Lately, I’m unfriending FaceBook “friends” left & right.
There are many reasons why, too.
But usually they fall into one of the “people-who-irritate-the-living-crappola out of me” categories below:
FaceBook Mannequins:
Some people on FB try to give the illusion of perfection to the point where it reminds me of the robots in the movie “Surrogates” — perfect, flawless… and creepy.
Cheapskates:
What is it with people whining about the idea of FB charging a few bucks per month (which is probably a myth anyway), especially when it’s less than what many of them are paying each DAY for their daily Star Bucks sugar coffee?
Sour Pusses:
Who wants to be pals with people who are wound up so tight they have no sense of humor whatsoever?
Wall Spammers:
I wonder if these people have any idea how truly lame (and annoying) all their virtual hugs, shots, Valentine’s Day gifts, and other fake presents are?
Inbox Spammers:
This is when someone CC’s you an FB message sent to 10 other people, and you keep getting everyone’s back and forth banter — whether you care about the conversation or not (with no way to opt-out, except pushing the “spam” button each time someone replies).
Decoy Taggers:
These are the people who put up pictures of buildings or monuments or whatever, then tag as many people on there as they can to, presumably, get all those peoples’ attention. I wonder which social media goo-roo is teaching this?
Anyway, here’s the bottom line:
FaceBook, Twitter, etc can be fun (and amusing).
But they’re crawling with people who seem to have PhD’s in cheapness, lame marketing and wasting peoples’ time with nonsense — and so zapping them from my list is now mandatory.
And you know what?
If you value your time, you may want to do the same.
Ben Settle
