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[adamlambert]

I have so many people from high school who are very,very religious and people from the military on mine, who are mainly narrow minded (don't agree with my values lol ). I have wealthy people who like to brag about their fancy house, car, etc. I have regular excoworkers who like to brag about all of their possessions. As much as I say don't, I still have friends that post pix of abused or dead animals. It's just depressing and getting on my nerves. Also the bashing of my political candidate. I respect opposite opinions when they are polite.  I mainly post animal pictures & am liberal for the most part (live and let live...if it doesn't impact my life I'm not judging). Any comments? Anyone else have these issues?  I don't argue or comment on things I don't agree with, just scroll.  I've just realized that these people from 20 years ago don't really matter.  

[gidgetgh]

On Facebook friends who are too over the top for me, I just unfriend them. Easy. I unfriended 4 just before the election. Their postings were just too too much.  I do the same if the religious postings get to be too much. I respect everyone and their right to their beliefs, but when they start criticizing my political choice or beliefs in life, I'm done. 

Facebook is a pleasant place for me to be. And I tweak it occasionally so that it remains that way. 

[GCR18]

Are there people you like to see on facebook?  You could unfriend them or there is a setting to hide their posts or there is a setting on what order the posts appear.  Just some suggestions.  If you totally want off, you can close your account.

[CareBears]

I deleted my Facebook account, I have not regretted it for one moment!

[QVCkitty1]

I'm on your side of the street politically, and I won't tolerate certain posts. People who would never dream of saying certain things to your face, become lunatics on line.I do very little social media, and  if you are offensive , you get blocked.

[Moonchilde]

No need to quit - just do a mass Unfriending.

People you don't actually communicate with and haven't maintained an actual relationship with, if 80+% of their posts annoy you, just Unfriend them. They most likely won't know, and they most likely wouldn't care if they did know. 

No one ever has to accept every Friend request they get, or stay FB Friends with someone forever.

Be aware that no matter how much you might think "your posts don't stink", I guarantee you that some of your posts probably annoy others as much as theirs annoy you.

[FrostyBabe1]

I have a couple of Facebook friends who not only have views that are completely opposite of mine, they don't bother to verify the truthfulness of the things that they post/share. I simply choose not to see their posts in my feed. Instead, I go to their page if I want to see what they're up to. If I un-friended them, they'd notice. This way, they have no idea that I'm not seeing the garbage they post. 

[gidgetgh]

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@Moonchilde wrote:

No need to quit - just do a mass Unfriending.

People you don't actually communicate with and haven't maintained an actual relationship with, if 80+% of their posts annoy you, just Unfriend them. They most likely won't know, and they most likely wouldn't care if they did know. 

No one ever has to accept every Friend request they get, or stay FB Friends with someone forever.

Be aware that no matter how much you might think "your posts don't stink", I guarantee you that some of your posts probably annoy others as much as theirs annoy you.

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Yep. I have to say that after unfriending the 4 and then another 1 last month, my news feed looks great.  It's not a big deal to unfriend people. 

[ChynnaBlue]

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@Adamlambert wrote:

I have so many people from high school who are very,very religious and people from the military on mine, who are mainly narrow minded (don't agree with my values lol ). I have wealthy people who like to brag about their fancy house, car, etc. I have regular excoworkers who like to brag about all of their possessions. As much as I say don't, I still have friends that post pix of abused or dead animals. It's just depressing and getting on my nerves. Also the bashing of my political candidate. I respect opposite opinions when they are polite.  I mainly post animal pictures & am liberal for the most part (live and let live...if it doesn't impact my life I'm not judging). Any comments? Anyone else have these issues?  I don't argue or comment on things I don't agree with, just scroll.  I've just realized that these people from 20 years ago don't really matter.  

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If you don't really know these people now and know them from 20 years ago, why not quit them instead of quitting Facebook?

If it's their posts that bother you and not their comments on your own posts, you can also choose to Unfollow the individuals without Unfriending them. That way you can go check on their pages when you want, but their content won't be pushed to your own page.

If you don't really use Facebook much, go ahead and leave it for the a while and see how you feel. I think that's a great idea. But if you use and enjoy Facebook except for these people, I'd cut them loose one way or another and keep using Facebook.

I use Facebook to help me organize my time with real life friends. We have a girls night out planned this weekend and my book club also makes all its arrangements and keeps in touch with Facebook. It also helps me keep up with all my activism and political groups. It's a valuable tool for me and would leave a gap if I gave it up, but everyone uses it differently. If it's easy for you to give up and using it makes you unhappy, let it go.

Let us know what you decide to do.

[shoppersince1989]

I must be in the minority - never joined.

My husband did, but gets very frustrated at some political opinions.

Plus he gets all these msgs to play games.

I like keeping in touch, the old fashion way, by making phone calls (and sometimes emails  )

Jean