Do you use Facebook? I do, but lately I’m really beginning to dislike wasting time there for the buried personal news I get every 20th post. It endless memes…is that what the term is where people grab stuff off the internet and post it on FB? I spend most of my time hiding all kinds of sites and unfollowing friends of friends. And the political stuff is really going to be heating up now. I do have friends with 180 degree difference in beliefs so I see it all. I do have several FB groups that I belong to, so I can always just check on them.
What is your FB experience like these days?
I agree that’s it’s getting “junked up” lately, but I will say that my class reunion was largely organized on facebook, and that those of us who had reconnected online seemed to have more “personal” conversations than we did with the folks we hadn’t seen in (ahem) years.
Also not as effective as it used to be for spying on the kids 
Personally, I’m sick of all the posts I see about a certain skin care line that many of my friends are now selling. My newsfeed is like one big commercial. :-SS
I agree that I wish there was a way to catagorize what you see - to seperate the personal text posts from all the “shared” posts!!!
No Facebook for me. I decided I didn’t want it in my life, and I’ve been more or less happy with the decision. My sisters send me the baby pictures and funeral notices from distant relatives that I would otherwise see on Facebook, and that I truly do have an interest in. I can live without the rest.
I am becoming more and more frustrated with all of the in your face political rants. It’s swallowing my news feed and driving me crazy. I want to see the mundane recipes, vacation pics , family and pet posts…jokes are good too , but I’m overwhelmed with all the negativity…I want to be entertained , not harassed
I deactivated my account too. Mainly I favor real-life relationships with people, and communication with far-away friends and family works just fine via email. The people I care about, and who care about me, know how to find me.
To me it is just way too fake, and too ripe for negativity.
ETA: One of my kids refuses to do it at all, and the other seldom uses it anymore.
I could have typed nottelling’s post. 
Eons ago, baby kiddo asked me to swear that I would never be on Facebook (she was one of the early adopters). I did. So here I am, wasting time on CC and loving it!
abasket, there is a way to lessen much of that stuff. It won’t become like a separate section, but anytime you see something posted that you don’t want to see, click on the little arrow on the right and “hide” it. Then it will give you the option of something like, “I don’t want to see posts like this” and “I don’t want to see any more posts by XYZ”. I’ve managed to winnow down most of the political, racist and other objectionable junk certain relatives of mine post, but I still get to see their family photos, etc. You can also click on a person’s post and that arrow should let you click “I only want to see most important posts by XYZ”. This has been a great way to cut out most of the braggy posts by my gym nut friends. I don’t care how much they can lift or how far they ran!
I couldn’t do without FB. I use it to keep up with my extended family, ALL of whom live quite far away. I have yet to actually set foot in either niece’s house, but I know what they look like both inside and out. I haven’t always been able to see H’s grand-niece’s dance shows, but I see her videos on FB. And so on. Through comments I connect with old HS classmates, former neighbors, and of course, family. And my “chat sessions” have helped one dear friend who lives far away help plan her escape from and abusive marriage when talking out loud on the phone wasn’t an option.
Anyone can whittle down their FB to allow only certain posts by certain people and to allow only certain people to see theirs. It’s not hard.
my company is pushing us to post new photos of their products every other day and “like” every new photo shoot in an attempt to attract new clients.
I’m resisting as it does not appeal to me.
I dont want to mix business with pleasure online- I think it reduces my business credibility, though I do have many clients who are also friends.
I may have to start a new business-only facebook page to accommodate their requests.
Yes, I do know about those ways to filter - I would like to at the click of a button (one button!) only see the text posts or personal photos - I know I’m asking the impossible, but that’s what I’d like to see!!!
I enjoy FB but am pretty stingy about whose friend requests I accept. Almost no new HS friends as I had no idea we were so different politically back in the day. I suppose we weren’t political at all. Anyway, I’ve hidden a bunch of those people. Thankfully, I’m not friends with too many people who post ridiculous stuff on either side of the spectrum.
I, too, enjoy it for keeping in touch with extended family, nieces and nephews, some who are starting their own families. I am very selective about who my FB friends are. Have unfriended or unfollowed a few based on posts and, fortunately, the vast majority have similar political leanings. I also follow certain news sources and many musicians I like, getting info on concert dates, presales, etc.
It’s still worth it to me, but I do dislike sifting through all the internet grabs, recipes and bits of philosophy to see some personal news. I feel like Facebook makes the world a lot smaller and I am in touch with people from times of my ,ice that I would lose otherwise.
There are certainly some types of posts I could do without – the rants and the “this is every minute of my day” are among them.
But I like getting the news (both serious and lighthearted) and seeing what’s going on with friends and family. I also like getting info from favorite businesses, clubs and organizations – especially my kids’ colleges-- to keep up with what’s up.
Sure, but it’s nice to get quick updates and pictures etc. from friends and family from all over. I think much more is shared in little bit size pieces. Especially nice is when my kids’ friends tag my kids in pictures so I can see what they are up to! 
I use it to keep up with a few friends and for work. It came in handy this evening. I got a call from someone in the neighborhood who is preplanning his funeral. He wanted to know if I could somehow help him arrange to have his ashes scattered in another country. I posted on a Facebook group for clergy and in 8 minutes had a contact for a pastor who is from that country. I can call him tomorrow and see if he is willing to mail ashes to family or friends back home when the time comes.
My FB pet peeves are all the “I know you won’t post this, but …” memes, sayings, pseudo-facts, platitudes. Like, if you don’t repost theme you don’t love your mother, your children aren’t the most precious things in the world, you want people to die of cancer, hope cops get shot, whatever.
@Youdon’tsay - last week someone put up a comic strip of some people standing at someone’s headstone and the caption on the headstone was, “Died from not reposting a post on his Facebook wall.”
^^^ =))
@Youdon’tsay – Oh yes!!!
@teriwitt - LOL!
Also, hate it when people post stuff that is easily found (usually on snopes.com) to be false. Come 'on people–one simple google search before you repost that silliness.