{"id":425293,"date":"2026-09-03T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425293\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:30:11","slug":"what-locals-hate-most-about-social-media-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425293\/","title":{"rendered":"What Locals Hate Most About Social Media Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media can be a great way to keep up with friends, make new connections, learn interesting things, or just to kill a little time. However, some folks’ behavior can make it an irritating, or at least eye-rolling, experience. Locals recently listed their biggest peeves on LBK Scanner Squad<\/a> (a must-follow page in my opinion). And if you are guilty of any of these things, don’t sweat it- we’ve all been annoying on social media at one point or another.<\/p>\n

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Posting \u201cPray for Me\u201d and Refusing to Say What Happened<\/p>\n

This one doesn’t bother me that much, but I do get that it feels attention-seeking, or if it’s someone you care about, it could be unnecessarily upsetting, or worse, something you should very much worry about. Also known as “vague-booking,”\u00a0 it incites curiousity and\/ or alarm without providing any answers. In the age of the internet, we want to know all the details immediately.<\/p>\n

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Turning Facebook Into Your Personal Diary<\/p>\n

This is the opposite extreme of vague-booking- giving entirely too much information, particularly if it’s awkward\/ messy or very mundane stuff that we don’t want to know. And please do not film yourself crying. Not everything needs to be public, particularly…<\/p>\n

Airing Out Baby Daddy, Baby Mama and Relationship Drama<\/p>\n

Oof. Not only is this distasteful, but it can also be used against you if you ever have to go to court over it. I briefly worked in a family law office, and the experience taught me that people are at their absolute worst during these times- no need to tell the world about it and make yourself look terrible in the process.<\/p>\n

The \u201cFacebook Relationship Status: It\u2019s Complicated\u201d Crowd<\/p>\n

This one made me chuckle. Again, it’s the icky overdisclosure that people don’t like. Or they do like it, but in a gossipy way.<\/p>\n

Asking Google Questions You Could Have Googled<\/p>\n

YOU ARE ON YOUR PHONE. Or on your computer. Sheesh.<\/p>\n

The People Who Turn Absolutely Everything Into Politics<\/p>\n

I don’t mind some thoughtful discourse, but folks who make politics, especially vitriolic political fights, their entire personality online? I’m hitting that “Unfollow” button so hard it hurts my finger.<\/p>\n

The 400-Word Sentence With Zero Punctuation<\/p>\n

You are not Cormac McCarthy; please use punctuation so we can decipher what you are saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I Did a Thing\u201dAnd go!\u201d\u201cSo I did a thing.\u201d\u201cFree my bruddah.\u201d\u201cWho?\u201d in response to celebrity news.\u201cSOLD!\u201d on items for sale.<\/p>\n

I particularly hate “and go!” Not only is it overused, it feels like you are bossing me around. Even if I wanted to go, I’m not budging now.<\/p>\n

Asking for Free Stuff\u2014and Then Asking for Delivery<\/p>\n

People who continually ask for help upon help and then don’t seem particularly grateful are always going to be annoying. It’s okay to ask for help if you really need it, but some folks need to learn when to stop.<\/p>\n

Reposting Memes Like You Invented Them<\/p>\n

C’mon now, we know you got that on Reddit.<\/p>\n

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Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Social media can be a great way to keep up with friends, make new connections, learn interesting things,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-425293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}