My Facebook Rant

This morning I woke up to a post from one of my Facebook Friends, it really rubbed me the wrong way.

“Woke Up at 6:55 today. Why you ask, I hear thumpa thumpa thump. *Moooaann* thumpa…. I hate you ____ and ____.... GO BACK TO BED!”

There are three things that bother me about this post.

1.     She used her friend’s names. It’s like hello world, my friend so and so is having sex. Just in case she wanted to keep it a secret or personal Ill make sure everyone knows.

2.    She was very descriptive. I don’t want to know this person is having sex, that is her business, but now I have an idea of how it goes down.

3.    Lastly, she used this as a passive aggressive way of telling her roommate that she is bothered by the behavior in a very public way.

The way people post on Facebook has bothered me for a while, this post just put me over the edge.

Do people not realize or care that people read their status updates?

Do people not realize or care that people see their photos?

Do people not realize or care that whatever they post on Facebook is permanent?

Do people not realize or care that their Facebook may be set to private, but employers can still search it for inappropriate behavior?

Do people on realize or care that future employers can use this as a tool to make hiring decisions?

Dear Facebook Friend who posts an entire album of their weekend that consisted of heavy drinking and illegal drugs. Your future employer, spouse, and children will see this. Go ahead and post pictures of your weekend at the club. Though, I would suggest leaving out the picture of you with 3 beers, or the picture of you with a large joint, or the picture of you stuffing your tounge down someone’s throat, or the picture of you passed out with your pants down.

Dear Facebook Friend who uses status updates to make a point to someone in your life. What you are fighting about is no one’s business but your own. It is unfair to share your problems to the world. Whoever you have the issue with deserves an adult conversation between the two of you without the world chiming in. It is also plain mean to insult someone in such a public manner. It is very childish to post so and so is an f___ a-hole because they hurt your feelings. You need to realize that once you post this, it never goes away. That hurtful thing you just put out into the world is there forever.

I could go on and on, but I think I have griped enough.

Also, I would like to point out that I am not perfect when it comes to making appropriate Facebook posts, but I am trying because I don’t want to jeopardize good opportunities or send hurtful karma into the world.