Silliest Things We Post on Facebook

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I know I'm treading on thin ice here but honestly, there are far too many ludicrous things on Facebook these days. I guess I have been compiling this list in my head for years thanks to goofy posts I see on Facebook day in and day out (no offence to my friends). I'm sure everyone who reads this will have something to add to the list but I've zeroed in on five things that most people find silly and perhaps even a little annoying.

Impersonal greetings in bulk
One of the most tasteless moves is when people simply post "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year" on their page and expect all their friends to comment on it or "like" it. It's notoriously lazy to extend greetings this way. Wouldn't it be better to write a decent email and send it to all the friends – I reckon it is a little more personal than mindless greetings extended to no one in particular. Moreover, when people post "thank you" as a bulk reply to all the friends who wished them on their birthday personifies nothing but callous ingratitude. If people can take a minute to wish us they deserve individual replies.

Breaking news and game scores
Now seriously who logs in on Facebook to read local or international news and current affairs? It's patronising to suppose that people rely on others for news. But I guess the worst is when people do live updates of game scores. If people have access to the web to log in on Facebook, can't they simply check the scores themselves?

Philosophical quotes and proverbs
I've lost count of times I've logged in on Facebook to read things like "when you find the one who can make you smile no matter what or how they do it, you better hold on to them forever". It seems every other person is trying for a counsellor's job by doling out unwanted wisdom but what people forget is that who comes to Facebook for relationship advice? Perhaps what we really need is an old-fashioned personal journal to note our reflections.

Photos of everything around us
Facebook is a great place to share our pictures with friends and family but not everybody likes to see cellphone pictures of someone else's new blazer or their new haircut or pictures of rain, snow or sunshine outside their window or (and perhaps the silliest of all) food that they're about to eat. A cup of latte or a slice of pizza are not novelties and people do not necessarily want to know if we're having something right now and what it looks like.

Internet banality and abbreviations of every word
Terms like "LOL", "ROFL", "TFTD" and "TY" have been used to their limits. It's time to avoid using these terms because they have simply lost their charm and are not hip anymore. Maybe it is time to create new slang. Often people write frighteningly inscrutable sentences with abbreviations for almost all the words and you're left wondering what does that even mean?

Anyone has anything to add to this list?

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