Tuesday, May 7, 2013

My Doppleganger Friends on Facebook

Like most of you, I take a look through my Facebook newsfeed once or twice a day to see the haps with my Facebook peeps.  Do you also have one Facebook friend that posts at least 30
times a day and the posts usually consist of any or all of the following:
  • Motivational sayings on top of landscape pics
  • Cute pics of animals
  • A crap load of political posts for or against
  • Religion

    • Republicans
    • Democrats
    • Independents
    • Gays / lesbian rights
    • War Statistics
    • Growing your own food
    • Gun rights
    • Women rights
    • Animal rights
    • Facts about previous presidential administrations
    • Facts about our current presidential administration

    I really do adore both of these Facebook Hogs and I usually always like
    their posts...I'm just stating a pattern here.
    I call these FB friends, 'Newsfeed Hogs' for self explanatory reasons.  Although 90% of the stuff is worth a laugh or is an interesting non-verified fact (because I'm not going to take the time to make sure it is correct)..these posts take up 70% of my newsfeed. 
    Well, today I was scrolling through my newsfeed and every other post came from 2 Newsfeed Hogs/FB Friends.  One is from the U.S. and the other is from Egypt.  Literally, every newsfeed post was filled with items from the list above, except one was in English and one in Arabic.  I don't read Arabic.  I've named these two Facebook friends, my "Facebook Dopplegangers".  They're FB twins, posting what they're passionate about, dozens of times a day.
    I'll admit, I share others' posts on occasion, but for the most part I try to keep my posts real, authentic, about life or what I'm going through.  I would like to suggest we start a movement to end Chronic Newsfeed Hogs, but honestly I don't think it truly matters.  I think Facebook is going on the downward slope.  It's become a passive agressive platform to get your agenda across and also a place to say Happy Birthday to people you never see and to like peoples' vacation and party photos to show in a half-assed way that you care.  I think there are new social media outlets coming in making Facebook less relevant over time. 
    Look at me, I "liked" that photo of your kids in the swimming pool, I care, that proves it. 

    Now I'm one that will present a solution if I'm going to gripe about a problem.  I suggest a new social media site be created where you're only allowed to post real things about events or moments in life that direct effect you or a loved one.  No birthdays, or timelines or special dates listed.  No fake posts about how great everything is...unless it really is.  No sharing silly photos or polical statements or religious views.  If you have something to say, you have to articulate it yourself.  What do you think? 

    Sharing is oh so sexy

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