Enough is enough! Stop sending me Facebook invites to events that are not in my city. Stop asking me to be part of your local group unless you are in my town and the group is local to me, too!
You know who you are. Everyone knows who you are because your messages on Facebook never stop. Perhaps because of the medium people feel much more able to engage in antisocial behavior–I mean, would you ever “select all” on an email for a house warming? No way. You might end up inviting someone you dislike. Yet get over to Facebook, however, and even the friends you met on night backpacking in Europe get invited to your cousin’s fifth birthday party.
Facebook fatigue is your fault. It’s my fault, too. Anyone who has ever “spray and prayed” for a Facebook event, group, Fan Page, or otherwise thought they would get attention by harassing the crap out of “friends”–wow, some friend you are.
So, follow these steps for a better Facebook experience for all:
- Make geographically based lists; start with your hometown and move out from there
- Make interest based lists; this is a key suggestion for political people–if I get invited to Ann Coulter one more time by a Tory friend, I might lose it (come to think of it, that may be why they are inviting me)
- Stop and think before you hit “all” or randomly select people on the hopes that they might attention to you; Facebook invites are like email: someone on the other end needs to process it
Here are a few handy “how to’s” on making lists. It’s time consuming if you have a lot of friends (20-30 min per list) but, tt’s well worth your time and the return on investment will be huge.
Illustration courtesy Oversocialized.
