tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post7247287968171872382..comments2023-08-06T04:09:45.468-07:00Comments on ...and hijinks ensued.: The one in which Facebook status updates give me nightmaresPrincess Pointfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911296163218358167noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-39824872040626348822008-12-18T21:10:00.000-08:002008-12-18T21:10:00.000-08:00I couldn't bring myself to update FB with my mothe...I couldn't bring myself to update FB with my mother's death. I couldn't do it. It isn't that it would have made it real, but I didn't/couldn't deal with the responses. Word still got out...but for whatever reason, I just couldn't put it on FB or Myspace. Life is weird sometimes.Therapeutic Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781452874259470378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-79838196463320311702008-12-09T07:29:00.000-08:002008-12-09T07:29:00.000-08:00Oh PP, I am sorry you had to find out about your f...Oh PP, I am sorry you had to find out about your friend this way. At the same time, I wonder when you would've found out.<BR/><BR/>I have yet to join facebook or twitter like most of my friends. I guess I kind of feel it removes one more barrier of privacy... who knows, I may give in one day...Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627100891908577662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-29036875382574859542008-12-08T23:59:00.000-08:002008-12-08T23:59:00.000-08:00Wow... I haven't thought of facebook quite in that...Wow... I haven't thought of facebook quite in that way before. I know it gives us way too much information about each other... but you're right, it can be scary how much we learn from it... if these people are truly our friends, we shouldn't have to learn about their lives via an online social networking site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-27457862765598841292008-12-06T17:50:00.000-08:002008-12-06T17:50:00.000-08:00I feel like social networking almost forces people...I feel like social networking almost forces people into become voyeurs. Ok...I know I don't have to be a member of Facebook. It's nice to be able to keep up with friends, but I really don't need to know that many details about someone's life. It feels like it cheapens the life experience to have it accessible to so many people.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160883537054763513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-8026103448394462512008-12-06T17:44:00.000-08:002008-12-06T17:44:00.000-08:00i got invited to wedding via facebook.what is our ...i got invited to wedding via facebook.<BR/><BR/>what is our generation coming to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-11293000479786687912008-12-04T21:09:00.000-08:002008-12-04T21:09:00.000-08:00Our current posts share a topic. However, you hav...Our current posts share a topic. However, you have lived what I have avoided.<BR/><BR/>Weirdness, honey.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-44012001807805398802008-12-04T17:48:00.000-08:002008-12-04T17:48:00.000-08:00that totally happened to me the other day! except ...that totally happened to me the other day! except I ended up knowing the person :(<BR/><BR/>fb kind-of sucksBabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418318582788815683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-84070964839727871962008-12-04T16:15:00.000-08:002008-12-04T16:15:00.000-08:00I have a facebook account... I use it primarily t...I have a facebook account... I use it primarily to talk to Crashie. <BR/><BR/>Don't have much use for it, especially since we just write each other most of the time anyway.eric1313https://www.blogger.com/profile/13807078704660045859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-90708590892490183062008-12-04T13:21:00.000-08:002008-12-04T13:21:00.000-08:00This was a really good post. I agree,it's weird ho...This was a really good post. I agree,it's weird how we're informed of things via facebook. I like the website, I do, but I tend to shy away from anouncing stuff on it. Like when the boy and I got back together, we didn't change our relationship statuses to let the world know. We just didn't CARE that much. When my grandfather passed away, it wasn't my status message.<BR/><BR/>I heard of many engagements, babies, break ups through facebook. And, yes, once I heard of a death. And it's terribly sad to find out that way.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04349631448644661717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-2988289632958539812008-12-04T12:58:00.000-08:002008-12-04T12:58:00.000-08:00I found out that my high school science teacher ha...I found out that my high school science teacher had died via Facebook. I was invited to join a group for something HS related and in the "related groups" box was a memorial to him.<BR/><BR/>It shocked the hell out of me, but I'm glad I found out. I still haven't been able to find out *how* he died, but he was just about the cleanest-living person I've ever known, so it was probably Cancer, 'cause life's a bitch like that...the frog princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263491966906372090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-22678642424658573692008-12-04T10:44:00.000-08:002008-12-04T10:44:00.000-08:00I dunno. Something makes me uncomfortable about F...I dunno. Something makes me uncomfortable about Facebook groups that serve as memorials to people who have passed.<BR/><BR/>"Will you be attending: Aston's Wake"<BR/><BR/>It just seems weird.So@24https://www.blogger.com/profile/18279738816559913671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-8483349573888278512008-12-04T09:08:00.000-08:002008-12-04T09:08:00.000-08:00wow that's sad. i'm not surprised about the facebo...wow that's sad. i'm not surprised about the facebook thing either. i think people forget there is an audience out there reading this stuff. <BR/><BR/>I had a big discussion about this with a friend. He is always posting about how he was out with his "favorite friends." stuff like that. I said that he should try and be a little more sensitive to his good friends who may have not been invited to something. <BR/><BR/>I have another fb friend who constantly status updates really negative things ALL the time. S feels crappy right now. S wonders when life will get better. S's grandma is ill...etc. It's kind of strange frankly. I can see that kind of thing from time to time, but every status update?Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618173853004051479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-10369422050073110252008-12-04T08:34:00.000-08:002008-12-04T08:34:00.000-08:00hmm. I wrote this http://katargonza.com/?p=140 aft...hmm. I wrote this http://katargonza.com/?p=140 after I changed my status on Facebook. I took down my status because it was just too much for me!KAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090582170365523716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-72362314316482681182008-12-04T07:46:00.000-08:002008-12-04T07:46:00.000-08:00The same goes for blogs. Sometimes I read a blog ...The same goes for blogs. Sometimes I read a blog and it's telling me all about someone who died or something really personal, and I'm just like, "Uh, let's keep that to ourselves. Or maybe even just people you actually know."surviving myselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421187332033401147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-15530937937945428982008-12-04T07:40:00.000-08:002008-12-04T07:40:00.000-08:00It's a double-edged sword. It sucks to find out th...It's a double-edged sword. It sucks to find out through Facebook, but at the same time isn't that better than not finding out at all? Or maybe not...Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942269316108576622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-11221207405867167762008-12-03T18:18:00.000-08:002008-12-03T18:18:00.000-08:00Oh why oh why couldn't Emily Post's etiquette incl...Oh why oh why couldn't Emily Post's etiquette include Facebook? It would solve so many problems.K.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233200394154630870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-56627249316831647712008-12-03T18:16:00.000-08:002008-12-03T18:16:00.000-08:00one of my friends from high school died and he is ...one of my friends from high school died and he is still on facebook. That is when it gets weird. You look on his wall and read all of these "prayers."Fermihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212555120013552936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-27414368443484623632008-12-03T17:35:00.000-08:002008-12-03T17:35:00.000-08:00i have definitely discovered people's engagements,...i have definitely discovered people's engagements, health issues, babies and everything else imaginable from facebook, it's sort of crazy. <BR/><BR/>and glad to hear it wasn't your anton, but still sad nonetheless.Katelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994241556437259884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-75276908753527555122008-12-03T17:33:00.000-08:002008-12-03T17:33:00.000-08:00I don't think people realize that when they put up...I don't think people realize that when they put updates on their personal life on there just how many people see it/it affects/look at facebook for gossip.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109096232554591570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-91668844895732577362008-12-03T17:29:00.000-08:002008-12-03T17:29:00.000-08:00I think people do too much communicating via faceb...I think people do too much communicating via facebook. Wedding invitations? No, please.<BR/><BR/>And it's not like, connecting-style communication--it's just broadcasting a thought and then reading other people's broadcasts. Like standing in a valley and listening to echoes, when you can't see anyone saying anything. I find it kind of sad.Brunhildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783804950701866714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-87765347655091051802008-12-03T17:22:00.000-08:002008-12-03T17:22:00.000-08:00I hate it when couples going through trouble chang...I hate it when couples going through trouble change it to "it's complicated" when they're still living together and everything... give me a break-- the world doesn't need to know about every little problem.<BR/><BR/>UghMaxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309902108360535182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-43318197167265237982008-12-03T15:51:00.000-08:002008-12-03T15:51:00.000-08:00Facebook is a great way to tell your ex-boyfriends...Facebook is a great way to tell your ex-boyfriends that you have chlamydia though.<BR/><BR/>Oh only I found out that way? <BR/><BR/>whoops.Rahulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10921631514980980229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-29756060866580294992008-12-03T15:06:00.000-08:002008-12-03T15:06:00.000-08:00Lately I've really minimized my facebooking and I ...Lately I've really minimized my facebooking and I love it. While I still use it to find out what my UBC friends are up to, I no longer use it to plan my Friday nights, waste time at work, and/or rehash previous parties. While most people here in Aus have facebook, they seem to be a lot less "online" than NA-ers are and actually CALL or TEXT if there's a party happening or plans to be made. I like reverting to this because it reconnects you with people, making them more likely to attend (and avoids the dreaded "maybe attending")<BR/><BR/>Also, I too have had Facebook dreams (and have found out aquaintences deaths via FB).Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686803288323819543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-24288228267070115622008-12-03T14:41:00.000-08:002008-12-03T14:41:00.000-08:00okay I have herd a lot and seen a lot but the dead...okay I have herd a lot and seen a lot but the dead mother picture on face book really creeped me out. I am all for sharing but somethings cross the line.<BR/>jjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-80029954461395558642008-12-03T14:29:00.000-08:002008-12-03T14:29:00.000-08:00Facebook.. its a love/hate relationship. I use it ...Facebook.. its a love/hate relationship. I use it alot to keep in touch with my friends, but somehow ppl manage to stalk up and add me and you are amazed why they bother adding u. <BR/><BR/>And info, i agree, there are just some things I dont wanna know abt my friends or their mates.Crashdummiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804365044559167907noreply@blogger.com