When did facebook turn into pinterest?

[poppyseed]

My newsfeed is full of people "sharing" different recipes, craft ideas, and home remedies.  It's just like pinterest and I'm annoyed by it because it literally takes up my whole newsfeed.  If I hide the stories, my newsfeed will be non-existent.  Lol.  FWP?

[themysteriouswife]

I am over FB. MySpace wasn't this annoying.

[Deleted]

I was thinking the same thing. Now a few of them I have tried, but hey, If I wanted a recipe from Pintrest, I would go there and hunt for it myself!!.

Very annoying, also those ones with the name a ______ that doesn't have a vowel. WTF who really cares.

[JamaicanPineapple]

It's awful. I have had to refrain from commenting on every single recipe post "Let me introduce you to pinterest.com!"

[poppyseed]

We should all move back over to Myspace and give it new life.

[janiejones]

Can't you set your newsfeed preferences to avoid shares?

[lilybug]

Yes. This bugs the shit out of me. I miss the good old days when fb was just photos and statuses. That was it. *whine whine*

[poppyseed]

Apr 29, 2013 9:23:27 GMT -5 janiejones said:

Can't you set your newsfeed preferences to avoid shares?

Can you?  I need to look into this. 

[pantsparty]

OMG. I have had to unsubscribe from so many people. Last week I unsubscribed from one person who posted images with quotes about guns, circumcision, and abortion. However, this status update was the straw that broke the camel's back:

"Not that anyone probably cares but me... but I just read that Ashton Kutcher has been dating Mila Kunas for the past year and it's getting pretty serious. For those of you who aren't familiar with Mila Kunas, she played the character "Jackie" on "That 70's Show" with Kutcher who played the character "Michael Kelso." They were a couple on the show when it first aired. Interesting."

I just...I can't...

[Kit]

I've been seeing a lot of recipe sharing posts lately, like the past 2 weeks or so. It's annoying.

[poppyseed]

Apr 29, 2013 9:29:18 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

OMG. I have had to unsubscribe from so many people. Last week I unsubscribed from one person who posted images with quotes about guns, circumcision, and abortion. However, this status update was the straw that broke the camel's back:

"Not that anyone probably cares but me... but I just read that Ashton Kutcher has been dating Mila Kunas for the past year and it's getting pretty serious. For those of you who aren't familiar with Mila Kunas, she played the character "Jackie" on "That 70's Show" with Kutcher who played the character "Michael Kelso." They were a couple on the show when it first aired. Interesting."

I just...I can't...

Wtf?  DUH.

[Deleted]

All the damn picture shares drive me nuts. Share if you like celery. Share if you're against bestiality. Share if your blood type is O negative. Share if you love penises. And I always get someone that shared 30+ pictures so I have to scroll for half a lifetime to see an actual status.

[calico]

Apr 29, 2013 9:28:14 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

I agree. Its making me crazy. It's always old ladies and supermoms sharing anything and everything. Ugh.

I know. I have a few older relatives that think FB is just a really slow chat room and they get offended when people don't wish them good morning on their first post of the day.

Um, right. Glad you think I have time like that. There have been days lately where I don't even check FB.


ETA: Why is it all the recipes that I keep seeing are gross? Sometimes I wonder if someone sat down and thought "Lets see how much processed food I can shove into this one recipe and then see who is dumb enough to 'like' it."

[julesf84]

I'm annoyed with FB too. I would delete the whole thing, but I do like knowing that I have contact with friends that live far from me. Otherwise, I'd get rid of my profile. I usually just quickly check it and that's it. I barely read anything. lol

[Deleted]

Apr 29, 2013 9:52:24 GMT -5 calico said:

Ewww, like that one that is apple pie filling in tortilla shells? Even the picture of it looks gross. 

[Kore]

Apr 29, 2013 9:28:46 GMT -5 poppyseed said:

Apr 29, 2013 9:23:27 GMT -5 janiejones said:

Can't you set your newsfeed preferences to avoid shares?

Can you?  I need to look into this. 

I don't think you can Or, you couldn't a couple weeks ago when I checked. You can set it so you don't see all of their "likes", but no option for sharing.

ETA these are the options, unless it's hidden somewhere. It doesn't fall under "other activity," either.

[stephlove]

My mother did this.

She posted a status last week IN ALL CAPS, asking for help because she couldn't find all the recipes she shared the day before. I sent her the link to pinterest, and 10 minutes later, all those recipes were pinned. I feel like I did good in the world by converting one annoying FB sharer to pinterest.

[janiejones]

Apr 29, 2013 10:06:39 GMT -5 Kore said:

Apr 29, 2013 9:28:46 GMT -5 poppyseed said:

Can you?  I need to look into this. 

I don't think you can Or, you couldn't a couple weeks ago when I checked. You can set it so you don't see all of their "likes", but no option for sharing.

ETA these are the options, unless it's hidden somewhere. It doesn't fall under "other activity," either.

But aren't you in that menu selecting only what you WANT from them?  If you then choose just life events, comment and photos you can get rid of a lot of clutter.

[Kore]

Apr 29, 2013 10:10:49 GMT -5 janiejones said:

Apr 29, 2013 10:06:39 GMT -5 Kore said:

I don't think you can Or, you couldn't a couple weeks ago when I checked. You can set it so you don't see all of their "likes", but no option for sharing.

ETA these are the options, unless it's hidden somewhere. It doesn't fall under "other activity," either.

But aren't you in that menu selecting only what you WANT from them?  If you then choose just life events, comment and photos you can get rid of a lot of clutter.

But it still shows shit they've shared. There's nowhere to deselect shared things.

[Deleted]

I know. I actually kind of miss the vague booking posts!

[Jalapeñomel]

This isn't happening on my FB yet thank god.

[Deleted]

I despise those shares! So annoying!

[Deleted]

Get new friends.

[malibu]

I find myself mindlessly scrolling through way too many shares, two people in particular feel it necessary to share stupid quotes, youtube songs (about five in a row), and I am utterly tired of the whole LIKE if you aren't racist/a hater/without a heart or keep scrolling if you are, followed by some sad stock picture. Thanks, but I don't need to share sad pictures to prove I am not racist or hate puppies and kids.

I still have one FB friend that posts vaguebook statuses directed at someone that I never dare hide, I am waiting to see some massive drama filled explosion one day.

[caddywompus]

Apr 29, 2013 9:20:08 GMT -5 @boredhousewife12 said:

Very annoying, also those ones with the name a ______ that doesn't have a vowel. WTF who really cares.

I agree!!  They are always so obvious, I can't believe thousands of people pass them on!

[Deleted]

I am just finding FB becoming one big advertisement of crap. It has turned into share this pic, all those ecards ( i do have to say I chuckle at most of them), gun law this. I have had to change alot of my friends activity because it is just too much.

[Kore]

Apr 29, 2013 21:57:31 GMT -5 caddywompus said:

Apr 29, 2013 9:20:08 GMT -5 @boredhousewife12 said:

Very annoying, also those ones with the name a ______ that doesn't have a vowel. WTF who really cares.

I agree!!  They are always so obvious, I can't believe thousands of people pass them on!

I read an article recently. Those are ways to collect advertising lists. Don't share them, y'all.