Facebook Mistakes

By: Sam, Audrey, and Morgan

Facebook is only becoming more and more popular as the days go on. There are over 350 million Facebook users currently and that number is only increasing by the day. No one is deleting their Facebook account; people are only logging on to see what the Facebook craze is all about. Many people take what they see on Facebook very personally. Many people make social mistakes on Facebook, post stuff they don’t want one specific person to see, add someone that they really don’t know, or post a picture they really don’t want their Grandma seeing. Here are just a few of the many mistakes that can be made on Facebook:

1.       Facebook is a public networking site. Everyone can see your Facebook page, and this is not always a good thing. Your grandma, your boss, and even the University you are attending or applying for can see what is on your Facebook page. Sure a person can go in and change privacy settings, but this doesn’t always make the information as private as a person may want. This influential person seeing what is on your Facebook page is not always a good thing. Using bad grammar and short hand, or you and someone using profane language on your wall isn’t something you want your potential employer, grandma, or university seeing. We would also advise not to post status updates about illegal things you might be partaking in. Just remember to be conservative and considerate when posting and writing on Facebook.

2.       Pictures also cause many controversies when it comes to Facebook. People don’t want to see pictures of someone half exposed, or doing inappropriate things. People get tired of seeing a person’s pregnant stomach from two hundred different angles. Another pet peeve of many people is ultrasound pictures and pictures of kids when they are unclothed or naked. We get that parents want to show their kids off, but it’s one thing to present your kids in a nice conservative way, and only a few pictures of the kids. But an ultrasound picture or naked baby pictures are a private thing and they don’t need to be shared to the world. Also people do get updates when you change your profile picture and add pictures to an album, it gets quite annoying when you change your profile picture or add pictures six different times a day. People can also easily print pictures off of your Facebook, so even if you aren’t friends with someone who you think might be influential, they might still be able to see the pictures. 

3.       People take Facebook very personally. Someone doesn’t accept a friend request on Facebook; they may not be able to continue to be their friend in real life. Also if someone ignores a friend request once, don’t try to add them again; if someone ignores a person once, they are going to ignore that person again. Also if someone deletes someone, they deleted them for a reason don’t re-add them or throw a fit about it. Don’t add people you don’t know just to make your friends list have a higher number and appear friendly doing this isn’t friendly. A common saying is “It’s not official, until it’s Facebook official.” This saying can get old quickly, to make something official it does not need to be posted on Facebook. Say a person gets engaged; you are already engaged before you post it on Facebook, posting it on Facebook only lets the whole world see it. We’ve also seen our fair share of breakups over wall to wall posts.  Also don’t change your relationship status every 10 minutes; you can go from single, to in a relationship, to engaged all in one day if you wish. Changing your relationship status gets annoying to friends and people will not take your relationship serious anymore.