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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 1072 Views
A cousin of my wife just posted a link to his new business Artsapat - 13/06/2012 12:00:19 PM 687 Views
You know it's easier with things like this to sit back and enjoy it Isaac - 13/06/2012 02:39:35 PM 668 Views
Re: A cousin of my wife just posted a link to his new business nossy - 13/06/2012 05:07:04 PM 647 Views
The worst I got lately was football idiocy ironclad - 13/06/2012 12:36:22 PM 777 Views
I laughed at your post nossy - 13/06/2012 05:03:18 PM 512 Views
Re: The worst I got lately was football idiocy TaskmasterJack - 13/06/2012 08:34:42 PM 625 Views
*NM* nossy - 13/06/2012 08:51:04 PM 317 Views
Re: The worst I got lately was football idiocy snoopcester - 13/06/2012 08:57:11 PM 576 Views
You complain about football comments, and then you post things like that? Legolas - 13/06/2012 10:31:10 PM 551 Views
Same here snoopcester - 14/06/2012 12:24:46 AM 578 Views
A lot of people used to think like that ironclad - 14/06/2012 10:13:27 AM 565 Views
Re: A lot of people used to think like that snoopcester - 14/06/2012 10:32:15 AM 487 Views
Re: A lot of people used to think like that ironclad - 14/06/2012 04:14:20 PM 616 Views
What were his stats again? Artsapat - 14/06/2012 08:38:40 PM 592 Views
Because he's your only offensive player who seems at all effective? Legolas - 14/06/2012 09:38:49 PM 615 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 853 Views
Maybe you can clarify... Isaac - 13/06/2012 02:01:58 PM 619 Views
Maybe I can. nossy - 13/06/2012 04:55:28 PM 745 Views
Facebook is about the casual insulting of opposed political, religious and social viewpoints. Tom - 13/06/2012 07:22:57 PM 583 Views
Apparently. nossy - 13/06/2012 08:13:38 PM 686 Views
Re: Maybe I can. Isaac - 13/06/2012 07:50:53 PM 629 Views
Re: Maybe I can. nossy - 13/06/2012 08:10:32 PM 639 Views
Re: Maybe I can. Isaac - 13/06/2012 08:46:45 PM 642 Views
Hm. Legolas - 13/06/2012 09:52:58 PM 648 Views
Hard to think of better examples, but yeah it's hardly an automatic Isaac - 13/06/2012 11:20:25 PM 767 Views
Did I mention Camilla - 21/06/2012 07:35:14 AM 602 Views
This is actually the biggest reason I dislike Facebook (and other social media). Aemon - 13/06/2012 03:49:45 PM 675 Views
Yes. nossy - 13/06/2012 05:06:02 PM 602 Views
Re: Yes. Aemon - 13/06/2012 07:10:50 PM 541 Views
Once upon a time, I was good at that, prided myself on it. Joel - 13/06/2012 09:27:11 PM 557 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 826 Views
Hahaha yeah Sareitha Sedai - 13/06/2012 04:21:11 PM 618 Views
Or big girl pants? nossy - 13/06/2012 05:11:09 PM 659 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 590 Views
I've been thinking about that. nossy - 13/06/2012 05:02:17 PM 605 Views
Yes snoopcester - 13/06/2012 05:40:35 PM 612 Views
Good. Zalis - 13/06/2012 07:49:13 PM 758 Views
I thought so too. nossy - 13/06/2012 08:27:45 PM 582 Views
Re: I thought so too. Joel - 13/06/2012 09:22:38 PM 646 Views
Very well said, and done. Joel - 13/06/2012 09:18:37 PM 606 Views
Same. And re: the backlash: there'd almost have to be, wouldn't there? Legolas - 13/06/2012 10:18:57 PM 712 Views
Well yes, that was me rather stating the obvious snoopcester - 13/06/2012 10:56:12 PM 698 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 740 Views
I think you might have missed what my point was. snoopcester - 13/06/2012 11:51:15 PM 606 Views
Looks that way; sorry. Joel - 14/06/2012 12:47:16 AM 515 Views
usually hide them if it annoys me for longer than a week *NM* temeraire - 13/06/2012 04:51:56 PM 243 Views
Most folks I can tolerate. Dannymac - 13/06/2012 05:55:31 PM 625 Views
My Facebook friends tend to be tolerable. Stephen - 13/06/2012 07:31:59 PM 585 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 637 Views
Almost half of the comments I see on Facebook aren't even in English! Larry - 13/06/2012 11:13:00 PM 605 Views
That is because people still say "et" where you live. Joel - 14/06/2012 12:20:10 AM 686 Views
I will de-friend the people who annoy me. MightyYT - 14/06/2012 01:23:32 AM 535 Views
Facewhat? *NM* Praziquantel - 14/06/2012 02:37:47 AM 227 Views
Luckily I haven't got many of these. Bergioyn - 14/06/2012 11:05:43 AM 584 Views
I find a lot of interesting news on Facebook Aeryn - 14/06/2012 01:37:59 PM 655 Views
Same on the replacing much of what I once received from this community. TaskmasterJack - 14/06/2012 09:48:15 PM 524 Views
For me, if it's everyone once in a while, I'll let it slide. LordPerrin - 14/06/2012 01:53:58 PM 591 Views
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