33:02 GMT
Yes. A family member. She's got some psychiatric problems, though, so in her case I try to ignore it. Even knowing that, sometimes it's hard.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 2:33:20 GMT
My MIL is the queen of vaguebooking. She loves attention, so I know that's why she does it. Things like, "I'm so sad today." "One day I'll understand all this..." stuff. She loves getting comments from her friends, begging her to tell them what they can do. Then it's all "I guess I know who loves me" after the comments. I just roll my eyes and don't comment.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 2:36:32 GMT
Not anymore. I smite them from my feed. People like that make me stabby.
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Post by cmpeter on Jul 24, 2014 2:53:40 GMT
Yes, an old high school friend. I hid her.
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Post by chlerbie on Jul 24, 2014 2:56:54 GMT
Yes, I've got a couple. Sometimes my eyes hurt from all of the rolling that they do.
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brandy327
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Post by brandy327 on Jul 24, 2014 2:58:04 GMT
Yep, really dislike that kind of crap. I only have a couple of people that I'm friends with on FB that are like that...and I've hid their posts from my newsfeed. I'm still friends with them but I don't see their crap popping up all the time!! Makes it MUCH more enjoyable for me. LOL
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jediannie
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Post by jediannie on Jul 24, 2014 3:02:08 GMT
I hide 'em as well, but sometimes I'll peek on their wall to see if they said anything worth reading.
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chasetsun
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Post by chasetsun on Jul 24, 2014 3:02:35 GMT
And when people ask what's wrong they reply "ill PM you" like the rest of their friends aren't special enough to find out!
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Post by stampinchick on Jul 24, 2014 3:19:51 GMT
Oh, yes! I have several former classmates that are prolific vaguebookers. I don't want to unfriend them but I have hidden their posts from showing in my newsfeed. It keeps my blood pressure down.
I also have friends who will repost every single meme, inspirational message, political site, etc. that shows up on their newsfeed. One friend was so bad that one time I counted 20 things in a row in my newsfeed that were all reposts from her. So I started clicking on the little down arrow in the upper right corner of each meme and selected the option to not have anything from that site show up in my newsfeed. Now I see very few of her reposted memes show up.
Another thing that drives me nuts are the joint accounts. I know the wife, not the husband. I'm tired of seeing status updates and not knowing which one wrote it and I'm sick and tired of seeing her husband's million posts about motorcycles and photos of his Harley.
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Post by turangaleela on Jul 24, 2014 3:23:58 GMT
Yes. But she's a family member, so I don't want to hide her completely.
Lots of eye rolling and scrolling solves the issue for me. This and this.
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Post by Nink on Jul 24, 2014 3:26:39 GMT
Yes and I finally hid her from my feed. It was always "please don't ask me to elaborate because I won't, but I feel so (insert whatever she is feeling hurt, betrayed, jealous, angry...). Why can't my life get easier?
Probably because if this is any indication, your communication skills suck!
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SabrinaP
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Post by SabrinaP on Jul 24, 2014 3:32:27 GMT
My hide list keeps growing and growing. I Facebook for fun and to stay in touch with people I like. If you annoy me, I hide you. I don't need that!
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Anita
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Post by Anita on Jul 24, 2014 3:36:56 GMT
I have a couple. I'm itching to hide them, but one is family and about to give birth, so I'm trying to give her some leeway. For now. But my patience is running thin.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 3:44:02 GMT
Go to someone's homepage. Uncheck the follow button. Their stuff won't show up in your newsfeed any more. While on their wall you can click "friends" and choose the option to get notifications. Anytime they post you'll get a number on the globe on your facebook task bar. Click the globe and it will show you the first part of their most recent posts (I think mine shows 10 notifications at a time) I can then either close that menu or if I see something I want to respond to I can click on that status and it will take me to only that status. I can comment without reading their entire wall. Easy peasy. No blocking and no annoying updates from people who don't really update.
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Post by aacey on Jul 24, 2014 3:54:16 GMT
My hide list keeps growing and growing. I Facebook for fun and to stay in touch with people I like. If you annoy me, I hide you. I don't need that! Same!
