Top 10 Unfriendable Mistakes
Posting political or religious stances
It’s natural to want to champion your political and religious opinions. We have an innate need to find others with similar views, or perhaps convert others to our way of thinking. But there’s a reason you don’t talk politics or religion at a dinner party. Both are touchy subjects that people tend to get fired up about. Daniel Post Senning of the Emily Post Institute and author of “Manners in a Digital World,” advises people to steer away from what he calls “not table talk.” You could appear “preachy if you don’t approach those topics with care,” he said. Gottsman agreed: “Religion and politics should be kept private. Even those that agree with you are bored and irritated when all you do is use your social network as a forum to hear yourself talk.”
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April 15th, 2013 at 7:10 pm
You wrote: “Falling on hard times has lead to a recent and disturbing social trend of asking for help, whether it be physically, emotionally or financially.”
You have misused the word: “lead” should be “led”.
April 23rd, 2013 at 3:19 pm
I now have 10 new ways to piss people off?! WOO HOO!
April 29th, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Apparently my on-line friends are extremely tolerant, cuz I consistently do enough of these things to be annoying.
Then again, a lot of my Facebook friends are guilty as well, so maybe that has something to do with me not being de-friended by everyone I know!
May 3rd, 2013 at 1:22 am
I don’t get it! What is the purpose of Facebook then? =P
May 6th, 2013 at 8:39 pm
And the NUMBER ONE UN-FRIENDABLE GAFF….run around the web passing of self egrandizing tripe telling others how to act and that expressing normal human emotions and instincts will cause their exclusion from your clubhouse branding them a social pariah. That’s right play upon the basic fears all people have to one degree or another. Us fear to position yourself as “a helper”. I mean talk about the height of arrogance who the heck are you to tell others how to conduct themselves among their social peers and groups? Should those groups not be self regulating? Should people who are indeed friends accept anyone for who they are not who they demand the be? I guess fair & balanced is no longer a mantra in today’s media or what passes as news.
People like the author of this article are what is WRONG with this PC world…do everything in a milquetoast-esque manner, express nothing beyind banal platitudes and never, ever…ever…say anything true or real.
I mean good gawd woman, using your own measuring stick for online conduct, you are the height of moving the immature high school “Mean Girl” mob mentality to the web. Get off your cotton pony, pop a fist full of Midol plus whatever “Happy Pills” you get from your doc to render you emotionally impotent and grow the heck up.
Feel free to unfriend me…based on your article you are nobody’s true friend to begin with as you consider yourself aas sitting in judgement of your fellow man for acting in a fashion which makes you uncomfortable and perhaps causes you to question your own inner demons and insecurities. Allow others the freedom to be human and lean on those who claim friendship in whatever fashion they can to express emotions and to help them feel safe in trusting those friends with those emotions. True friends listen and help each other through the rough patches and don’t converse via those insincere platitudes devoid of real meaning or substance which is what you are advocating in your article. Many next time consider addressing the true issue here and encourage each of us to be more understanding and considerate of those we call friends when they are in need of our support in whatever way we can provide it. Life is too short to conduct ourselves otherwise.
May 7th, 2013 at 10:09 am
Snipenekkid, you are very annoying.
May 19th, 2013 at 12:34 pm
Nope sorry Susan, snipenekidd is right. The author of this post is wrong. While Snipenekidd took the time explain why they felt the article was wrong all you did was personally attack him. That is annoying if you don’t like what they said then try to act like a grown up and argue like they did.
Snipenekidd you are completely right.
May 21st, 2013 at 11:12 am
Snipenekid, while I agree with you, you come off as preachy and bitchy, lol.
May 22nd, 2013 at 2:49 pm
What do you mean you can’t curse? Don’t Facebook friend someone who can’t take you being you. If you want to drop the “F-bomb,” drop it. If you don’t want grandma to see it, don’t have your grandma as a Facebook friend!