annoying facebook. really.

duckwithoneleg · 08-02-2010, 07:41 PM

what do you guys think about those "so and so has answered a question about you, click this link to see what question they answered" applications???

i think they're really annoying! 'cause of course i want to know what my friends answered about me. but did they really answer a question? i'm skeptical.

so i click on a link and i get all these "questions" (like this particularly juvenile one "Do you think that Sarah Hader has a cute butt?" with the answer "no"

why would anyone ask OR answer that question

on facebook no less?)

there are questions like: "Do you think Sarah Hader parties too much?" - answered "yes" ... and i'm

. i don't party in the way that's usually meant. ever.

do i have a funny looking nose? do i smell? evidently, yes? did i vote for obama? someone sure thinks i did! (someone who has never heard me say anything ever, apparently)

unless these are just randomly created because they want me to "spend 50 facebook coins" (whatever that means

, and also, no. i won't.

).

but if they're fake, why do i get notifications that X friend of your answered a question!

i don't want anyone asking OR answering about my nose or my booty or anything.

and i won't participate in their games, so i will likely never know if it's real or not. and if it is real, who said what about me. and i'm just narcissistic enough for that to bug me an eensy bit

thank you facebook. you have reached a new level of annoying.

inesperada · 08-02-2010, 07:43 PM

I never, ever, click on anything in which I have to agree to let an app have full access to my profile just to see something. SPAM, whether my friend did it or not.

SilverMoon · 08-02-2010, 07:44 PM

I dislike that application, especially because the only people answering them are kids. Yeah, I'm curious, but don't want to allow that application. I checked it out once; wasn't there a tab at the top where you can see a couple answers? Then you have to answer questions about other people to open up levels so you can see more of the answers about you. Some of the questions were too personal for my taste.

08-02-2010, 07:45 PM

Just Say No to random apps

It's really easy to "hide" them & never think about it again

duckwithoneleg · 08-02-2010, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cynaminbear

I dislike that application, especially because the only people answering them are kids. Yeah, I'm curious, but don't want to allow that application. I checked it out once; wasn't there a tab at the top where you can see a couple answers? Then you have to answer questions about other people to open up levels so you can see more of the answers about you. Some of the questions were too personal for my taste.

yeah i clicked out of curiosity and it gives you the "teaser" of showing you 21 Q &A's without you allowing permission for anything.

when they ask for permission i panic and close out the whole window

i don't want them all up in my grill!!! those Q's were too much in my grill as it is! i never told anyone they could ask my friends tasteless Q's about me!

Vipers_Princess · 08-02-2010, 08:20 PM

I block pretty much anything and everything that comes up out of habit. I just have to be careful about it because I'm a bit spacey sometimes and have mistakenly 'hidden' the friend instead of the app.

JessicaTX · 08-02-2010, 08:52 PM

My 11 year old thought that was a great app. Of course, it was asking questions like "do you think soandso is hott?" and "who's the bigger flirt, personA or personB?" and I told her those were very innapropriate subject matter for the people on her friends list, so she deleted them all. Why do kids think that's so cool?

My son's girlfriend was telling me about some site where people can anonymously ask you questions or post comments about you and how mean people are on it, and I totally have no idea why putting your name on a site like that would be appealing to anyone.

SweetCaroline · 08-03-2010, 01:37 PM

i know. fb..i wonder sometimes why i even deal with it at all

GodChick · 08-03-2010, 02:03 PM

I think FB is what you make of it. I love it for all of the IRL friends I've reconnected with there -- including one of my dearest childhood friends, who I hadn't seen in years, and recently got to go out to dinner with.

Things like that are just priceless to me.

I also suffer from mom-brain -- BIG TIME -- so I subscribed to a bunch of news pages and now at least I know a little something of what's going on in the world, which is more than I knew before.

As for annoying quizes and apps, I just ignore them. They're not worth ruining my positive FB experience of staying in touch with the real people I care about!

08-03-2010, 02:09 PM

Some of them are virus-y. One day I had a notice that a guy from church answered a question about me...whether or not he thought that I was a virgin.

You seldom find mothers of three who are.

He was mortified...hadn't answered any questions about anyone. He'd gotten one of those notices and opened it and it posted on his friends walls that he'd answered questions about them. Yikes!

inesperada · 08-03-2010, 02:11 PM

That's funny, Laura.

I'd venture a guess that the majority of them are virus-y, which is one (of many) reasons I won't touch them. That and I think of fb a lot like Michele does and think that apps like that just....muddy the water.

Hermana Linda · 08-03-2010, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inesperada

I never, ever, click on anything in which I have to agree to let an app have full access to my profile just to see something. SPAM, whether my friend did it or not.

Exactly.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KatieMae

Just Say No to random apps

It's really easy to "hide" them & never think about it again

Yep.

Maggie · 08-07-2010, 07:43 PM

Very annoying.

