Trimming Facebook Friends
I’m very tempted to start categorizing my Facebook friends by the ratio of their real-life to politics posts, then dropping anyone who’s activity is more that 50% political. To me, if you want to talk politics, get a blog, and quit yammering at your captive FB audience. I try very hard–though not always successfully–to avoid any mention of politics, or religion for that matter, in my FB feed.
Most FB political links are never attempts to persuade others to one’s way of thinking, or part of an effort to inform other. The vast majority are territorial markers, meant more to define oneself as a member of a particular group and/or to denigrate those whom the person sees as opponents. This is exclusive rather than inclusive behavior, something that seems to me antithetical to the original impetus behind FB.
I’m right there with ya….
Nice to see you writing again.
As unpleasant as it can be, it seems to me you shouldn’t be so decisive about this matter: people are people and nothing will change them. And FB is often regarded by many of them as an opportunity to express themselves. You say blog but how can they be sure there’ll be enough visitors to read what they want? But in FB they don’t have to worry about it.
Wow, I remember when I used to actually read this blog.
An easier thing to do is just unsubscribe from the feeds of your more political-oriented friends.
For some of us, politics is a passion like sports, though some of us try to be more rational about it than others.