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 24, 2014 3:55:20 GMT
I freakin HATE vaguebooking!
The other week my friend's husband posted from the emergency room of the hospital. All he said was "Waiting, waiting....." or something equally as vague.
I really really wanted to say to him, if you go to all the trouble of logging into Facebook and checking in, at least do everyone the courtesy of telling us what the F...ing problem is!!! Because of course then he had 367 people saying "Oh no, what's wrong?" etc etc.
But of course I didn't say anything.
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Post by donna on Jul 24, 2014 3:56:33 GMT
My bil is really bad about this and a couple of coworkers as well. One of the coworkers recently posted "Why is it so hard to ask people for help?" My dh and I were placing bets with how long it would be before everyone would be asking her what was wrong. The funny thing was that nobody did ever ask her about it. I think people have finally started to figure out her game.
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Jul 24, 2014 4:48:14 GMT
Yes! I never had to remove people before but in the last yr I had added a few people that need to be removed. One girl is fundraising for her DD and invited people to join her page she has set up for this fundraising well the ones who clicked "not going" called read the riot act publicly and saying her kids and her didn't need them.
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Post by epeanymous on Jul 24, 2014 4:51:22 GMT
I do. But they are generally much younger. It is so odd, though. I end up hiding them because they are annoying (I don't have the problem that they may assume I am reading their feed because I have an undeserved reputation as baffled by technology that I use to my advantage).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 5:02:28 GMT
The only time I Vaguebook is to ask for prayers if I don't want to share someone else's business, but want to ask for prayers for them or something like that.
I think I Vaguebook once or twice a year.
If I can't share the details about my life, I don't post...
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luvnlifelady
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Post by luvnlifelady on Jul 24, 2014 5:33:21 GMT
I have a FB friend that does that. Recently there's been more popping up from her. The most reason one was "wow, just wow." Ugh, just spill it or don't post!
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Post by paget on Jul 24, 2014 5:36:40 GMT
And when people ask what's wrong they reply "ill PM you" like the rest of their friends aren't special enough to find out! I know, right?! If it's so damn personal WHY are you even posting about it on your wall? Ugh. I so do not have time for that crap.
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Post by paget on Jul 24, 2014 5:40:34 GMT
The only time I Vaguebook is to ask for prayers if I don't want to share someone else's business, but want to ask for prayers for them or something like that. I think I Vaguebook once or twice a year. If I can't share the details about my life, I don't post... That's the only kind I can tolerate. I have some friends that do that sometimes and explain they don't want to share right now or it's not their news to share but would like prayer. That's not the same attention-grabby feel at all. And I usually post that I am praying. I support people genuinely reaching out and you can tell the difference.
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Post by gar on Jul 24, 2014 8:06:07 GMT
I really should delete this person from my feed. I want to say, you're a 43-year-old mother of three, not a teenager. You're old enough to know better. It's the constant re-posts of inspirational quotes about forgiving and moving on, with a cryptic comment like, "Just don't know if I can. Trying." Do you have people like this in your feed? I think I have *this* person in my feed!!!
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Post by Goldynn on Jul 24, 2014 21:36:08 GMT
I have a friend like this and I find it a bit amusing She posts that something "big" is in the works, but she can't talk about it, says she has to stop posting for a month or so, then is on again in days. Recently she asked for prayers due to the big decision she was contemplating, top secret stuff that she couldn't share, of course. I enjoy watching all the different reactions to her attention seeking posts.
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Post by sharlag on Jul 24, 2014 21:44:30 GMT
The only time I Vaguebook is to ask for prayers if I don't want to share someone else's business, but want to ask for prayers for them or something like that. I think I Vaguebook once or twice a year. If I can't share the details about my life, I don't post... That's the only kind I can tolerate. I have some friends that do that sometimes and explain they don't want to share right now or it's not their news to share but would like prayer. That's not the same attention-grabby feel at all. And I usually post that I am praying. I support people genuinely reaching out and you can tell the difference. Just hope that later you don't find out you were praying for them to get their body 'beach ready'!
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