08-02-2010, 07:41 PM	#1
duckwithoneleg Rose Garden "Be just who you're made to be, Poppa is so mighty pleased with thee." -Danielsons Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NC Posts: 6,091	annoying facebook. really. what do you guys think about those "so and so has answered a question about you, click this link to see what question they answered" applications??? i think they're really annoying! 'cause of course i want to know what my friends answered about me. but did they really answer a question? i'm skeptical. so i click on a link and i get all these "questions" (like this particularly juvenile one "Do you think that Sarah Hader has a cute butt?" with the answer "no" why would anyone ask OR answer that question on facebook no less?) there are questions like: "Do you think Sarah Hader parties too much?" - answered "yes" ... and i'm . i don't party in the way that's usually meant. ever. do i have a funny looking nose? do i smell? evidently, yes? did i vote for obama? someone sure thinks i did! (someone who has never heard me say anything ever, apparently) unless these are just randomly created because they want me to "spend 50 facebook coins" (whatever that means , and also, no. i won't. ). but if they're fake, why do i get notifications that X friend of your answered a question! i don't want anyone asking OR answering about my nose or my booty or anything. and i won't participate in their games, so i will likely never know if it's real or not. and if it is real, who said what about me. and i'm just narcissistic enough for that to bug me an eensy bit thank you facebook. you have reached a new level of annoying. __________________ It is me and the hubbyman The toddler duck Welcoming all prayers for a sticky duckling this time At the end of time, I will kiss you all over your face.

08-02-2010, 07:43 PM	#2
inesperada Rose Garden Play nice, y'all. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drowning in Legos and puzzle pieces Posts: 35,359	Re: annoying facebook. really. I never, ever, click on anything in which I have to agree to let an app have full access to my profile just to see something. SPAM, whether my friend did it or not. __________________ inesperada, just trying to live a better story Wife of mi medianaranja, the tender-hearted servant, whose still waters run deep Abbott, intensely 10 Hooch, SIX! Our God is the God of the unexpected. ~Bill Crowder

08-02-2010, 07:44 PM	#3
SilverMoon Rose Garden It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 17,122	Re: annoying facebook. really. I dislike that application, especially because the only people answering them are kids. Yeah, I'm curious, but don't want to allow that application. I checked it out once; wasn't there a tab at the top where you can see a couple answers? Then you have to answer questions about other people to open up levels so you can see more of the answers about you. Some of the questions were too personal for my taste. __________________ Cynthia "Trust is rebuilt by focusing not on what the other person did or did not do but on critiquing one's own behavior, improving one's trustworthiness, and focusing attention not on words and promises but on actions, attitudes, and ways of being." — Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith The Art of Waking People Up for the many, many wise voices we've lost married 20 years Mom to: ds1 10/93 dd1 5/95 ds2 5/97 7/96 (twin of ds2) 11/96

08-02-2010, 07:45 PM	#4
KatieMae Guest Posts: n/a	Re: annoying facebook. really. Just Say No to random apps It's really easy to "hide" them & never think about it again

08-02-2010, 08:20 PM	#6
Vipers_Princess Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 3,921	Re: annoying facebook. really. I block pretty much anything and everything that comes up out of habit. I just have to be careful about it because I'm a bit spacey sometimes and have mistakenly 'hidden' the friend instead of the app. __________________ J- Wife to an amazing man, Mama to 3 beautiful girls Oh & apparently I'm an INTP

08-02-2010, 08:52 PM	#7
JessicaTX Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Barrens of Texas Posts: 5,152	Re: annoying facebook. really. My 11 year old thought that was a great app. Of course, it was asking questions like "do you think soandso is hott?" and "who's the bigger flirt, personA or personB?" and I told her those were very innapropriate subject matter for the people on her friends list, so she deleted them all. Why do kids think that's so cool? My son's girlfriend was telling me about some site where people can anonymously ask you questions or post comments about you and how mean people are on it, and I totally have no idea why putting your name on a site like that would be appealing to anyone. __________________ Sam's wife Keegan, Zoe, Anakin and Anaiah's Mom Nonni to Jasper, Iris, Ivory, and Lyric!

08-03-2010, 01:37 PM	#8
SweetCaroline Rose Garden a little Attachment Parenting will fix that Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,981	Re: annoying facebook. really. i know. fb..i wonder sometimes why i even deal with it at all __________________ Gently mothering 5 babes one day at a time, only by the help of my Lord - ages 11,6,5, 4, & 2 Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ISFP

08-03-2010, 02:03 PM	#9
GodChick Deactivated RESPECT THE HEARSE. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 7,363	Re: annoying facebook. really. I think FB is what you make of it. I love it for all of the IRL friends I've reconnected with there -- including one of my dearest childhood friends, who I hadn't seen in years, and recently got to go out to dinner with. Things like that are just priceless to me. I also suffer from mom-brain -- BIG TIME -- so I subscribed to a bunch of news pages and now at least I know a little something of what's going on in the world, which is more than I knew before. As for annoying quizes and apps, I just ignore them. They're not worth ruining my positive FB experience of staying in touch with the real people I care about!

08-03-2010, 02:09 PM	#10
Mama Calidad Guest Posts: n/a	Re: annoying facebook. really. Some of them are virus-y. One day I had a notice that a guy from church answered a question about me...whether or not he thought that I was a virgin. You seldom find mothers of three who are. He was mortified...hadn't answered any questions about anyone. He'd gotten one of those notices and opened it and it posted on his friends walls that he'd answered questions about them. Yikes!

08-03-2010, 02:11 PM	#11
inesperada Rose Garden Play nice, y'all. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drowning in Legos and puzzle pieces Posts: 35,359	Re: annoying facebook. really. That's funny, Laura. I'd venture a guess that the majority of them are virus-y, which is one (of many) reasons I won't touch them. That and I think of fb a lot like Michele does and think that apps like that just....muddy the water. __________________ inesperada, just trying to live a better story Wife of mi medianaranja, the tender-hearted servant, whose still waters run deep Abbott, intensely 10 Hooch, SIX! Our God is the God of the unexpected. ~Bill Crowder

08-07-2010, 07:43 PM	#13
Maggie Deactivated love Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 23,071	Re: annoying facebook. really. Very annoying.

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