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Joe, do you think that the line between what is private and what is not is changing, or why do you think they blab that way?

Most of them have no filter. When my kids did something stupid I'd never think about blabbing it to the world. My one niece found out her husband was cheating on her. She took all his text messages and posted on her fb account! If my wife was cheating on me I can think of maybe 2 people I'd confide in about something like that. She posted for all her family, friends, co workers and group strangers to read. I just don't get it. One grandnephew who is always in trouble with law will post the nastiest anti police stuff you've ever read. My niece (his mother) is one of those, My baby didn't do nuffin people. I have unfriended many a family member. Some are too embarrassing. At least my youngest daughter listened to me. She got into an argument with her ex husbands new wife. I told her that she's almost done with nursing school. Delete that crap so it doesn't come back to harm you.

I'm so proud of your daughter!! And nursing school is hard, too much to throw away on drama.
Along those lines, I got a friend request from someone I did not know at all, and have not accepted, because I don't know who I am inviting into my life. So far I have accepted requests from people I actually know, people I have met this past week and like, or who are friends of friends.

Originally Posted by Insomniac101

The alien pods have taken over her body, and mind.

Unfortunately neither my body nor my mind has improved particularly in the last few weeks so I guess the pods are not much better than the unpodded people still left in the world.

Unfriending. I did it today.

I had requested one of the ladies in the houseplant group as a friend. She has amazing plants and good ideas about plant keeping. I guess though that when you are friends with someone you get all the stuff they post? I started getting political posts about sensitive subjects like abortion. It is not that I won't discuss such issues, but the kind of posts being sent too often reflected an intolerance for any other viewpoint.

Originally Posted by Lucille

Unfriending. I did it today.

I had requested one of the ladies in the houseplant group as a friend. She has amazing plants and good ideas about plant keeping. I guess though that when you are friends with someone you get all the stuff they post? I started getting political posts about sensitive subjects like abortion. It is not that I won't discuss such issues, but the kind of posts being sent too often reflected an intolerance for any other viewpoint.

You can add people as friends and then "unfollow" them. That way you can still send messages easily and tag them, but whatever they post doesn't end up on your wall.

Yeah Facebook has a lot of that. I don't mind the occasional rant or funny political meme but some folks it is their life.

It seems as if many on fb are not interested in providing information for others to make decisions and seeking informations themselves, they are more interested in defending a position than in thinking. I guess in any society one has both builders and fighters though.

The problem is that energy one could use for thought is instead used for dealing with the drama and fighters. I suppose that they way some deal is to ignore the misconceptions and misinformation and drama, and just keep a low profile.

So I thought the plant forums on fb would not have any drama. Was I ever wrong! Some drama is about plant care, but on Valentine's Day some guy decided to post a selfie of himself with a plant covering his you know what. Well, there was a fuss about that and now a bunch of copy cat guys are doing the same.
Ordinary guys, too, not body builders so with the plants covering them up they didn't have a lot to show off, but everyone seems to be having a lot of fun with it.

This is just another story of me in fb-land and in no way am I encouraging similar behavior here.

Originally Posted by Lucille

This is just another story of me in fb-land and in no way am I encouraging similar behavior here.

Nope. That would be for Hell. LoL

Haven't been to FB, or my FB profile that is, in a rather long time. I think I will feel a tad "weird" (at least for a little bit) if/when the day ever comes that I go to my profile.