Facebook is making us miserable

[Callum]

I only use Facebook to inbox people... Seriously 99% of status' are completely pointless and shouldn't have been posted in the first place anyway... Especially people that sook about how bad their lives are... seriously if it's that bad shut up and do something about it..

[86]

I only use Facebook to inbox people... Seriously 99% of status' are completely pointless and shouldn't have been posted in the first place anyway... Especially people that sook about how bad their lives are... seriously if it's that bad shut up and do something about it..

The term 'inbox' really annoys me. Don't know why. It's kind of like, "yo I'm so sad insert bullshit about life being bad when there are those who have it infinitely many times worse here" .. "inbox"

What does 'inbox' even imply? Yes, I have an inbox, so? What would you like me to do? Open my inbox? Delete messages? Mark my messages as unread so the (1) disappears? Or send you an 'inbox'? I send you an inbox, about what? The weather?

Most of these vapid status updates would be better suited for Twitter anyway, which I'm on and find better. Although admittedly the experience is already ruined by the general demographic of absolute retards who can't stop proclaiming 'swag' and posting things like #TEAMFOLLOWBACK #IFOLLOWBACK #TFB #BELIEBERS #JUSTINBIEBER" #SWAG just to get 10,000+ followers in one go. It's a popularity contest, of a rather similar sort. At least it doesn't emphasize popularity with the 'like' button which I also detest.

Oh an the use of animated gif's as display picture in various bright colours? That's Myspace stuff.

Also, liking comments to end a conversation. Why?

And people who hashtag on facebook crack me up. Just love how people get so annoyed when people hashtag there.

[nacho]

^calm down 86. What's wrong? Just inbox me beb xoxo

LOL
yea 86, it's just facebook why get so upset over 'inbox me bebz'.
my only problem with facebook is that i'm somewhat paranoid about it ever since i had this nightmare about it breaching our privacy in ways we could not imagine.
(1984 anyone?)

[86]

^calm down 86. What's wrong? Just inbox me beb xoxo

hahahahaha, that's good

I'm not completely flustered by it, but even through my minimal use of facebook it gets annoying. Case in point when someone, most likely female posts a status along the lines of "Oh i'm so depressed. Why is life so bad? Do things have to be this way? If only you were here with me.." etc for no reason other than attention, and then their bestie, probably equally as annoying replies within the minute "inbox. now. INBOX ME NOW!" it's pretty annoying you have to admit.

@nacho, yeah, I got a notification that someone tried logging in once. Freaked me out. Anyone watched the interview where Zuckerberg perspires and fails to answer questions about Facebook's security or what they were doing with our details? Makes me wonder how it continued to flourish.

[hala_madrid]

#firstworldproblems

[ninwa]

even worse than "inbox me"

[Mao]

Forgot where this was first posted, but here it is again.

[EvangelionZeta]

I have to say I've actually never seen one of these stati before.  Maybe I just have non-emo friends...?

[MJRomeo81]

Deactivate your account and walk away. That's what I did.

[acinod]

I've had Facebook for almost 3 years. Before that was MySpace and Bebo.

Didn't really use MySpace and Bebo much but after a while on Facebook, I was extremely active; literally posting a status everyday.

However, now I barely post anything at all. I stopped using Facebook by getting someone to change my password a month or two before the end of year exams but after exams, I no longer post anything. Even before giving my password away, most of 2011 I didn't really post anything on facebook besides changing my dp every now and then. It's as if I'm scared that I'll get judged. I do still comment and like other people's status occasionally but I never actually post one myself. Neither do I post on other people's walls unless it's someone I've just met and I want to talk to them.
However when I look back at my timeline at all my past statuses, some of them are actually decent and get a few likes and comments. Not sure how I was so confident when I was younger but I guess as we mature, we're scared that we are going to get judged so we become more reserved and privacy becomes more important to us.

Also I actually never use Facebook to talk to my close friends. Honestly I hate Facebook chat and would much rather use MSN or Whatsapp. It's sometimes strange when the 'View Friendship' page of someone I just met is more filled than the 'View Friendship' page of one of my closest friends.

With respect to the OP's article, another factor why Facebook makes us miserable is Notifications. I have a sister and she's actually sad if she hasn't been on FB for a while and when she does log back in, she only had 5 notifications when she was expecting like 20+. I kind of understand her except with my case, I'm miserable because I expect one notification but actually have zero....

Regardless, Facebook isn't all that bad. It's actually pretty amazing and allows us to keep track of what's happening in all our friend's lives.

Knowledge is Power. But too much knowledge can make us miserable. Sometimes we are happier just not knowing anything...

[86]

Regardless, Facebook isn't all that bad. It's actually pretty amazing and allows us to keep track of what's happening in all our friend's lives.

Knowledge is Power. But too much knowledge can make us miserable. Sometimes we are happier just not knowing anything...

Completely agree with this, and the rest that I didn't quote so people don't have to do so much scrolling of the same thing

I argued with my friends it was the people that turned me off and away from using it, much like twitter is in the progress of right now (It's still decent if you want to join, for now). I guess when it became mainstream I became more and more alienated by it. I too was on it during the Myspace/bebo era, but deleted it at the start of 2011 for year 12 (Actually deleted, not that deactivation rubbish)

[Mao]

I argued with my friends it was the people that turned me off and away from using it

I do not understand. If those 'people' annoy you, why do you have them added as your friend?

Also, the hide function works quite well. I just realised over half of my contact list is currently hidden, haha.

[86]

I do not understand. If those 'people' annoy you, why do you have them added as your friend?

Also, the hide function works quite well. I just realised over half of my contact list is currently hidden, haha.

Guess I wasn't clear. The stereotypical teenager with nothing to do but take 150+ pictures in the comfort of their bathroom with a 2mp phone camera then call themselves ugly expecting sympathy. They then proceed to post depressing statuses complaining about why their life is so bad, or post love/life quotes. A lot of people do it, and I find it annoying how they dare complain about the quality of their lives when they have a roof over their head, a warm bed to sleep in, a computer, internet, a phone and an education. They just sound so selfish.

I have some friends on facebook like that to some degree, they'll be deleted soon

[ShortBlackChick]

I like my statuses. I think they give a good insight into whats happening in my life atm. I get likes from my good friends who know whats happening. And I go a bit crazy on the likes as well, with peoples statuses and with pages. When Harry Potter 7P2 came out I liked a lot of the pages. Now my news feed is filled with stupid stupid pages that dont shut up.

Some of my best work:

Smashed tyre into curb, scratched hub cap parking on Bridge road. Noise was so loud people at a nearby Cafe laughed at me. First incident after getting P's. Also test drove a Lancer. LMAO

Could someone explain why I'm using youtube as my music player?

brb, going to make some pappadams

You know you're fried when you start putting yoghurt onto a plate rather than a bowl.

Realising you were probably a better driver before you got your P's

And stalking people is always fun

[Greatness]

And stalking people is always fun

Isnt that the whole purpose of facebook?... Or is it just me?.. :s