Do you correct people on FB?

[shortstax]

I think I need to stop correcting my brother on things. But he always posts things that are often unnecessarily alarmist and based on skewed facts.  For example, he just posted one that said  "I heard ALSA spends 20% of their donations on SALARIES. I'm no expert, but that seems HIGH. Think before you donate."

So I just added a link to their Charity Navigator rating with a "CN gives them a great financial rating rating. Check out the details. xoxo"

But, this was probably bitchy, right?

[LoveTrains]

Organizations have to pay people to do the work. So no, that doesn't seem high to me.

[Deleted]

I correct people on facebook all the time because I can't stop myself, but I know I need to just stop because it's basically shouting into the wind.

This is what led my friend's father-in-law to accuse me of "pushing a communist agenda" when I refuted her critique of the Affordable Care Act. If anything, him saying that just egged me on!

[nomad100]

In that case, I would have totally done the same thing. Especially since he said he wasn't an expert. And you are nice by posting just the info. I would have probably said, "well the experts at Charity Navigator gave then a great financial rating." But I am bitchy like that.

If they are posting political/anti-vax/etc. nonsense, I don't engage the crazy.

[hocus2]

I sometimes correct people. My cousin posted some meme about who there were no federal income taxes in the early 1900s. Which is true however we used import taxes to fund our government which wouldn't work now for several reasons and didn't really work then either which is why it changed.

Dude -- just google shit before you post it. At least 50% of the stuff I see on facebook is wrong.

[monsterz]

I sometimes post links to snopes when people post things that are hoaxes and I am tired of seeing them spread. I most recently did this with people posting videos of the Robin Williams suicide video. Not real people.

[sporky]

If it's something just blatantly wrong as in your brother's post then yes. I hate the spread of misinformation.

[Norticprincess]

My mum, but hers are usually just those share things her other OLDs friends share and she deletes them when told they are incorrect. She doesn't do it very often she figures a lot of them out herself, has been know to share the share to or click to see things.

The ones that share the "John Hopkins" cancer email get the link and c&p of Johns Hopkins' response to it. The ones that send me you can cure cancer without chemo bs get different responses depending on how idiotic the suggestion/how many times the person has sent me something stupid.

The anti vax/natural news bs I normally just delete. The anti vax I will engage on request. My BFF has an anti vax cousin and it keeps family holiday peace - BFF messages either DH or myself to deal with it.

[v]

If people want to be stupid on Facebook, they're welcome to be stupid on Facebook. I don't engage.

[Deleted]

I don't correct political beliefs, even when I believe they are 100% stupid.

But I will correct incorrect statistics and things of that nature. I have a friend who posted an Onion article about death panels and some of her friends were all "OMGZ DEATH PANELS! Thanks Obama!!" And hell yes I posted to let them know the source of the article was a satire site and the healthcare laws read nothing like that.

[L]

I have zero desire to get into anything with anyone on Facebook. If someone posts something annoying or that I don't want to see, I hide from my feed and go on with my day.

[hermione]

I correct especially if I don't like the person. If it's an opinion or harmless, I don't. If it's misinformation or sheer stupidity, I do.

[ska]

Just did this about the same issue. Some random video of a dude claiming alsa.org only spends 7% on research.

[halfpint]

I might if it's something that particularly gets under my skin, but otherwise I tend not to engage. I think I've blocked or removed most of the crazy from my Facebook feed, anyway, so I don't see much.

I have an aunt who seems to have made it her personal mission to correct the untrue on the internet, and it comes across as annoying and know-it-all-ish, so I try to remember that when deciding how to respond.

[EllieArroway]

I correct misinformation or comment with a snopes link when I see it. I am sure it does nothing for the poster but maybe it prevents someone else from believing their bs.

Eta: I don't "correct" opinions or political beliefs. Just facts.

[tacom]

I've always immediately regretted these decisions.

[perkyderky]

For that kind of comment, it's almost like he was looking for someone to clarify.  In that case you did, and I, for one, am glad you did. 

[pinkdutchtulips]

Rarely if ever ... some battles are worth fighting, most on social media are not.

[Poppy]

Only if I can't help myself... But it has never really ended up being satisfying so for the most part I try not to engage.

[barefootcontessa]

no.  if it was something dangerous I might PM the person.  

[AAM2012]

Aug 21, 2014 8:42:50 GMT -5 shortstax said:

I think I need to stop correcting my brother on things. But he always posts things that are often unnecessarily alarmist and based on skewed facts.  For example, he just posted one that said  "I heard ALSA spends 20% of their donations on SALARIES. I'm no expert, but that seems HIGH. Think before you donate."

So I just added a link to their Charity Navigator rating with a "CN gives them a great financial rating rating. Check out the details. xoxo"

But, this was probably bitchy, right?

I actually believe their salaries at much higher than this and higher then the average. I'm not on my computer to properly link.