Nope. I ignore most of those type of posts unless I feel like taking the time to post a Snope's or That's Nonsense rebuttal. If it's a close real life friend I will sometimes message them to set them straight.

I block out the political nonsense too. The left does it more but the right is also guilty of posting misinformation.

Come to think of it, I ignore most of Facebook. Too much drama and people just seeking attention. I use FB for keeping up with what friends are doing and spend most of my FB time in groups that interest me and I have things in common with.

I have only blocked one person in all the years I've been on FB. She was posting some very personal stuff about me and other "friends" and when I couldn't reason with her behavior I blocked her. I think she unfriended me first though. LOL She alienated a lot of people that year. Manic and delusional.

Nope. I have been active on Facebook for probably 4 years and have shared maybe only 4 things in all that time.

Sharing fills the site with junk. I have a cousin who shares lots and lots of animal things. I block them all. Same for friends who share political posts (including DH!!) or posts like “share this if you think kids ought to be taught cursive.” WTH??

I’ve blocked so many of those things that I never see any posts from my cousin anymore. She never posts anything “real.” Just shares stuff - trash/gibberish/bubblegum for the mind. What’s the point?

I have a friend who I had to block for awhile because I got tired of her political rants. We don't share the same political beliefs, so it got overwhelming to see her stuff filling up my page. It seems like she posts her rants in the morning and then the evening. I don't post political stuff. I use Facebook for fun, keeping in touch with family and friends. I might post a vacation picture, or pictures of my cats. I rarely share any news or links. Some people seem to share anything without any regard to whether there's any truth to it.

I have a cousin who does that. She's very conservative, adores Trump and always posts fake anti-liberal crap, though it was far worse when Obama was in office. Today she posted a picture of a wall, claiming it was built by Mexico on their border with Guatemala and how liberals call Trump racist for wanting to do the same on our borders. She genuinely believes it and won't take 2 seconds to check. Drives me nuts.

In the old days, it would be the town gossips spreading untrue rumors just because they loved to talk. I don't think this is a new problem, but I join Sephia in her irritation over it. It's bad enough when 'fake news' comes from politicians but I have come to expect some of that from certain politicians, but one would hope that one's friends would be more careful.

A great many people here on the forums post fake things from Facebook all the time. Some people take great offense when they are called on it and corrected.

I got a text this morning asking why I haven't responded to the FB invite for brother's retirement party.

Simple answer. I don't FB. Text me or call me if you wish to contact me, or mail an invitation.

FB should have stayed with its original intention. A way to stay connected with current friends/ family and possibly find past friends/family.

I only have a page because of my DD's. Often when they were traveling FB was the one place that they were able to communicate.

It is now a place for advertisers, political rants as mentioned and false news.

My favorite: Friend us on FB! And its Lands End or Ann Taylor. Don't you just love the concept of being "friends" with a store?

"News" is so polarized and opinionated these day, best not to pass on agenda-driven drivel.

I don't do FB. Can't imagine being all up in everyone's business and vice versa.

I don't do Facebook either. I don't think I like any of my friends or family enough to follow their every stray thought and I'm not self-important enough to think that any of them would be interested in my tedious everyday goings-on. (<-- that sounds harsher than I mean it to.)

Just this morning as I was reading this message, the text-crawl at the bottom of the Sunday news program is showing all of the local church services that are cancelled due to the light wintery mix we are experiencing. One of the churches notes that although their services are all cancelled they will be live streaming the morning service on Facebook. My first thought was now that is "Perpetuating False Information on Facebook"

• I mostly involve myself with rescue horses on FB. I have gotten some really ridiculous things on FB....like refrigerating onions makes them poisonous. Just a couple of days ago, I got one which was like a good luck chain...pass it on to x amount of people and you would receive x amount of money in 24 hours. I was surprised at who sent that one....thought he had better sense, but I didn't respond at all. I continually get those that (from my nephew's wife mostly) to prove that I love Jesus, hate cancer, etc., and I ignore those also....although I have asked people not to send me those. I also don't have to see horses being brutally killed in slaughter houses....I know it exists....I don't have to see it again. Cats mauled by pit bulls. Cruel people mistreating animals. I have blocked some people on FB because mostly I have nothing in common with them, and I found them to be annoying.

You can block just the post you don't like, by hovering over the little dots on the top right of the post. You can also change a person from follow to not follow without blocking them and their post won't show up on your feed. If you feel like looking at what they have posted, you can go to their home page and look.

ETA: I don't like Facebook either, but gave in because of my kids. I usually don't post anything.

I don't get any of that stuff but I'm only friends with about 20 people who are my siblings and nieces/nephews.

I've had a couple of friends who have asked me to be friends because they want to send me something - nope. I've had friends who have asked me to be friends to show me their vacation photos - nope. Invite me for a cup of coffee and TELL me about your holiday and photos. If you are "too busy" that's too bad.

Off my soap box. You got me started on a pet peeve. Sorry.

I do not have a Facebook account. Not interested.

Sue

Fb survives because of continued "sharing". All the options and urging you see are good for business.

I have all friends who are of my political persuasion. One who I don't personally know and is the person I adopted one of my rescue dogs from post tons of stuff to "like" how much I love Jesus, hate trump. I ignored them as she is the only one in all my friends who has those views, However, when she had gruesome pictures and stories about people torturing animals, I had to block her. Makes me too sad to see them.

I really think those gruesome pics should be banned. They have nothing to do with helping animals. Simply posted for sensationalism. Those of us who truly advocate for animal welfare would never post that crap.

Lily, my cousin does the same. I know horrible things are going on, do I need to see it on a daily basis on FB?

Blfenton, I agree. This is why I have less than 15 people on my list, and most of these are DD's friends. My FB page was started by oldest DD as a joke so a few of her friends friended me. I have only added a few of my own to it.

I do get people who enjoy getting updates, but if they are people you should be actually talking to and seeing, this is a poor substitute.

"A great many people here on the forums post fake things from Facebook all the time. Some people take great offense when they are called on it and corrected"

Not just from Facebook but from a variety of internet sources. Many don't understand and/or can't critically assess the difference between a valid authoritative source and a bogus/unsubstantiated one, especially when it involves health matters. Or the difference between a news piece and an opinion piece. Or between facts and puffery.

The KT is enough public conversation for me. What personal information would you post on FB for *everyone* to see. If it's fit for everyone on your list to know, it can't be very 'intimate'. (Are you obligated to acknowledge or comment on everyone's bland news?)

"Our dog had puppies."

"Oh, isn't that nice."

Agree, chisue, though I don't consider properly discreet conversations with friends (what I say depends on the closeness and length of the relationship) to be "public conversations". Do you?

Note to language use observers - discreet versus discrete is another problem for some.

Elmer, that's interesting ... I have a pretty good vocabulary and had never picked up on that before. Thank you :-)