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Seriously! Just say what you have to say and move on. Don't post some random, cryptic thing, get everyone to ask what is wrong, and say you can't talk about it on FB. Drives me fruitnuts! Ummmm, you are already talking about it on FB! Either say the whole thing or shut up about it. Yes, I have seen quite a few cryptic rants on FB today:glare::tongue_smilie:.

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It annoys me when people post cryptic status updates. Either tell us what's going on, or don't. That is all.

 

Wendi

 

Oh my gosh, I totally agree.

I hate those people with a passion.

 

"It was such a hard decision but I made it and now I'm so proud of me. Yay!"

 

or

 

"This didn't last long. I knew I shouldn't have but I did anyway. Not anymore."

 

Seriously? WTF? :confused:

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Seriously! Just say what you have to say and move on. Don't post some random, cryptic thing, get everyone to ask what is wrong, and say you can't talk about it on FB. Drives me fruitnuts! Ummmm, you are already talking about it on FB! Either say the whole thing or shut up about it. Yes, I have seen quite a few cryptic rants on FB today:glare::tongue_smilie:.

 

:iagree: I think FB should auto-change any of those posts to "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!"

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Well, I have a friend who was trying to start a family but kept experiencing miscarriages. For about a year she would do these vague good news/bad news statuses. Those of us who knew what she was going through could understand them and I guess it was easier for her to do a big blast on FB than to tell everyone individually. She finally did get a "sticky" baby and posted the big announcement after her 2nd tri ultrasound.

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I call it 'vaguebooking.' No, I did not coin the term; I saw it elsewhere and liked it. When somebody starts a string of those look at me posts, I sometimes follow up with the comment, "Are we Vaguebooking again?"

 

 

LOL - I posted before I read replies. If I know someone well enough I might provide a link to the urban dictionary definition of vaguebooking for them.

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:lol::lol::lol:

I just posted this on my FB and the first 2 folks to like it were ironically the same folks who drive me batty with being attention seekers as in the cartoon. LOL

 

Yeah, the funny thing is when I had to post it to myself the other day. I had posted a vague post about deception and betrayal...so I chastised myself later with the above pic.

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I have a college friend who I don't know that well anyways on my FB who is the QUEEN of vaguebooking. She did finally get better about it after she got married, so I have a guess that maybe some of the vagueness was about relationship stuff? Who knows. It was all too vague.

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Seriously! Just say what you have to say and move on. Don't post some random, cryptic thing, get everyone to ask what is wrong, and say you can't talk about it on FB. Drives me fruitnuts! Ummmm, you are already talking about it on FB! Either say the whole thing or shut up about it. Yes, I have seen quite a few cryptic rants on FB today:glare::tongue_smilie:.

 

:iagree: completely!

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Totally agree! That is called VAGUEBOOKING

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Vaguebooking

 

And may result from a turn off on my feed or an unfriend if you do it often enough. Completely obnoxious and reeks of middle school mind games to me.

 

 

I once unfriended someone for doing this and they vaguebooked a status update complaining about people who unfriend without an actual FIGHT and then a bunch of other people unfriended her as well. After that, I didn't know anyone else who knew her to find out if she stopped doing it.

 

But it was pages of, "Late night emergency. I hope we all survive this horrid night!" (2:00 a.m. posting with EVERYONE awake asking if they could help with anything and an explanation coming through about 11:00 a.m. the next day)

"Being stabbed in the back can make a person suicidal or homicidal!"

 

That first one was made me unfriend her. As it turns out, she lost a chicken to a coyote attack. And the second one was her 4 year old daughter telling her aunt she thought her mama was chubby. When a 4 year old does it, that's NOT backstabbing. :lol:

 

I wish FB would concentrate on banning vaguebookers instead of making group running so hard. :D

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It annoys me when people post cryptic status updates. Either tell us what's going on, or don't. That is all.

 

Wendi

 

Yes!

 

Seriously! Just say what you have to say and move on. Don't post some random, cryptic thing, get everyone to ask what is wrong, and say you can't talk about it on FB. Drives me fruitnuts! Ummmm, you are already talking about it on FB! Either say the whole thing or shut up about it. Yes, I have seen quite a few cryptic rants on FB today:glare::tongue_smilie:.

 

Yes!

 

:iagree: I think FB should auto-change any of those posts to "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!"

 

 

and Yes!

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The worst one I ever saw was a not-even-that-vague allusion to an attempted suicide. When people followed up, he acted like they were crazy to be worried and claimed they were song lyrics (though not any that can be found on Google) and he was simply being "ironic." It still makes me angry just thinking about it.

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"Maybe the specialist will have an answer." <---- posted by family last week

 

:iagree: Yes, someone I know had, "Waiting for a very important yes/no answer." :glare: I was so tempted to just post, "It's no then."

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Sometimes I am guilty of vague postings but it is usually about work so I have to be somewhat vague. Also on my birthday, I usually post a song lyric by Nirvana "Teenage angst has paid off well/Now I'm bored and old". My uncle always gets a kick out of that one so I guess I do that one for him.

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But it was pages of, "Late night emergency. I hope we all survive this horrid night!" (2:00 a.m. posting with EVERYONE awake asking if they could help with anything and an explanation coming through about 11:00 a.m. the next day)

"Being stabbed in the back can make a person suicidal or homicidal!"

 

That first one was made me unfriend her. As it turns out, she lost a chicken to a coyote attack. And the second one was her 4 year old daughter telling her aunt she thought her mama was chubby. When a 4 year old does it, that's NOT backstabbing. :lol:

 

I wish FB would concentrate on banning vaguebookers instead of making group running so hard. :D

 

Don't you love the directness of 4-year-olds? I think we should get them jobs as editors of the vaguebookers' posts. The posts have to pass the 4-year-olds' bluntness test, or else be edited by them. That would solve the problem.

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