Facebook users who document their wonderful lives.

You can easily unfriend her and she probably won't even notice!

My daughters close friend posts daily “happy family” photos, with so called “inspirational quotes” .... however, we know of all the battles she has to fight with not only her own self esteem, plus she is married to an addict. So we know her life is far from perfect (who’s is ?) so it must be doing her no good at all, continuously having to portray an ideal existence.

I enjoy Facebook,to keep contact with my friends in the UK, but I have somebody, not my friend but Husband friends wife, and consequently I see her daily "report" firstly its a weather report,then details of her morning from getting up, what she eats for breakfast,then who she is going to meet during the day,then there are the photos taken of ever meal she eats during the day, who on earth is interested, it is just an ordinary day for most of us, I wish she would "get a life" which would be interesting! She is also married to the worlds best husband!

I belong to several useful groups on Facebook, but seldom post anything. I love to hear other peoples opinions on said groups.

My family , who are spread out over many miles sent me photos on FB. This was fine

Zoejory suggests ', It is harmless after all'

A son came to stay with his 14 y. o. daughter.

She expressed her delight at having more than 800 friends on line. The sad bit was that her father said later that he did not think she had any friends in real life apart from one person with whom she occasionally went out

I just do not know if FB is a good thing or a bad one in confirming her delusions on line

I think Facebook is good for information such as traffic jams, lost pets, fundraising, etc., but I do not wish to see what people are having for dinner or a pair of new shoes they have just purchased.

On our village page, the constant advertising of cake makers, gyms, etc. also drive me mad.

There are very few people I post to on my Facebook. Only family and close friends. I can't stand the rubbish that is posted on most sites. I don't have room in my life for most of the nonsense there.

I quite like to see what friends are up to and keep up with village news. I find it extraordinary when the odd person posts activist vitriol on f/b. Can they really not imagine what normal, decent people will think of them?

Ha ha ...think it sad that people have to post everything on FB...pics of their dinner, their grandchildren, pets, craft projects etc ! then I think well maybe they are lonely and in reality have no friends and this is how they cope ....find it funny and sometimes sad ! but I do love to read all the nasty comments people make to each other .........that is also sad .....but then, if you post on there I suppose you must expect it ! Myself, I just love to trawl the hundreds of photos of cats (ha ha I guess some think that's sad too !).

I use FB to keep in touch with friends all over the U.K. and beyond. I also like following certain photographers who inspire me to improve my own shots. I do have some people (some relatives) in my friends list who irritate me with constant pictures of meals etc or political views I disagree with but I don’t want to disconnect from them entirely. So I just unfollow them but keep them as friends and they never know. Obviously if they post major news it can be a bit tricky when you say you’ve not seen it - I usually blame it on the algorithms! People use it for different things and that’s fine.

DanniRae

I joined Facebook and straight away I got 'friends requests' from men I didn't even know I then removed myself from it! ^Definitely not for me!^

I’ve had those too and seen them on others women’s posts. Just ignore them and they go away.
PS. They always seem to be from officers in the US military ??

Facebook has its uses but I have recently unfollowed almost everyone except things like art classes and neighbourhood sites. Its timewasting and often unsettling.

I always enjoyed FB for keeping up with our large families lives...however my DIL who by the way says I’m emotionally needy (?) accused me of not respecting or liking her because I didn’t always “like” or comment on her posts!
I obviously didn’t realise Facebook was all about who likes your posts the most!!
I left Facebook and not missed it once!

Quizzer. I wouldn't bother were it myself. However the only way in getting an answer to your question is if you happen to know one or more of the four ? hundred .
Rather you than me.

I dont do food pictures, but places of interest lve been too.Its great for keeping in touch annd facetime is brill.Also if you are on your local village or towns website events and things going on pop up.lts good for that.

I am on Facebook simply to be on Messenger to keep in touch with friends and relatives and receive photos of the great grandchildren. I sometimes look at Facebook and delete a lot.

We are on FB but usually only post something that is significant eg a special birthday or trip. Hubby and I regularly are amused by things that are posted by people our age who still write cryptic comments to elicit "you ok Hun" type responses. There are also the humble braggers. Met up with some old friends the other day. We have some Facebook friends (old colleagues) in common and I commented on the wonderful, popular posts they publish. One of the ladies who worked closely with some of them laughed and said that in fact X hated Y and that they all talked behind the back of Z ??. So the "look at me" posts are rarely what they seem and probably betray a lack of self esteem.

I love FB. I have many friends scattered all over the world and this has made the world much smaller for me. Instead of the annual Christmas card I still have weekly/monthly contact with them.
My privacy settings are closely controlled, however, I cannot receive friendship requests from strangers nor can anyone read what I write.
In fact I find it far more private than GN where anyone can log in and read and copy pictures posted. I am always surprised at how much information people, especially those who decry FB, give away on GN.

I am on and off Facebook all day. Love it. But lately all my posts are to a group I'm in about a member who has died. I think Instagram is the place for your friend's meal photos.

I think there are two kinds of people in this world, those who adore facebook and those who only use it to trace old schoolfriends or keep in touch with a very few friends.

I personally do not understand why schoolfriends of my great-nephews send me requests to be friends on Facebook, and I would never dream of becoming friends with a child whose parents I did not know , either on the Internet or in real life.

I have always assumed, unkindly perhaps, that those who post photos of their baking, holidays etc. are people with far too little to do, or who for reasons such as ill health cannot get out and about.

Unkind of me? Probably!

Quizzer - you don't need to unfriend your 'friend' to not have her unwanted posts coming across your facebook - simply click on the three dots to the top right of her next post and you will get a drop down menu asking if you want to snooze that person for 30 days, or indeed giving you some other options. If you snooze her you won't see anything and at the end of the 30 day period when she starts popping up again you can repeat the action. But really, do you want this person as a friend - she sounds to be a little narcisstic - full of self-promotion and criticism for others.

Well said, MaggieMay69.

I love facebook, but I rarely post anything about myself, who'd want to know about my mundane life? I never say i'm away from home - that leaves a security problem. Your friend is leading a sad life and trying to spice it up on facebook!

DanniRae

I joined Facebook and straight away I got 'friends requests' from men I didn't even know I then removed myself from it! ^Definitely not for me!^

You don't have to take any notice of those!
I like Facebook and I can keep up with what my daughters are doing and enjoy photos. (they live 250 miles away). Really, you decide what you want from it and ignore or block the rest. It's all your own choice.

Wow. In the great scheme of things, given the tragedies happening every day, is this really an issue? Are any of us so perfect that we have the right to critisize others? Anyone can post whatever they want, we're all individuals. Each to their own. You say you've unfollowed her. That's your perogative. Bleating about it to total strangers on another site such as this says more about you than her.