Posted on 04/15/2015 12:41:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
An Australian mother claims she received an angry letter from a group of friends who apparently asked her to stop with the constant updates and “baby spamming” on social media about her 6-month-old baby.
Jade Ruthven sent the letter to Australian writer Em Rusciano, who shared it on Facebook on Tuesday.
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LOL
Facebook is a blight on humankind.
“Hide” or “Unfriend”. it’s as simple as that. no need to be rude about it.
That was the shot over the bow. The next step will be they all de-friend her.
Unfriend them, problem solved
Why don’t they just block her? I have a ton of people blocked for similar transgressions, usually with food selfies.
I’m not sue who’s sadder, the parents who do this or the Facebook freaks who haven’t figured out how to skip posts that are of no interest to them.
this is unnecessary... i have a niece who perpetually posts pictures of herself and her friends, herself and her hubby, herself and her kids... her son wins a trophy, and there is a pic of HER and the son with the trophy... her daughter draws a picture, and there is a pic of HER, her daughter and the drawing... her son and his girlfriend are going it a formal, and there is a pic of HER, her son and the girlfriend... ridiculous... and there are at least 5 pics a day from her... i hid her from my news feed... if i want to see what she is up to, i go directly to her wall... otherwise, i do not see her status, nor her pics... i would never tell her to knock it off with all the pics...
Jade has some real ‘swipes for “friends”.
I wonder who is holding a gun to their heads and forcing them to read the daily updates on “every little thing Addy does”?
Yeah, Jade herself is a self-centered new mommy who thinks the whole world revolves around her precious snowflake.
But for these “friends” to say this? Bleep ‘em. Unfriend them socially and personally.
This is actually 1 of the reasons I don’t much like Facebook.
I have my share of people too who do this kind of thing on FB. There are the losers with their endless glib comments about how cool they are (house, dog, car, etc) and how they love this and that bar (usually about 40 of them) and it is so chill and come and drink with me....or the endless minutia about the weather in their yard, complete with pix.
I’m also amazed how many “friends” some of these people have. I mean, really, every “getting drunk tonight” post gets 40 “likes” by friends? Who are these people?
“or the Facebook freaks who haven’t figured out how to skip posts that are of no interest to them.”
There are people who dont know how to remove themselves from facebook groups. As a result, they post in the group asking to be removed. The result of which they get endlessly mocked for being so stupid. Especially if they add an angry message to the group.
Que up Elaine’s “it’s a bay-bee!!”
I thought facebook was designed so people without lives could post something every few hours.
You know what?
My commie atheist cousin apparently unfriended me unbeknownst to me.
This was after I got tired of seeing his constant posts about communist ideas and atheism groups (complete with TOTAL vitriolic comments by other like-minded fools). It angered me almost constantly, especially to think 1 of my cousins was this bad. I cannot keep my “mouth” shut, so would comment. Finally, I got sick of it and my husband and nephew told me to just “hide” posts from him.
See, I did not want to get more of the family angry at me for simply “unfriending”. Next thing I know, I cannot find him on my lists at all, and I am not on his, so apparently he must have figured this out somehow. So I’m kind of in trouble anyway. The good thing is he is 3000 mi away.
This seems like the step they are taking in an effort to avoid having to defriend her.
Multiply said comment by 1000 if they happen to be my grandchildren.
That was my first thought, too. You can just hide their posts so you don't have to see them. YOu don't need to "unfriend" them and risk hurting the feelings of someone you otherwise like. Just hide the posts, they won't know it and you won't have to look at them anymore.
Actually, many I know who do this - or close - have very much a serious life. They also tend to love posting about their lives.
Now, I don’t have a life, but I don’t go on FB all the time, and certainly don’t post about it. Otherwise, people would be seeing me whine about all my constant medical problems all the time.
I also just don’t have the will to take photos and then, worse, download and post. Too much effort.
I’m not saying quite that. We’re talking about people who post endlessly about kids, or other things.
Luckily, I don’t have many, but it does seem to run in cycles. There is someone I know (and like, related) who posts alot like that, but only in spurts. For several days, she’ll post pix of her (many) kids and so on, then nothing for a month. So, she is manageable.
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