I am just curious. A lot of people said they block/unfriend people who have a different political view than yourself. Do you only block them if they post an excessive (defined by you) amount of political articles/comments or even if they have just occasionally posted political things?
I have a couple people I'm considering cutting because they post *a lot* of ignorant bullshit and little else. It's not just political, they usually span a range of sexist and racist nonsense.
There's also different types of "political". If it's actually on an issue and perhaps uses facts, fine. Generally it's something like "this rival party leader has crazy eyes" or "they'll bankrupt us alll!!!!".
I only block/unfriend if they get a little too extreme, or if they bring out the crazy.
I mean, if someone is all, "Hmmm, that Dr. Ben Carson has some interesting things to say!", I'm not going to block them...side-eye, sure. But not block.
But start posting some bullshit about Confederate flags, or how we need to pray for those sinning gays, or that Planned Parenthood SHOULD be defunded because LIFE, or that you love to shop at Hobby Lobby? Blocked. Likely defriended if you're into some real crazy.
Ugh, I should block more people. I would probably only block people who post ridiculously untrue things (like anti-vax, Obama is a Muslim, etc). I wouldn't block people who respectfully post an opinion that I happen to disagree with.
Post by estrellita on Sept 24, 2015 17:13:35 GMT -5
I hide or unfriend people if it gets excessive. Like a former coworker that was posting racist and homophobic things multiple times a day. It just gets old. With family, I've started to hide the pages they repost things from so hopefully I'll see less of it.
I also agree with doing the same with people that post MLM stuff constantly. I'd rather see posts about what's going on in people's lives, not political crap (especially if it's completely false, hateful, outright stupid, etc) or your shakes and pictures of you working out. Seriously.
I only unfollow the really incessant ones. We can disagree, not a big deal. However, I don't need to see a dozen things posted every single day. That is a little much. I am also bugged if I agree with the person and they post that much. I am "friends" with someone that is a friend of DH's family. He will easily post 15-20 "inspirational" quotes and I find them super annoying. He is close to being unfollowed.
Post by yellowbrkrd on Sept 24, 2015 17:36:12 GMT -5
Only if they repeatedly post hateful things. I just unfriended one of my cousins who commented on an article about someone being shot, saying that daycare is to blame for raising a bunch of monsters....
I also just removed FB from my phone so I haven't been checking it nearly as often. I find myself much less irritated.
Only when it's repeatedly offensive and untrue. I think I've done it only to one person.
I just don't care that much. Scroll. Scroll. Scroll. Ohh...cute kid pic of friend's kid I wanted to see. Scroll. Scroll. Scroll. Update on vague relationship status from last week from trashy HS acquaintance...just made my whole day. Scroll. Scroll. Scroll.
I only block/unfriend if they get a little too extreme, or if they bring out the crazy.
I mean, if someone is all, "Hmmm, that Dr. Ben Carson has some interesting things to say!", I'm not going to block them...side-eye, sure. But not block.
But start posting some bullshit about Confederate flags, or how we need to pray for those sinning gays, or that Planned Parenthood SHOULD be defunded because LIFE, or that you love to shop at Hobby Lobby? Blocked. Likely defriended if you're into some real crazy.
My aunt in Kentucky went to see Ben Carson speak yesterday and is raving and raving about what a wise man he is on her fb.
I have a fair amount of conservative friends and they're not the ones posting crazy stuff on FB. It's usually the people whom I tend to agree with on bigger issues like Obamacare and legalizing gay marriage who surprise me by then posting anti-vax stuff or weird conspiracy theory rants. I don't defriend them, I just try not to engage when I know the crazy is so crazy that there's no changing their minds.
Post by imojoebunny on Sept 24, 2015 19:05:44 GMT -5
I only delete them if they are racist. I don't participate much in political discussions on Facebook. I just hide people who constantly post crap, or ignore it, if they also post stuff I do like. I am not looking to have everyone in the world agree with my views on things.
