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rynlingType One: I Don't Like Your Face
When you post a selfie and someone says something shitty about it.
Me: Off to an interview and having a great hair day!
My Aunt: Try some anti-frizz cream, girl!
Type Two: Have You Considered that You're the Problem
When your behavior is apparently to blame for systematic injustice.
Me: It's so annoying when people don't address me by my proper title.
Colleague: Have you considered dressing more formally?
Type Three: Men Explain Things to Me
When (male) people try to teach me basic facts about one of my areas of expertise.
Me: A true fandom friend is someone you can hit up for Tumblr gossip.
Some Dude: Did you know that there is a huge video game fandom on Tumblr?
Type Four: Shameless Self-Promotion
When someone doesn't get that nobody is on Facebook for professional networking.
Me: I think it would be hilarious to write a gender-swapped version of Twilight.
Professional Acquaintance: I once wrote an article for Buzzfeed about the Divergent movie.
Type Five: Way Out of Left Field
When someone responds to a conversation they only had with you in their head.
Me: I just challenged my first gym in Pokémon Go!
College Friend: Team Valor is existentially invalid, as pure being is superior to action.
Type Six: Looking for Trouble
When someone takes offense at something incredibly innocuous.
Me: I really need to find a new dentist, any recommendations for the DC area?
Woke Bae: So cool you can afford medical care when people without insurance are suffering.
Type Seven: Old People on Facebook
When your relatives don't know how to internet.
Me: I'm really enjoying the new Harry Potter!! What do you guys think?
Mom: Dear Katie, it's your uncle's birthday next week, so please write on his wall. Love, Mom
(Actually, this last one is adorable. I love it when the olds are on social media.)
When you post a selfie and someone says something shitty about it.
Me: Off to an interview and having a great hair day!
My Aunt: Try some anti-frizz cream, girl!
Type Two: Have You Considered that You're the Problem
When your behavior is apparently to blame for systematic injustice.
Me: It's so annoying when people don't address me by my proper title.
Colleague: Have you considered dressing more formally?
Type Three: Men Explain Things to Me
When (male) people try to teach me basic facts about one of my areas of expertise.
Me: A true fandom friend is someone you can hit up for Tumblr gossip.
Some Dude: Did you know that there is a huge video game fandom on Tumblr?
Type Four: Shameless Self-Promotion
When someone doesn't get that nobody is on Facebook for professional networking.
Me: I think it would be hilarious to write a gender-swapped version of Twilight.
Professional Acquaintance: I once wrote an article for Buzzfeed about the Divergent movie.
Type Five: Way Out of Left Field
When someone responds to a conversation they only had with you in their head.
Me: I just challenged my first gym in Pokémon Go!
College Friend: Team Valor is existentially invalid, as pure being is superior to action.
Type Six: Looking for Trouble
When someone takes offense at something incredibly innocuous.
Me: I really need to find a new dentist, any recommendations for the DC area?
Woke Bae: So cool you can afford medical care when people without insurance are suffering.
Type Seven: Old People on Facebook
When your relatives don't know how to internet.
Me: I'm really enjoying the new Harry Potter!! What do you guys think?
Mom: Dear Katie, it's your uncle's birthday next week, so please write on his wall. Love, Mom
(Actually, this last one is adorable. I love it when the olds are on social media.)
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Date: 2016-08-11 06:05 pm (UTC)Agreed. That feels tacky.
In my experience, professional networking works best on FB when people with likeminded professional goals & followers signal boost professional items of interest.
To give an example, the way Facebook elides conversations by hiding the top of the thread and most replies is a recipe for disaster.
Yeah. You've uncovered my bottomless pit of gripes regarding issues of platform & interface design for social systems, along with the engineering practices that make bad design worse.
I tried using a secondary FB account but abandoned it after a year of very little use. Even my primary FB account has had very little use during the 10(??) years I have had it.
FB never really caught on as a social platform among family and the people I know through social contexts. FB's real name policy makes most people in my circle rather uncomfortable with using it for anything beyond a professional site, much like LinkedIn. Even though my old university friends have my (professional) contact info via friending on FB, they are far more likely to email when they are coming into town for a brief visit.
Meanwhile, all the jokes, memes, political commentary, and photos of vacations, children, and fur babies started off on group email lists plus various instant messenger services (and perhaps LJ among the rebel bloggers). Some personal chatter partially migrated to twitter in the late '00s, but, more recently, everyone coalesced on instagram and whatsapp. Neither my parents nor my in-laws would ever think of using FB and, to my knowledge, no more than half(?) of the other aunties and uncles have bothered to open accounts on FB. Not sure how much they use it. That gen seems to be Skype-bound although, based on recent friending requests I have received, instagram and whatsapp may be catching on.
I think a good part of the reason why I get such a chuckle out of your Typology of Clueless Responses on Facebook has to do with how it mirrors some of the reasons why my various social and social/professional circles use FB sparingly if at all. :D