Do you guys also know these facebook types?

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murraybiscuit

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I've got a couple friends that are very active on facebook and are rashing me out. For example:

Day 1 status: "I love my wife she is the most amazing woman in the whole world. Each day we get closer and closer. What an adventure."
Day 2 status: "I've got the most amazing son I love him more and more each day"
Day 3 status: "Had such an encouraging meeting with (namedrop important person)"
Day 4 status: "We live in the most amazing country. There's nowhere on earth that's better"
Day 5 status: "Had coffee with (important person). Life changing experience"
Day 6 status: "(Banal quote from Khalil Gibran or some pop-psych author)"
Day 7 status: "(Songwords from some R&B love song about loving your partner till you die)"
Day 8 status: "Just closed a massive deal. Stoked."

Okay, I know the answer is selective culling. That's not the issue. Just wondering if you also want to tear the limbs off these people or if you think it's great that somebody can be so positive about every aspect of their life.

Anyway, I'm looking for a term to coin for this particular type of rash. Any ideas?
 
what's wrong with having an optimistic and forward thinking outlook in life? :confused:

It's miles better than being bitter and pessimistic. :p
 
I've got couples declaring their love in paragraphs everyday...
Now that's annoying
 
I deleted my brother's wife as a facebook friend because of that. If I read "Praise Jesus!" or "My husband is the most amazing man on earth!" (Which is a blatant lie, as I've pointed out to her on multiple occasions, as he's not me) I'll slit my wrists.

That being said, my status messages generally involve violence, alcohol, geekyness or a combination of those things, and I tend to get lots of comments :p Quite entertaining!
 
Lol. Classic post.

I feel your pain. Its a bit of an over share. Its merely a "look how much I am happier than you" contest. Uggh.:sick:
 
@gary - i don't have too many issues with optimists, i agree that it's better than being bitter. but i'm also about balance.

i get the feeling that some of these people are actually deeply insecure and therefore only ever paint a perfect picture of themselves in order to get the affirmation and acceptance of their peers. (attested to by the resultant comments by their friends.

the inverse is true as well. i've got one friend that just moans all day long on facebook with leading status updates. and her buddies all rally around to comfort her. :rolleyes:
 
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Just click on the "Hide" button, problem solved.

/Goes to Facebook to declare his love to his 2465 friends...:p
 
Those types irritate me. If i see that crap in my newsfood i just hide them. Could not be bothered to listen to your drivel. Also irritates me when people write essays in their statuses
 
Who remembers when Facebook used to prefix status updates with "<name> is"? That gave rise to some of the most horrid grammar!

Anyway back on topic - block/delete. It's not about being positive/negative, but attention seeking. Hiding it doesn't solve the problem because they're often the ones who update their statuses 5 times a day. It's usually the folks who only update their statuses occasionally that come up with witty updates.
 
yeah, it's kind of like a troll in a strange way, but the opposite (wanting attention but not through inciting a reaction)
trying to come up with a name for it...
 
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Geez, I have a problem with people who update their statuses 5/10/15 times a day!!:mad: I only update my status when I have something interesting to say. People don't care if I had a nice walk with the dogs or a great meal at Spur.

The worst is people who update their status while doing something else. <so and so> is watching the greatest movie on Earth. FFS man, if it's that great, why the hell are you Facebooking from your phone and not paying attention?!?!?!:eek::mad::mad:

Seriously getting over Facebook...
 
Kaufies said:
Geez, I have a problem with people who update their statuses 5/10/15 times a day!!:mad: I only update my status when I have something interesting to say. People don't care if I had a nice walk with the dogs or a great meal at Spur.
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Yeah and those *read between the lines* PMS updates. :D
 
Garyvdh said:
what's wrong with having an optimistic and forward thinking outlook in life? :confused:

It's miles better than being bitter and pessimistic. :p
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There's no problem. Just don't be too optimistic so that you sound naive.
 
status updates need to be epic,witty or something ppl wanna hear. My one friend had his as ' G is eating' :eek:. I left a message for him telling him he may aswell update us when he's taking a dump aswell.
 
Sorry dude....cant think for a name/phrase for this kinda thing. But when I see this...I just hide that person status updates from new news feed. Have done it a few times...I get annoyed easily :p
 
murraybiscuit said:
I've got a couple friends that are very active on facebook and are rashing me out. For example:

Day 1 status: "I love my wife she is the most amazing woman in the whole world. Each day we get closer and closer. What an adventure."
Day 2 status: "I've got the most amazing son I love him more and more each day"
Day 3 status: "Had such an encouraging meeting with (namedrop important person)"
Day 4 status: "We live in the most amazing country. There's nowhere on earth that's better"
Day 5 status: "Had coffee with (important person). Life changing experience"
Day 6 status: "(Banal quote from Khalil Gibran or some pop-psych author)"
Day 7 status: "(Songwords from some R&B love song about loving your partner till you die)"
Day 8 status: "Just closed a massive deal. Stoked."

Okay, I know the answer is selective culling. That's not the issue. Just wondering if you also want to tear the limbs off these people or if you think it's great that somebody can be so positive about every aspect of their life.

Anyway, I'm looking for a term to coin for this particular type of rash. Any ideas?
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Obsessive compulsive disorder ? :eek::D
 
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