Is anyone else getting bored with Facebook?

I've had a love/hate thing with FB, I do not like all the political crapolla that is posted, but I still like to keep up with my family and friends.
 

Jackie22 said:
I've had a love/hate thing with FB, I do not like all the political crapolla that is posted, but I still like to keep up with my family and friends.
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I feel the same way Jackie. There is so much political and religious crap on there ( much of it posted by my relatives) That it's hard to take.

Sometimes I post things just the opposite of what some friends or family post just for the hell of it.
 
rkunsaw said:
I feel the same way Jackie. There is so much political and religious crap on there ( much of it posted by my relatives) That it's hard to take.

Sometimes I post things just the opposite of what some friends or family post just for the hell of it.
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The quick answer to that it is to either hide the posts from those members or remove them as friends.

I had a 'friend' who would post one after another about religion, in the end I had to remove her as a friend.
 

rkunsaw said:
I feel the same way Jackie. There is so much political and religious crap on there ( much of it posted by my relatives) That it's hard to take.

Sometimes I post things just the opposite of what some friends or family post just for the hell of it.
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LOL....I understand, completely.
 
GDAD said:
At the moment here in Australia, we are having a bit of trouble with BULLIES, harrasing teenagers they don't like.
There have been a few children threatening suicide because of the constant Harrasment from their Peers.:mad:
Personally I hate it.
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Same problems here in the USA.
 
I joined facebook quite a few years ago it when my 2 grandson's joined. I check their pages just to make sure all in ok,but I never post on their pages. I only respond to some posts by friends of mine if it is something of interest to me or if they have a problem.
 
I really enjoy FB. I don't play any of the games and have them blocked. I keep up on my kids this way, see pics and I'm in a few groups I enjoy. One group is just for posting jokes so I can go over there and laugh a few minutes every day which I think is good for me. :) After several years on FB I have 83 friends, which isn't a lot, and about half of them are hidden so I don't have to see or hear them unless I want to go to their wall and see what they are up too.
 
Linda said:
I really enjoy FB. I don't play any of the games and have them blocked. I keep up on my kids this way, see pics and I'm in a few groups I enjoy. One group is just for posting jokes so I can go over there and laugh a few minutes every day which I think is good for me. :) After several years on FB I have 83 friends, which isn't a lot, and about half of them are hidden so I don't have to see or hear them unless I want to go to their wall and see what they are up too.
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Ameriscot said:
I love FB. Lots of family and friends and the best way to stay in touch with them as they are in 4 countries.
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Many groups also have a private group (53) of Internet Friends I have made over the years. All male and we post things that are not of any interest to our families..trink40.gif
 
I enjoy Facebook even more so after I have started using the browser extension Facebook filter, FBPurity. You can set it up to hide what you don't want to see and it's free.
 
i like going into facebook now and then i can see all my grandchildren and nieces and nefews that i havent see since they were little --- i dont play those games on there to me they are a waste of time
 
I love face book and use it frequently to stay in touch with family and friends nationally and internationally. It also lets these folks know that I am still alive and kicking.
 
TICA said:
It is a great way to keep in touch with long lost friends and relatives. I like it, but I'm really picky on who I allow as friends.
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Me too. I like the pics of the grands, connect with high school friends, etc. Other than that I can easily get along without it!
 
Yes I use FB a lot. It is amusing how some folks on here and other senior forums feel morally superior because they don't do certain things, like using FB. They don't usually explicitly say that but you can tell by the tone of their posts (sniff, sniff) "I have better things to do", etc

I recently did a poll on C-D about "what makes you feel morally superior" (none of the choices had anything to do with being moral) and I had well over a 100 responses. I've forgotten the list (10 items I think) but here is why some folks think they are better than me and/or you:

I don't use a cell phone
I don't smoke
I'm not overweight
My house is paid for
I never exceed the speed limit
etc

All in good fun, of course.
 
Most of the things I do, I do because I have nothing better to do!
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I check FB a couple of times a day to see what family and friends are doing.

I rarely post anything other than a thumbs up or a birthday greeting.

IMO FB is becoming more and more annoying but I have no plans to drop it.
 
Keep thinking I should maybe get on facebook one of these days, maybe look up old high school friends, get back into recirculation after the last couple years. Just might be fun and interesting!
 
When I joined many years ago, I connected with many former high school classmates. Then I realized that we did not have any more in common now than we did back 40 some years ago, and most were people I was never close to back in the day. I dropped most of them in recent months. Now, mainly it is a few family members, and like in this forum, people I have never met in real life, through one or two games I play in the site. So, mainly I check in just to play the games I enjoy, and come here for conversation.
 
Hoot N Annie said:
...here is why some folks think they are better than me and/or you:

I don't use a cell phone
I don't smoke
I'm not overweight
My house is paid for
I never exceed the speed limit
etc

All in good fun, of course.
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I just look at that as though some folks are simply counting their blessings, which is a good mindset.

Aside from that, I've never really enjoyed FB much and one family member posts politically motivated hate posts there which is a real downer. I don't unfriend her though because I'm afraid I'll miss some family item of interest about her and my nephew...though that hasn't happened yet.

I do have my daughters and some friends who always post things that make me smile on FB so that's nice :love_heart:
 
I am. In the past, enjoyed keeping in contact with folks from high school, pics, etc. Since FB started this new algorithm, I see posts from only a handful of friends. Losing interest.
 
Not really. It's a place where I connect to my family members, some I had lost track of over the years, some living across the country, one in Puerto Rico and even one in Germany. Most of his posts and replies are in German however but FB does have a translator app. I also reconnected with networking friends who were on a site that abruptly shut down. We were so happy to reconnect on FB. I'm in several groups where I wind up learning all types of things, get a chance to get into some express my political opinions, enjoy some music posts, nice comments and memes. I recently had a birthday and received over 100 HBD wishes & sentiments. Some were beautiful, graphic comments.
 
Initially was on FB to keep watch over our children. Then I came across across a few friends and well I was a Facebooker! Then it became political and nothing but non stop meme's. About a year ago I had enough of it and deleted my account, besides it seemed like I had more dead friends than live ones. Had Twitter for awhile but it was just as bad. Instagram, didn't do anything for me.

So this is the first forum I've joined and so far so good.
 
I have been involved with many social options online since the early days of BBS and Newsgroups. When FB first came out I found it exciting and vibrant. It was a huge leap over MySpace at the time. Now I find it mundane but I don't find it boring. Just another way to keep in contact with family, friends, and online friends. Much like turning on a light switch for me. What I do find boring is that the UI hasn't changed at all. Other social sites such as Google Plus have a much nicer look to it but no one uses it . I don't blame FB for not changing their look because millions would protest (younger people don't use it much now) but it is has a very dated look and it is a shame they compress any pictures uploaded to it.
 

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