When has sharing through social media gone too far?

I got tired of seeing people’s kids and the weekly “I love my partner so much we’ve been through so much!” speech, so I don’t go on there much anymore.

When you share your children’s bodily functions. Really do I need to hear about your child’s period?

I’ve seen couples argue with each other on Facebook. Calling each other terrible names and talking about divorce. It’s crazy.

What I hate the most is the need for some people to constantly look at fb or twitter with their smartphone. They are connected all day and miss out on everything around them. I have one friend who is camping this weekend and she is spending time on fb. That’s not camping! ugh

I just found this video today. It’s a viral video about phone addiction. It expresses how I feel about smartphones, and to me it’s quite sad. http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/08/viral-video-urges-us-to-take-a-hard-look-at-our-phone-addictions/

This isn’t a “sudden” trend. People have been sharing too much on the Internet since its inception.

I’d say it’s good for society that some people are stupid enough to admit to crimes online, as it’ll make it a lot easier to convict these people and put them in prison.

As for sharing other things, especially regarding relationships, it’s pretty ridiculous. It seems people either only post overly-positive things about their relationship (who do they think they’re fooling?) or they air all of their dirty laundry online whenever they are having problems with their partner. Either way, it’s stupid.

Then there are the “TMI” posts where people post things only for attention. This ranges from anything about bodily functions to drunk status updates.

And lastly, the people that catalog their days via Facebook. “I woke up, brushed my teeth, cleaned the house, did laundry…” Oy! Who cares?

It went too far long, long ago.

I have to laugh… Teenage girls and those silly faces they make! I’m trying to be careful because someone I know may be on this site and I don’t want to offend one of them but geezzz… What ever happened to just taking a nice shot without trying to impress someone or trying to look “cool”?

@DWW25921 are you referring to the duck face? lol

I, along with a certain couples 358 closest friends, witnessed their breakup on Facebook. It got really ugly. He talked about how her house stunk because she never cleaned it and left dog poop on the floor for days. She accused him of being a drunk, but he was a deacon in his church. I bet that opened some people’s eyes.
Her sister got involved telling him if he thought it was so filthy, why did he keep dating her sister for a year.
I’ll be honest, I was rivited! I read it until the bitter end.

That ship sailed ages ago. It can only keep getting worse.

@naynay86 Yeah… :)

Gee, it sounds like such fun. Should I join?

It can’t go “too far”.

You are neither required by law nor at gunpoint to belong to any of these sites which, by their very definition, exist so folks can share all the boring, ridiculous shit they used to have to physically get together to share.

If you belong to one and are shocked, bored and/or irritated at what people are sharing then perhaps it’s what you were looking for to begin with.

The only thing that really bugs me is my friends that take pics of their food, cuz they just have to share what they’ve had for each meal. WTF?

@anniereborn Yeah, I really don’t get that…

It’s insane is what it is. I have been on Fluther for 3.5 years now and have NEVER shared anything that could come back to bite me in the ass. Of course it helps that I have no skeletons on my closet anyway. lol
I deleted my FB acct. in 2011 after about a year

I also deleted a few real life friends at the same time. You know, 7 with one blow kinda thing. haha
I was sick of everyones ” Look at me!” competitive crap, everything from their kitchen remodels I do not care what kind of freaking Granite counter tops you get…oh my, what a dilemma!
One of the final straws was when one of my now ex friends tagged EVERY photo of a trip we had taken, it was insane, I woke up to like 100 emails with the “your photo has been tagged” header. Are you SERIOUS….not my problem you can’t manage to hold a camera and take a shot that isn’t blurry. haha

I posted the pictures for other friends and family to see not be stolen from my albums by this nincompoop of a woman. Pffft!
Goodbye, you are the weakest link!

My facebook is linked to an email I never even look at. So, I don’t have to worry about getting all those spam notices