Post by SallySparrow on Sept 24, 2015 19:52:22 GMT -5
I can handle differing opinions. It's what people plan to DO with those opinions that get me. You're pro-life? Okay. You want to use that opinion to pass laws affecting my uterus? No. You're an asshole and we cannot be friends.
That's really my big one. I don't see a lot of gray area with abortion rights. Or same sex marriage. If you're personally against it, whatever. If you want to keep people from doing it because you don't like it, you're wrong.
I've never blocked anyone, but I have unfollowed two people so their likes and posts don't show up in my news feed. Both were incessantly liking inflammatory political and religious things and I decided if I ever wanted to be civil around them in real life (one was H's cousin), I needed to stop seeing that shit every day.
Post by residentdj on Sept 24, 2015 21:13:56 GMT -5
I used to be 'tolerant' of friends with different political views, but lately I've decided to just unfriend them because it's gotten to the point with some people where they are posting flat out bullshit - I just can't anymore with them. One guy would actually troll literally every single thing I would post that had political subject matter and I just got tired of arguing with him, so I unfriended and blocked.
Oh, and then there was also an incident not too long ago - not even on my own fb wall, but on a friend's wall - about Planned Parenthood. A friend of his - not even someone I'm connected to or know, started posting flat out lies about PP to argue with my friend, so I jumped in and the guy got butthurt when I called him out on his bs. He escalated it to the point where he made physical threats towards me and my family, even after I tried to walk away from it. I had to block him and asked my friend to delete the threats. Apparently that wasn't enough for this guy so he went to my artist page and sent me a message there threatening me. Some people are psycho when it comes to politics. Smh
I am just curious. A lot of people said they block/unfriend people who have a different political view than yourself. Do you only block them if they post an excessive (defined by you) amount of political articles/comments or even if they have just occasionally posted political things?
Yes. And I do this with people who have mostly similar views but post excessively about it, aka MIL.
I try to avoid blocking the person and instead block the sites they share from.
I do the same as everyone else. I don't engage in politics on FB. I have hidden one persons feed because they post a minimum of 5 articles a day and I just got annoyed.
Post by Queen Mamadala on Sept 24, 2015 21:21:44 GMT -5
I unfriend if it becomes excessive, especially on social and race-related issues. I unfollowed my dad because his posts became really annoying. The occasional post is no big deal, but blatant bigoted and prejudice posts means you get the boot.
I've unfriended at least a half dozen within the last six months mostly stemming from issues involving LGBTQ community and racism/prejudice.
I can handle differing opinions. It's what people plan to DO with those opinions that get me. You're pro-life? Okay. You want to use that opinion to pass laws affecting my uterus? No. You're an asshole and we cannot be friends.
That's really my big one. I don't see a lot of gray area with abortion rights. Or same sex marriage. If you're personally against it, whatever. If you want to keep people from doing it because you don't like it, you're wrong.
Ditto. I respect others' rights to believe whatever they wish. I don't respect all beliefs/ideas. Not even close. And if you're hellbent on legislating your version of morality we likely won't be "friends." I make it known that I'm allergic to bullshit, and intolerance is at the top of the list. I unfriended a "friend" a few weeks ago when he made an ignorant and bigoted comment about Caitlyn Jenner. Nope. GTFO.
I think I've only defriended people for posting actual porn (which I'm kind of surprised FB allowed) and one guy who literally posted 20+ music videos a day, but that was before unfollowing.
Most of them ridiculous political posts are my cousins.
I kind of like that I can follow the crazy. I might hide but it's always good to know I can check back in should that person reemerge in my real life world to see if they are still crazy.
So no I don't unfriend for differing political views.
To be fair I can't think of any straight up racist things on my feed.
I was going to say I would delete them but that isn't true. This is. One of my best friends and I are currently watching another FB friend post some crazy ass shit. It's fun to judge.
There, I said it.
Also, I really want to delete some teachers who make horrible grammar mistakes and complain about going back to work after the summer off. But instead, I just judge.