10 Things That Should Never Appear in your Facebook Status Update
Don't share everything that is going on in your life on Facebook!
Facebook gives people an opportunity to connect with people ranging from their closest friends to their high school English teacher and former co-workers. With Facebook, a person can follow the daily lives of these people (by checking their Status Updates) without actually having to speak to them or meet up with them in person.
It’s one of the things that makes Facebook so addictive. However, this is where it gets tricky. Do you really want to know everything about your friends, family and people you haven’t seen in a long time? If you are like most people, there are some things you probably don’t want to know. To guide you through the murky waters of Status Updates, we have made a list of things that should never appear in your Facebook status.
10. Your sex life
Bragging to your list of Facebook Friends (often including family and co-workers) about how great your girlfriend or wife is in bed is not cool. Most people have no sex life or a crappy one that they are bored to tears with, so they aren’t going to rush to your Facebook profile and congratulate you – they’re going to resent you.
9. The details of your recent surgery or illness
Facebook is the place to share information about your life and if you are sick, it’s okay to tell your family and friends. However, some people take it too far and begin revealing the gritty details of bowel movements, leaking surgical wounds and other nasty details in their Facebook Status Updates. Some take even further and post pictures of their surgery online. Is this what you want to see as you check Facebook while eating breakfast?
8. Anything relating to your divorce
This is a bad idea for so many reasons. According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 66% of divorce lawyers say they search Facebook for evidence on their client’s soon-to-be ex-spouse. So updating your status with a description of the great time you had with your future girlfriend may not go over too well with the judge in your divorce case.
7. Trash talk about your boss
These days, many employers monitor how much time employees spend on social networking sites during work hours. Imagine their surprise when they learn that you call them Douchebag, Numpty or some other creative nickname behind their back. Likewise, an unflattering comment about a co-worker can cause serious tension in the office or may result in you being fired.
6. Company trade secrets
Sometimes an innocent comment about the details of your work can give away a trade secret to a competitor. In most cases, this will be a direct breach of the confidentiality agreement you may have signed when you began work at the company.
5. Drug use
“Man that was a good joint!” Declaring that you smoked marijuana won’t bring the police to your door instantly, but it can cause all types of problems for you. For example: If you are going through a divorce (see #3) or fighting a custody battle over children, if you work in a drug-free workplace or you end up getting caught with drugs in a foreign country (that treats drug use very seriously) and claim to have never used drugs.
4. A sales pitch
“I can make you $5,000 if you go to my website and sign up now!” Facebook is an excellent place to market products, because you have 100s of millions of users to advertise to. However, marketing your products or services to friends on Facebook is just not cool. Create a Facebook fan page or group instead.
3. Every detail about the lives of your children
“My daughter pooped twice in the potty today!” There’s a delicate line that needs to be respected here. While your family and Facebook Friends might be happy for your parenthood, overloading everyone will minor details quickly becomes annoying.
2. Unimportant details about your life
“I had two eggs, toast and orange juice for breakfast. Yum!” Some people use Facebook Status Updates to tell everyone the most mundane things. We don’t care that you ate turkey or watched a certain TV show. We care about the important things going on in your life. If you really need to write down all the trivial stuff you do, keep a journal and use it as bedtime reading before you go ‘nighty-night’.
1. A declaration of your sadness
The last thing you ever want to do is bring attention to the passing moments in your life when you feel down, frustrated, lonely or heck – even temporarily depressed. Everyone goes through ups and downs. Part of being an effective, attractive and likable man is staying in control of your emotions and how you display them.
It’s fine to be angry, upset or annoyed at something, but Facebook is definitely not the place to show your temporary shifts in emotion. That’s what girls do.
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Lol…yeh, I reckon some women need to learn these too!
Very true. Too many people broadcast every detail of their life on Facebook. Many don’t think about how that information may be used in a negative way down the line.
A man who puts dumb Facebook statuses letting us know what he is doing every five minutes is also very annoying and like a girl.
Neat blog! Bookmarked and will be back
Great post!! Some people just post TOOO many details that the facebook world just does not need to know about!!
Talking trash about anyone is usually not good. It is usually considered a very negative trait that most people try to avoid being around. If you are talking bad about them… will your new FB friends be next?
How about break-up with a gf ?
It is unnecessary to broadcast the details on Facebook about your break up with your girlfriend. You will only be getting messages of pity and ‘there there, it’s okay’.
Talk about it with your friends via private messages, on the phone or in person.
yeah that’s totally true.