Copy and Paste in Your Status

I don't know about you but I find it incredibly annoying to read the requests in my timeline from people to copy and paste what they've put in their status to my status, just for an hour. 

It's like a Facebook chain letter. I think some of the worst ones are those who say something like 'I'm cleaning up my friends list, like this post and copy and paste this to your status so I can comment. I know which of my friends will do it.'  

It's maddening. First of all, if our friendship is based off my willingness to copy/paste your status to mine; I think we have bigger issues. Second, it's MY status, I can put what I like there. Maybe something like... if you want me to copy/paste your status to mine to prove our friendship, go ahead and delete me now. 

I also don't care for the 'I bet I won't get one like or share' posts. Well, if I'm seeing it, you did so no reason for me to share it. A post should get likes and shares naturally. If something goes viral, it should because of the content being worthy or interesting enough to do so. 

The other status request that I find annoying is copy/paste this to your status if you know someone who has had a disease or has died from a disease. I think, as sad as it is, most of us have. I don't feel compelled to change my message because of a message on social media sandwiched between an advertisement and and request for a bale of hay in Farmville. 

Posts that request that you like and share if you agree or disagree are also kind of off putting. Like and Share if you believe in God... Like and Share if you hate war.  They are easy enough to scroll past, It's not a big annoyance, it's just the message it conveys. Basically, that if you don't like and share, you're agreeing to the opposite. 

I've noticed a trend on posts that should be fun that i think may have a darker purpose. Basically they are the posts that request you use the month day and year of your birth to discover your angel name, etc. That seems to be requesting too much personal information. Some want you to use other things like parents names. I am leery of putting the information in the comments. It tells people your name and birth date or what ever information is used. 

Bottom line: It's social media. To me that means it's for fun and communication. My status is what I want. My likes and shares are things that I like and want to share. 

Finally, and this one is getting harder by the day, I'm trying hard not to respond to posts by people who can't accept differing opinions on any topic. I never cared for speech and debate class but some of the people who post on Facebook needed that course every year of school. They just don't know how to respond without getting rude and foul. I agree with freedom of speech for all but the abusive nature some people take in posting or responding to posts is troubling. 

If you don't agree with someone, it doesn't make you right. It means your opinion is different. There are people out there who feel they have the ability to attack others viciously while hiding behind a screen.