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Can I just state here that I hate the term "mama bear"? I see it used on Facebook (and really all over the Internet) all the time and I hate, hate, hate it. I am a mother, and of course I love and protect my children. But the mama bear thing just kills me.
It must depend on where you are. I've never heard mama bear, at least not yet. But I hate that so many people refer to every small child or animal as a "nugget". Not cute.
It's your own fault if you have annoying people on fakebook.
You can always delete them. Or block. Or block their posts. Or just get off fakebook altogether. I heard that you can survive without participating in social media.
You are choosing to be annoyed if you let it happen.
This summer there was an epidemic of "toes on the beach" photos from my friends. You know, when they're reclining in a beach chair, and they snap a pic of their outstretched legs with the sand and waves in the background?
The problem is that my friends and I aren't foot models, and blue toenail polish is really pretty garish.
I know the ones you are talking about. I wonder why so many people think the world wants to see their ugly-ass feet.
Or there are those where you only see the legs to the knees. What, was there a run on lower-leg amputations last summer?
I have never learned how to 'block' someone without unfriending them; it states plainly that if you block someone's posts or prevent them from seeing yours, it involved unfriending. I hear people say it a lot, but... Everyone on "Fakebook" is annoying because everyone is annoying!
Easy peasy. Go to the person's timeline, and click on the word "following". just to the right of where it says "friends". It will then say "follow", which you can click on if you change your mind later and want to see their posts again. They'll never know.
Edit: Just noticed you wanted to block them from seeing yours also. Where it says "friends", you can click on it and select "acquaintances", and set your posts' privacy to "friends except acquaintances". That will work.
It must depend on where you are. I've never heard mama bear, at least not yet. But I hate that so many people refer to every small child or animal as a "nugget". Not cute.
It's usually used in the retelling of a story where the mother was fiercely protective of her child ("You better not mess with this mama bear!") whether or not the threat or insult was perceived or genuine.
If I unfollowed everyone who used it I may as well just delete Facebook. But as an introvert, Facebook provides me a great resource for being visible to people who care about me and my life without having to actually do much.
Ooooh, ooooh; a pet peeve just occurred to me... The attention-monger who selects some random photo (usually of him or herself) that was last commented on or liked weeks or months ago and suddenly posts, "Thanks, everyone!" to bump it back up to the top of everyone's feed.
Thank you, subject2change; good to know!
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