Facebook...love it or leave it!

I can't decide if I love Facebook or hate it. Most days I hate it, but I still go to it and read it every morning. It's kind of my morning "paper" only it just has stories about the people I know, or at least am friends with on Facebook. I don't know some of my "friends" on Facebook, but that's another story.

Anyway, every morning I catch up on the drama that's gone on overnight. Most of the time it's small potato stuff, but every once in a while there's something juicy. Mostly it's people complaining about life, family, school, sickness, and the way people treat them, etc. I'm always amused at how people I saw a few hours earlier are suddenly deathly sick a couple of hours later and yet are feeling well enough to give you all the details on Facebook.

I wish there was a negative/positive meter on Facebook that would rate what percentage of your posts are negative. I have some Facebook friends who are 100% negative, or at least I assume they still are. I "hid" them a long time ago because they depressed me with all their sickness and marriage drama. If there was a negative/positive meter then when someone asked to be your friend you could kind of make an informed decision before hand.

Another thing I really hate about Facebook is politics. Maybe it's not the politics as much as it is the intolerance on both sides for each other. Democrats say they believe in everyone's opinion being valuable but that only seems to last as long as your opinion is the same as theirs. Republicans say they're mad because their conservative Christian values are under attack. They say that, of course, as they attack what they perceive to be liberal and anti-Christian. Personally, I think Facebook would benefit from banning political rhetoric, but then Facebook would be much less entertaining.

I don't like the posts that promise if I post this or that for 10 minutes that I'll inherit a fortune or have good luck. I especially don't like it when they bring God into the mix. It reminds me too much of the preachers who promise me a million dollars if I send them a thousand. Besides, who takes down their posts after 10 minutes?

I do like seeing people's pictures on Facebook, at least most of them. Really some people shouldn't take so many close ups of themselves and post like 20 times a day. Pet pictures get old too. Other people's pets aren't nearly as cute as they think they are and unfortunately neither are some babies. I do like vacation pictures, especially if they're neat places. However, I think everyone should be limited to one Pinterest recipe post per day. I hear Americans are getting fatter every year. I'm pretty sure Pinterest posts on Facebook are to blame for that.

All in all, I guess it's a love/hate relationship with Facebook for me. I'll keep reading it and occasionally posting if I feel I have something worthwhile to share. In general, I think everyone should probably post a lot less, especially about themselves and try to keep it positive and funny. Post some videos of people falling down...that always makes people laugh.