Another Facebook annoyance....

[krcit]

I have a friend on FB who just changed her name to her and her DH's. For example: SueMikeSmith I just find it so annoying and kind of silly. She had her own account and her DH has his own so what is that about?

 

[Reddy]

hmmm could be having marrital(sp??) trouble
some friends have been told to either delete FB accounts or give each other their passwords (I could see this as another possible) that way FB isn't the place for the cheating(or thinking they are cheating on FB)

 

[KristaTX]

That is weird. I have at least one friend/couple who has theirs like that. I don't really understand why anyone would do it that way. Sharing a Facebook account seems even weirder than sharing an e-mail account because Facebook accounts are usually so person-specific. But at least with this couple I know, whoever is posting will put his/her initials or name at the end so you know who actually posted.

 

[IdesOmarch]

I'm not getting why you would find this so annoying to post that here? What does it matter if she re-names herself to her husbands, or OchoCinco for that matter? Maybe I'm just not understanding what you are talking about?

 

[KristaTX]

I think it annoys her because it's hard to tell who is posting. Maybe she knows the wife better, but can't tell if it's the wife or husband who said or posted something.

 

[krcit]

I'm not getting why you would find this so annoying to post that here? What does it matter if she re-names herself to her husbands, or OchoCinco for that matter? Maybe I'm just not understanding what you are talking about?

Well, it's not keeping me up at night or anything I just thought it was silly and since it's gross out and I'm sitting home, I figured I would post it and see what others thought.

 

[Luckyflower]

That is really bizzare. What would be the point of doing that?

 

[ckay87]

I know, that is nuts, IMO. The day will not come when I can't be trusted to have my own computing resources . I'm big on maintaining my own identity, overall. I have a bunch of stuff I do with my hubby, but I also have my own interests and friends.

I had a sorta friend do that and I deleted them. I was willing to be friends with the woman, but not some guy I don't particularly know.

 

[Momvic5]

I have a friend who did this too, but after a few weeks they each closed their seperate accounts and shared the new one. She is on Facebook a lot more than he is so when he posts something, he ends it with his name.

 

[krcit]

I think it annoys her because it's hard to tell who is posting. Maybe she knows the wife better, but can't tell if it's the wife or husband who said or posted something.

I don't know her DH at all.

 

[IdesOmarch]

Gotcha See this is exactly why I DON"T DO facebook.

 

[Sarah_Rose]

I know identical twins in their late 20's who share a facebook account and email address (ie. AllisonLauren Smith) and you never know which one it is who posts. But then again, they had all the same classes in grad school, TA-ed the same course, were always together (they said once that they'd never been apart more than 2 hours), dressed the same, and no one could tell them apart. So I guess it really doesn't matter which one is posting.

 

[MELSMICE]

Well, it's not keeping me up at night or anything I just thought it was silly and since it's gross out and I'm sitting home, I figured I would post it and see what others thought.

I think it's silly too. To me it screams lack of trust from one or both the husband and wife.

My FB page is up all the time on my Macbook, which is out all the time. His FB is up on the desktop & I can check it out any time I want. We have nothing to hide from each other.

So, yeah, I think the combined FB accounts is silly.

 

[ckay87]

Gotcha See this is exactly why I DON"T DO facebook.

okey dokey then.

I use FB to communicate with friends. I'd be annoyed if I called a friend's house and the husband sat listening in on the other phone.

 

[MELSMICE]

I know identical twins in their late 20's who share a facebook account and email address (ie. AllisonLauren Smith) and you never know which one it is who posts. But then again, they had all the same classes in grad school, TA-ed the same course, were always together (they said once that they'd never been apart more than 2 hours), dressed the same, and no one could tell them apart. So I guess it really doesn't matter which one is posting.

I have twins..........this is weird!

 

[KristaTX]

I know identical twins in their late 20's who share a facebook account and email address (ie. AllisonLauren Smith) and you never know which one it is who posts. But then again, they had all the same classes in grad school, TA-ed the same course, were always together (they said once that they'd never been apart more than 2 hours), dressed the same, and no one could tell them apart. So I guess it really doesn't matter which one is posting.

Okay, that's definitely weirder than spouses sharing one. Creepy almost.

 

[IdesOmarch]

okey dokey then.

I use FB to communicate with friends. I'd be annoyed if I called a friend's house and the husband sat listening in on the other phone.

I was just saying I got what you were talking about. I am not sure why you don't just call her on the phone. Not to get into a debate or anything, I just don't "get" the whole facebook phenomenon. I mean its fine if that's what you want to do, but I just don't get the whole throw away all phone communication and just communicate via facebook, which is kind of like just having a website and only communicating via your website. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Its just not for me at all.

To me from what I've observed from others using it, looks like it just creates all kinds of new problems for friends and couples. Husband to wife, "who is Joe Blow and why is he posting about had a great time last weekend" Or "why is my friend ignoring me" or just all kinds of other things I see, and I just say to myself, well that's why I don't use it, plus I just don't have the time to do it.

 

[Momvic5]

In the situation with my friend, I was friends with both of them so it doesn't bother me in the slightest for them to share an account. However, if I felt uncomfortable with her dh being on the account, I would just remove her/them from my friends list. If I find myself being irritated with someone, I know it is time hide, remove, or block them.

 

[krcit]

In the situation with my friend, I was friends with both of them so it doesn't bother me in the slightest for them to share an account. However, if I felt uncomfortable with her dh being on the account, I would just remove her/them from my friends list. If I find myself being irritated with someone, I know it is time hide, remove, or block them.

But then I'd have nothing to post about!

 

[ChristmasElf]

Maybe her DH can't have a facebook account due to employment or family issues.

I know people that could never post their real name on a fb account.