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[TWR]

My Niece had a baby a Month ago, the things she puts on F/B is just stupid, Baby Farted the morning, baby just turned over, Baby Smiles, who the hell is interested? do you think the things that people write about on this site is ***

[hc4361]

You can hide her posts so they don't appear on your facebook page, TWR. She won't know

[Rosetta]

sorry, sites not sights doh

[Arksided]

The three 'Friends' I haven't met on my FB account are AB itself, and two ABer's I'd being chatting with for years on here.

I never understood people who just add friends when they don't know them.

[Brinjal]

You can block what appears on your news feed without unfriending someone if you don't want to appear rude. I wouldn't be putting my baby photos and kids photos up like they do. Too many weirdos out there.

[1ozzy]

Facebook? Wastebook may be a better title.

[Henrietta]

To those who don't '"Do" facebook it's much much more than a place to tell your friends what you're doing.

I used to be apprehensive myself as I was very wary of giving out personal details/photos etc.. especially after being trolled/stalked online but I thought "Why let them win" and joined one day and I was amazed to see all the music I like there so now I have them informing me whenever there's some new music or whenever they're having a function so I can go and let's not forget the groups. What's your thing? Playing dodgeball? Basejumping? Religious/Political debate? Almost whatever you're into there's a group on facebook where likeminded people who are into the same thing are all there discussing/Debating/Giving advice/Social meetups etc.. and if there isn't a group for the particular thing you're into you can start your own!

I also like jokes/memes/funny gifs and certain news which I have coming into my page as it happens and I can share this which I do with others who would find it interesting. There's a lot more to it then just that but I'm waiting for my coffee to kick in and my brain to wake up.

I've made lots of new friends there as sometimes you like someones comments or they like yours and you become friends interested in what someone is saying which is just the same as meeting someone at a party irl and getting on with them and swapping numbers at some point.

Facebook is a whole lot more interesting than just having friends and if you haven't joined then join! You don't have to let anyone know you're on there so go ahead and navigate your way through and see what you think and if you don't like it then at least you're more informed now and if you like it then enjoy :)

[Henrietta]

Oh @TWR is it her first baby? If so she's just probably over the moon so be happy for her if it's not her first baby then again be happy for her. Babies are a blessing :)

[horseshoes]

I'm on FB, and recently joined a "group" which is memories of the Cheshire town I grew up in and remember so well. Lots of lovely old photos before the 60s developers moved in. They even changed the path of the river which flowed through an old mill and through the town, to build a road!!! I also keep in touch with my school friend who lives in South Africa, and a few others who are scattered across the UK. I love FB, but it doesn't take over my life, like it seems to with some people.

[RATTER15]

Of course people write total nonsense on Facebook! much of what I put on Facebook is total nonsense to many but important or interesting to some and informative. Much of what I put on Facebook is about my hounds, totally boring to most but somewhat interesting (I hope) to my 100s of Wolfhound friends from all over the world.

Much of what I read on other peoples pages are total nonsense to me but I'm sure it is of great interest to their other friends.

Different people like different things and they post different things to appeal to different people.

Not that much different to AB really, loads of total nonsense but of interest to certain people.

Such is life!!

[Cloverjo]

Facebook seems to have moved on a bit in recent years. It seems now to be a way for over 40s to keep in touch with old friends and family. I don't think 20- somethings say "I'll FB you" anymore when they want to be in contact with someone.
I don't want to read about baby's first fart or whatever, but I like to see photos of something amazing that someone has been to.
Some posts are astounding in their inanity. One of my friends of a friend posted that she was standing outside her front door and waiting for someone to let her in as she'd forgotten her keys.

[TWR]

That's the point of the post Clove, it's unreal what some post on that site.

[Baldric]

Got a couple on here who seem to think it's TwitFace as well!

[RATTER15]

Naomi, I have about 1000 friends I actually only know about 150 of them personally. The rest are people from the Wolfhound community across the world, we all belong to various Wolfhound groups on Facebook and we use Facebook to discuss many different issues of our wolfhounds, from showing to training to many health issues etc, an invaluable tool for us. Myself and my good Lady Carakeel have been invited to holiday along with our hounds to most countries in the world, and many people do travel to stay with foreign friends. We don't travel abroad with our hounds because it is so expensive.

I even belong to a couple of atheist groups on FB, a great source for information and discussion groups.

[B00]

It's your own fault for having boring relatives and friends ;-)

[RATTER15]

Best answer to BOO!!!! lol

[TWR]

It's not that BOO, who is interested that her baby has just farted? s Clove as said, Lost her keys, It's not a moan as others may think but I can not see the point, yes it a good communicating site, but there are interesting issues not a child farting surely.

[Henrietta]

TWR have you seen some of the posts here? "What's your favourite/cake/sweet/sunday meal etc.. ( Which I like btw ) Some might class that as nonsense and ratter's got it in a nutshell IT IS to some but it's source of FUN and DISCUSSION to many! This isn't just Ab or Fb but ALL over the internet.

Maybe many of us are just fun loving nonsense talking kids at heart glad to let loose away from the trials by fire in the real world and this is great!

Cloverjo according to friends younger bros and sis's all the younger ones have migrated to Instagram and Twitter.

First it was myspace=Facebook=Twitter/Instagram=Who knows which one tomorrow but such is the fluid movement and freedom of the internet :)

Got to go now have a hundred and one things to do. Have a great tuesday all :)

[berniecuddles]

its no different to the tripe that's put on here,i should know i put half the tripe on!

[Ric.ror]

Oh you should be in this office
My mother always said there is NOTHING more boring than other peoples children - and she is so right.