It is no news that
Facebook is one of the largest social media platforms with over one billion
committed users. In fact, it has succeeded in creating a world for itself, with
its language, culture and inhabitants. Like every other human living in the
real world, Facebook users have blood running through their veins and arteries,
and as such, react to one another in either an annoying or pleasing manner. The
former forms the crux of this article.
Facebook is an
interesting platform that keeps its users connected with friends, loved ones,
enemies and the real world. It is more of a perfect world because of the way
perfection parades itself on this platform. On this platform, you don't see
skins invaded by pimples, heat rashes or eczema neither would you see ugly
beings with rags as cloths. Peradventure you've seen the opposite of
any of the aforementioned, know that it is one of those funny scenes that is intended to make you laugh.
However, through their
actions, some users of this platform are gradually making it look like the real
world where imperfection exists. They put on annoying attitudes that awaken the
fury in other users. These annoying attitudes are:
1. Plagiarism
I intentionally gave
plagiarism the front seat because it is like the devil, walking to and fro
looking for whom to devour, but in this case, looking for its rightful owner. It
is not just common among Facebook users, but also among artistes, bloggers
and academics. Plagiarism is the copying of someone's creative work or
ideas and presenting it as yours, especially without permission.
These days, it is very
difficult to get the originator of most of the viral posts on Facebook due to
the nefarious activities of plagiarists. Plagiarism is a display of illiteracy,
laziness and idiocy. If you love someone's work, why don't you share it, rather
than copying and pasting it on your wall without acknowledging the person? If you
must copy and paste it on your wall, you should acknowledge the source or the
person by including the name of the person/source at the end of the post. In a
situation where you don't know the source, add Copied at the
top or bottom of the post. This shows you are learned.
2. Abusive use of tag
The tag feature
on Facebook is not for commanding likes or comments from
your Facebook friends; so, stop using it to achieve that. Read when to use
Facebook tag here.
3. Finding it hard to
comment on/like people's posts
No matter how
captivating, interesting and educative your write-up may be, or no matter how
pretty you may look on a particular uploaded pic, some of your Facebook friends
will never comment on or like it. Please, don't misconstrue my point. I don't
mean all your friends must like what you post on Facebook, but there are those
who don't comment or like at all. Sometimes you wonder if they are dead or
don't see what you post, but the truth is that, they are actively alive and
also see all your moves on Facebook. The reason for this action is best known
to them, but I suggest either of the following: jealousy, pride, minding their
business, shyness, always not on subscription anytime you post, the feeling
that their likes or comments might make you a
celebrity, don't wanna make you feel special, the post is not worthy of
their likes or comments etc.
4. Always looking for
faults on people's posts
The annoying thing here
is that the same people who see commenting on or liking your
posts as an ultimate search, will be the first to drop derogatory
comments on your post if they must comment.
5. Invoking the feeling
of pity from other users
It is now a common
practice on Facebook where most users use words or images to invoke the feeling
of pity on them from other users. Some of these words are: "I'm
sick", "sad", "oh why me?", "why did you go so
soon?" etc. This is so annoying! If you are sick, don't you know the
chemist's store? If you are sad, does Mark Zuckerberg give happiness? Who do
you want it to happen to when you post "oh why me?"? Your friends on
Facebook don't even know the person who went so soon but you are asking,
"why did you go so soon?". It is not funny at all! Stop it!
In sum, like the real or
the fictional world, Facebook has its own dwellers, and these dwellers possess
different character traits, which could either be annoying or pleasing. You
have the right to be who you want. Meanwhile, you can use the comment box to
state other annoying things Facebook users do.