This week during class we were asked if we were stranded on a desert island and could only pick one social media site to use, which one would it be?  I must have had a bad Facebook day, because I chose Twitter, and when asked for my rationale, I blurted out, “because Twitter users are so much more intelligent than Facebook users”.  While that may be highly debatable, I find there are behaviors among a few of my Facebook “friends” that make me want to kick you off the island.  Here’s the top three reasons why I may have missed that great post of your dancing cat video last week.

1. You Overshare – Some say “you can’t get too much of a good thing”. I beg to differ. When I open up Facebook and the first 10 posts in my news feed are all from you, I freak out and quickly scroll through them.  If you’re lucky I may read the first one. After that I have to move on, because I want to see what my other friends have posted.
2. You’re Stuck in a Rut or Just Plain Addicted – You post multiple posts on the same topic day after day,  decrying the vast right wing or the vast left wing political conspiracy or some other pet peeve.  Some of you are addicted to politics, others to those awful cat videos, or maybe it’s even your favorite sports team that is sure to win it all this year. Please limit yourself to one post or repost per day on whatever topic you’re addicted to or I will just filter you out of my news feed……forever.
3. You never post your own content – I’m friends with you because I have a certain amount of interest in you as a person; consequently, I’d appreciate if you’d share something personal instead of reposting a suggested post or the latest meme that everyone else is posting too.
4. I just plain don’t have time –  Yes, my life is just too busy.  I do worry that some day it won’t be for some reason, and I’ll have nothing better to do than to sit around all day searching the internet for dancing cat videos to share with my Facebook friends.  No offense, but I think I’d rather be stranded on an island and tweeting.