General Chat

I am amazed by the very personal stuff put on FB.

One particular set of posts I have read are. Married with 2 kids. Husband went off with another woman, went down the pub and threw drinks over them. That went on and on and on. Then they got back together, having another baby now it's started again. Both the older children are on FB so they can see all this. What they say about each other is really dreadful.

This is just one thing I seem to see. It just seems so 'undignified' does no one have pride in themselves anymore???

Does anyone else agree.

Linda

Absolutely!

It all very well sounding off to your friends, but many users have failed to implement their tightest security settings.

FB is allegedly a site which prospective employers look at when selecting a short list. And the photos that some (younger) people put up? (Shudder)

Do you have pride in yourself?

Sorry Det, that was for Linda.

Sure a lot of people don't set their security to private but I wouldn't judge all FB users by a few 'gobby' ones.

just a point, you can add posts on your wall but hide those posts from certain people.I often do that when posting a really rude joke, I hide it so my 13 year old daughter dont see it. :-)

Given that I do agree that some things are maybe best not said on your FB profile, even to just friends.

Trouble is, when someone is upset & angry its a way of letting it all out & getting support which is not always there at home.

I also think there should be no option to have your whole profile public by default. But there should be options to change your posts, photos etc to public if you want.

I certainly don't judge them all....I am just saying that SOME of them put up what MOST people would consider private....and YES I do have pride in myself

Linda

Island - thanks for the addition to your post ;-)

I don't think it's just on FB - seems to be everywhere - people talking on their mobiles in public about all and sundry, shows like Jeremy Kyle etc. I would rather die than air my dirty laundry in such a way. Perhaps dignity and self-respect aren't 'cool' any more :-D.

FB is the only place i no where people believe that by adding people they don't no and have never met makes them a "friend"

FB just highlights how many dysfunctional families their are and lets face it
without FB Jeremy kyle would be on the dole

dysfunctional not to be confused with disfunctional

Roy

FaceBook is my way of keeping up with my family in the UK. It was also a way to communicate with my son when he was on a tour of duty in East Timor.

Used to wonder what people saw in FB, but now I love it.

Have private settings and only 'friend' those I know. Why on earth do people 'friend' strangers that is asking for trouble?

And I never wash my dirty laundry on there



:-)

Linda, sorry if I upset you but you did ask " It just seems so 'undignified' does no one have pride in themselves anymore???" Well I guess that's at least two of us who do!

I do wonder if everyone is aware that their page is open to all and also think the default option should be private with the choice to go public where we wish.

You can always send a private message asking if the offending person is aware that anyone can read their page.

Not just FB , some on the stuff on here would be best not aired .

agrees with Sylvia on that one :-D

I agree with Sylvia too

Although it has given us much entertainment over the years ! :-D :-D :-D :-D

Hi Island

Honestly, I was not upset, just put capitals so my post would read correctly

Linda

AH, but some people just love being drama queens and live their lives according to the bible of Coronation Road or whatever its called.

A daily dose of contrived drama aired in public is probably the only piece of fulfillment they have in their otherwise drab, meaningless and uninteresting lives.

But, hey, go for it. That's what facetube is all about. 'Had toast for breakfast - yummy' is rivetting stuff.

I imagine it can sometimes be very liberating to air ones life in public...especially if it shows someone else up for what they are really like as opposed to the face they present to the world :-D

I don't use FB much, mainly to see how my niece and nephew and a couple of cousins are doing. :-D

May be it should be renamed to Faceless

Roy

Or vice versa - to portray themselves as someone they aren't.

How many middle aged 20 stone men in string vests and jogging bottoms covered in fag ash are there who are portraying themselves as 18 year old fitness gods?

I've said it before and I'll say it again - the internet is the natural habitat of every schizoid personality ever invented. The hard part is sorting out the wheat from the chaff.

And how many middleaged women portraying themselves as young blond bombshells?

Anyone see 'talhotblond' on tv a few weeks back? :-0