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Web and Facebook Peeves

Hi all,

Once again I feel the need to vent. And this happens to be the place I vent, so here goes...

• I hate it when people send me huge email attachments. The other day I received two emails from my brother, each with several photos attached. Attachments totaled more than 7 MB for one email. I have a fast Internet connection, so I was able to receive them in a matter of seconds. However, he sent the email to several of my relative, a few of whom do not have fast connections. This could tie up their email server for a very long time. And maybe their provider might even decline to deliver the email. Everybody should know better by now. It's OK to send photographs and such, but scale them down a bit. Lots of free programs do this for you. Web etiquette goes a long way.
• Why do people create Facebook accounts for their pets or babies? I have nothing at all against Facebook; I think it's a good thing. But I don't want to adf you dog as a friend and hear that he is too lazy to bark at the mailman, etc. This is not funny. And it's not original. And if your child wants to have a Facebook account, that's fine too. However, it's not interesting to read status updates for that child that were written by the parent.
• If you want to add me as a friend, know who I am first. If I don't know you personally, or work in the same company, please don't ask me to add you. I won't. I realize that it's cool to have thousands of friends. However, I value quality over quantity.
• When making status updates, please keep it clean. You don't know who will be reading your posts. If you want to be vulgar, then I'll remove you as a friend. It's my choice.
• Stop sending me invitations for various things. I always decline them. You apparently haven't figured this out yet, because you keep sending them. I like Facebook for contact with people and to see what they are doing. I don't want to find out which celebrity most resembles me.
• I could think of few more, and maybe I will. I'll do a part 2 of this if I do.

--James

Posted at 02:00PM May 06, 2009 by branajam in Personal  |