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Almost half of the comments I see on Facebook aren't even in English! Larry Send a noteboard - 13/06/2012 11:13:00 PM
So, by now we've all been on facebook and other social media sites long enough to have spotted all the ... zealots(?). I have found some with psycho political beliefs (hid one, giggle at some others) and now an anti-abortion poster has popped up. What do you do when you come across these people? Does it matter how long you've know the individual? The fervor with which they post about their pet cause? The frequency? Any other thoughts?

I just went off on my best friend from high school. I'm actually quite sad about it (we were seriously close, like sisters), but I can't see that I could have done anything else.


But that's because I've mostly befriended writers from Latin America, Portugal, and Romania :P

But to answer the post in a more serious fashion, I really haven't come across that all that much. That might be because I have two separate FB accounts (one so I can receive HS alumni news, the other for blog-related "business", although that's changing slowly), but since I don't actively participate in anything old friends or family members (none of the latter are on either FB account), that does save a lot of gnashing, I suppose.

But on those occasions where I see FB/Twitter friends talking about things I disagree with, I generally just tune out a bit and then proceed to forget most of it. That blasé attitude may be because I've had to learn how to shut down my own opinions/reactions after years of teaching in a region that is much more conservative than I am. :P
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Facebook eye-openers.(partially NSSP) nossy - 13/06/2012 05:10:53 AM 1227 Views
A cousin of my wife just posted a link to his new business Artsapat - 13/06/2012 12:00:19 PM 832 Views
You know it's easier with things like this to sit back and enjoy it Isaac - 13/06/2012 02:39:35 PM 815 Views
Re: A cousin of my wife just posted a link to his new business nossy - 13/06/2012 05:07:04 PM 808 Views
The worst I got lately was football idiocy ironclad - 13/06/2012 12:36:22 PM 910 Views
I laughed at your post nossy - 13/06/2012 05:03:18 PM 644 Views
Re: The worst I got lately was football idiocy TaskmasterJack - 13/06/2012 08:34:42 PM 754 Views
*NM* nossy - 13/06/2012 08:51:04 PM 382 Views
Re: The worst I got lately was football idiocy snoopcester - 13/06/2012 08:57:11 PM 699 Views
You complain about football comments, and then you post things like that? Legolas - 13/06/2012 10:31:10 PM 690 Views
Same here snoopcester - 14/06/2012 12:24:46 AM 747 Views
A lot of people used to think like that ironclad - 14/06/2012 10:13:27 AM 704 Views
Re: A lot of people used to think like that snoopcester - 14/06/2012 10:32:15 AM 643 Views
Re: A lot of people used to think like that ironclad - 14/06/2012 04:14:20 PM 756 Views
What were his stats again? Artsapat - 14/06/2012 08:38:40 PM 726 Views
Because he's your only offensive player who seems at all effective? Legolas - 14/06/2012 09:38:49 PM 768 Views
Hasn't he got a reputation for being able to start a fight in an empty room though? snoopcester - 14/06/2012 10:09:08 PM 997 Views
Maybe you can clarify... Isaac - 13/06/2012 02:01:58 PM 758 Views
Maybe I can. nossy - 13/06/2012 04:55:28 PM 872 Views
Facebook is about the casual insulting of opposed political, religious and social viewpoints. Tom - 13/06/2012 07:22:57 PM 754 Views
Apparently. nossy - 13/06/2012 08:13:38 PM 814 Views
Re: Maybe I can. Isaac - 13/06/2012 07:50:53 PM 771 Views
Re: Maybe I can. nossy - 13/06/2012 08:10:32 PM 784 Views
Re: Maybe I can. Isaac - 13/06/2012 08:46:45 PM 781 Views
Hm. Legolas - 13/06/2012 09:52:58 PM 780 Views
Hard to think of better examples, but yeah it's hardly an automatic Isaac - 13/06/2012 11:20:25 PM 908 Views
Did I mention Camilla - 21/06/2012 07:35:14 AM 743 Views
This is actually the biggest reason I dislike Facebook (and other social media). Aemon - 13/06/2012 03:49:45 PM 822 Views
Yes. nossy - 13/06/2012 05:06:02 PM 730 Views
Re: Yes. Aemon - 13/06/2012 07:10:50 PM 671 Views
Once upon a time, I was good at that, prided myself on it. Joel - 13/06/2012 09:27:11 PM 698 Views
We have two options, as I see it: 1) Wear big boy pants; 2) Hide lots of posts. Zalis - 13/06/2012 04:02:07 PM 1032 Views
Hahaha yeah Sareitha Sedai - 13/06/2012 04:21:11 PM 772 Views
Or big girl pants? nossy - 13/06/2012 05:11:09 PM 774 Views
I'm lucky that I pretty much never see anything on Facebook that really annoys me snoopcester - 13/06/2012 04:23:43 PM 730 Views
I've been thinking about that. nossy - 13/06/2012 05:02:17 PM 726 Views
Yes snoopcester - 13/06/2012 05:40:35 PM 738 Views
Good. Zalis - 13/06/2012 07:49:13 PM 962 Views
I thought so too. nossy - 13/06/2012 08:27:45 PM 731 Views
Re: I thought so too. Joel - 13/06/2012 09:22:38 PM 801 Views
Very well said, and done. Joel - 13/06/2012 09:18:37 PM 759 Views
Same. And re: the backlash: there'd almost have to be, wouldn't there? Legolas - 13/06/2012 10:18:57 PM 819 Views
Well yes, that was me rather stating the obvious snoopcester - 13/06/2012 10:56:12 PM 817 Views
An AZ cop posted a FB pic of him with kids, a gun and a bullet riddled shirt with Obamas face on it. Joel - 13/06/2012 11:40:38 PM 864 Views
I think you might have missed what my point was. snoopcester - 13/06/2012 11:51:15 PM 727 Views
Looks that way; sorry. Joel - 14/06/2012 12:47:16 AM 655 Views
usually hide them if it annoys me for longer than a week *NM* temeraire - 13/06/2012 04:51:56 PM 307 Views
Most folks I can tolerate. Dannymac - 13/06/2012 05:55:31 PM 769 Views
My Facebook friends tend to be tolerable. Stephen - 13/06/2012 07:31:59 PM 734 Views
I <3 the Constitution, and was only friends with you so I could cheat off your tests. Joel - 13/06/2012 09:00:07 PM 756 Views
Almost half of the comments I see on Facebook aren't even in English! Larry - 13/06/2012 11:13:00 PM 745 Views
That is because people still say "et" where you live. Joel - 14/06/2012 12:20:10 AM 827 Views
I will de-friend the people who annoy me. MightyYT - 14/06/2012 01:23:32 AM 666 Views
Facewhat? *NM* Praziquantel - 14/06/2012 02:37:47 AM 289 Views
Luckily I haven't got many of these. Bergioyn - 14/06/2012 11:05:43 AM 719 Views
I find a lot of interesting news on Facebook Aeryn - 14/06/2012 01:37:59 PM 791 Views
Same on the replacing much of what I once received from this community. TaskmasterJack - 14/06/2012 09:48:15 PM 654 Views
For me, if it's everyone once in a while, I'll let it slide. LordPerrin - 14/06/2012 01:53:58 PM 727 Views
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