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bookworm
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
Posted by gina409
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I'd rather be a facebook bragger than a facebook complainer!
People complain that people are too negative, post too many everyday details (I just went to Target, etc.) and now that people share too many happy things? So what exactly are we supposed to put on facebook? It can't be too good, or too bad, or too boring, so what's left?
i have to agree! i feel like no matter what u put someone does not like it!
it is social media! i never got how me putting thanks to the husband for surprising me with my fav dinner tonight is wrong
ITA! Life can be so hard. When I post happy stuff, it's not bragging; it's me focusing on life's joys. Of course my life's not perfect...far from it. But I really am smitten with my husband...I really am feeling blessed to be in that amazing place at that time. Or maybe I'm just feeling lovey dovey and I check in with friends because I'm so happy to be with them. Some people look for the most sinister side of everything.
For me Facebook "bragging" is really a humble moment when I'm saying thank you to the universe for this person or this moment.
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
Posted by bookworm
For me Facebook "bragging" is really a humble moment when I'm saying thank you to the universe for this person or this moment.
 
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mrswask
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
Posted by Robin
I'd rather be a facebook bragger than a facebook complainer!
People complain that people are too negative, post too many everyday details (I just went to Target, etc.) and now that people share too many happy things? So what exactly are we supposed to put on facebook? It can't be too good, or too bad, or too boring, so what's left?
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sourpatchkids
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
Posted by JAAMS
I don't really know if I agree with that article though...as a pp mentioned, I see certain things as sharing not bragging. I think it's fun to see what people are up to, look at pics from different vacations, etc. There's so much negativity around that I like to see people who are happy about things.
Agreed! However, one thing that drives me up a wall lately is one friend who writes detailed paragraphs everyday about what she did at the gym. I hate to be mean, but I don't care!
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ItsTime2011
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Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
I try to be humble when bragging on facebook because I know how it CAN come off. If I complain on facebook I try to make it funny so it doesn't seem like poor me. But I TOTALLY agree with the OP sometimes I have to take a step back and realize that things are not always what they seem.
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Jax430
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
Oy, people take FB way too seriously. For me, it's the place to share the nice things going on in my life, and to keep up with my friends and family. I don't consider it bragging, just sharing what's going on. I'm not going to post that DH and I had a huge argument for my FB friends to see. I typically don't even share that with my best friends via text, why would I post it on FB? If people don't like what others are posting, or if it makes you feel bad about your own life, just block them.
I can't think of any specific friends who are braggers on FB, but I also have very few who are major complainers or drama-starters. Guess I'm lucky!
ETA: I do find the really mushy posts annoying, but that's because I'm private about that stuff, and don't feel the need to advertise how wonderful my DH is or how much we love each other.
As far as check-ins, I use foursquare, and just enjoy it for the fun of earning badges and things, and also for getting the occasional deal. It is fun for me to see where my friends are if they are doing something fun. The ones that check in at the supermarket and gas station, etc. annoy me.
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InShock
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
Posted by Jax430
Oy, people take FB way too seriously. For me, it's the place to share the nice things going on in my life, and to keep up with my friends and family. I don't consider it bragging, just sharing what's going on. I'm not going to post that DH and I had a huge argument for my FB friends to see. I typically don't even share that with my best friends via text, why would I post it on FB? If people don't like what others are posting, or if it makes you feel bad about your own life, just block them.
I can't think of any specific friends who are braggers on FB, but I also have very few who are major complainers or drama-starters. Guess I'm lucky!
Same here!! (wait, is that bragging?  )
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
People can edit their lives on FB.
I'm close with someone who only posted these "wonderful" things that were going on in her life. In the blink of an eye, her life imploded and she stopped posting for a couple of months. Most never questioned her absence. Only those who she had to tell found out about what was truly going on in her life. She's managed to "bandage up" her life up a little bit, so now she walks with a slight limp to those who truly know her, but to the rest of the FB world, she's dancing on by.
Oh, and I do Check-Ins, but prefer to keep that more private by only doing that in Yelp! and as long as it's not connected through FB. (I hate it when it accidentally shows that in FB! I go back and delete it.)
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Ltdentway99
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
I don't get facebook. I really don't. I find it very odd that people always post declarative statements to their spouses. "I have the greatest husband. He's the best. My husband bought me the most amazing bday gift." Or, my favorite, "5 years ago I married my best friend." I think it's so weird and fake. My DH and I talk that way to eachother in private. If I wrote that on facebook, it would feel so phoney, like I'm putting on a show.
Honestly, just stop looking on facebook. Why should you torture yourself? 
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MrsM-6-7-08
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
I wanted to chime in on this article as this directly has affected me.
I used to post nice things DH did, or things I received.
I used to post the places i went with check ins...bottom line is other people whether they are your friends or not don't want to hear it, and it makes them feel bad about themselves or think you are being fake and bragging.
I never post anything anymore (because of feedback I got) on facebook, i dont post when i dine out, when I am shopping, when i get a present, and i stopped posting pictures of my adorable niece all the time. I don't post when i am having a great time with my friends, I dont post that I am going on vacation either.
When i get back i throw up a couple pics but i don't post an album of our vacation pics.
Some things need to be private i feel like
On the flip side, I LOVE to read about everyones fabulous life, their trips, their photos of their kids, videos, their gifts, and adventures. I love seeing where everyone is checking in too!
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Re: Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
Posted by MrsM-6-7-08
I wanted to chime in on this article as this directly has affected me.
I used to post nice things DH did, or things I received.
I used to post the places i went with check ins...bottom line is other people whether they are your friends or not don't want to hear it, and it makes them feel bad about themselves or think you are being fake and bragging.
I never post anything anymore (because of feedback I got) on facebook, i dont post when i dine out, when I am shopping, when i get a present, and i stopped posting pictures of my adorable niece all the time. I don't post when i am having a great time with my friends, I dont post that I am going on vacation either.
When i get back i throw up a couple pics but i don't post an album of our vacation pics.
Some things need to be private i feel like
On the flip side, I LOVE to read about everyones fabulous life, their trips, their photos of their kids, videos, their gifts, and adventures. I love seeing where everyone is checking in too!
If you love reading about other people's good happenings why are you so sure that no one else does? I like fb and if people didn't post there wouldn't really be a fb.
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Ayne11
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Wall Street Journal Article about FB Bragging
Facebook single handedly fractured the relationship between my husband and his youngest sister. Her husband used it as a tool to start this whole drama & erase us out of her life (he's very controlling & manipulative). It's a shame Facebook is their reality.
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