Mara's Musings

Easiest ways of making an idiot of yourself on Facebook:

My personal favourite - Posting when Emotional/Drunk

Posting when drunk is a really, really bad idea, but one that many of us, myself included, is guilty of from time to time.  There is nothing worse than waking up the morning after to read something that sounded really funny in your head at 2am after a bottle of wine, only to realise how totally cringe-making it actually is. It can also lead on to the following horrendous situations!!

Over-Reacting to People's Posts

If you post it for public comment you cannot really complain if people comment on it and people do not always view things the same. If they get offensive just delete their comments. Simples.  Discussion is all part of the rich fabric of life.  And if someone posts something you disagree with just keep it sane.  As someone who has been a victim of aggressive attacks over a pretty inoffensive little video, there is nothing quite as gratifying as bumping into someone in town who has completely over-reacted to something on Facebook only to feel like a complete arse once they had calmed down/sobered up. Watching a grown man blush and pretend they haven't seen you is the nectar of the Gods!!


Slagging off your Boss/Work Colleagues

This is an obvious no-no.  For a start you could end up getting the sack and this isn't necessarily the worst case scenario.  You could end up working somewhere and finding that everyone dislikes you intensely.  Definitely not pleasant. Generic bitching about work is fine, but if you start slagging off individuals and you actually need the job you may want to rethink!  Someone always knows someone who knows someone who may know exactly who you are talking about!!  And obviously no one would be idiotic enough to do this if their boss is actually on Facebook would they? 

Washing your Dirty Laundry in Public (Or even worse someone else's!)

No one really wants to know that you think your other half is a complete wanker/bitch.  If that's the case then either move on or shut up.  You may well be all loved up again tomorrow however, the reputation of your other half is going to take a bashing and it may affect people's wish to socialise with them (and you) in the future.

Similarly if someone tells you something about their relationship problems they really don't want cryptic remarks on your status or responses to theirs that gives the game away and possibly more information than they want in the public domain.

Relationship-related Statuses

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We don't need to know how much you love each other every second of every day.  Repeated gushing saccharin statuses are incredibly boring.  You will end up with your feed hidden, or even worse, people will just define you in terms of your relationship.  There is nothing worse than being one-dimensional.  Also, you are going to feel like a complete idiot if it all goes tits up later!  The odd romantic post is great, but if it's every 2nd or 3rd status your audience will probably go into a coma through sugar overload!

No one wants to know if you have had/or are planning to have some sack time with the love of your life.  As far as we are all concerned you are like action man/Barbie in the genitals department and images of you making the beast with 2 backs are not required.  And we especially do not want you colouring them in!