"Vaguebooking"
Urban Dictionary describes this as:

"An intentionally vague Facebook status update, that prompts friends to ask what's going on, or is possibly a cry for help."

I bloody hate this. The most annoying part is that if you try and put a witty remark you justify the original post.

Whilst on the subject of Facebook.

I have two "friends", who are actually my wifes friends who do this all the bloody time as well as update everyone on every aspect of their life. They recently moved house and I had every detail. Twice over. It got to a point where i almost deleted them from my friends list but could not because my wife worried they might get offended. They even have the same bloody family portrait profile pic so its really fucking annoying.
(Beaverman Opulence, I has it., Sun 3 Apr 2011, 17:38, 10 replies)

if you are being honest
you hate this for perfectly reasonable reasons, none of which would be considered irrational.

I see it all the time

you see a friend, and its never one of your close friends, post "Fuck" or " :( " I never, never ever reply
( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 17:41, closed)

and.....
fiends who spam post? hit that x in the corner of their post and select "Hide all by Mrs Whatever"

I must have about 6 who have fallen into that special catagory
( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 17:44, closed)

I hope you meant fiends

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 17:48, closed)

you know, perhaps i did. Sounds better :)

( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 17:50, closed)

do what I do
Have a cull every 6 months, remove all the deadwood.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 17:50, closed)

Even worse when people post a status that they are having a cull
Although the irony seems to be the people who are deemed unworthy of their friendship will be unable to read this vaguebook post.

Kind of makes me wish they'd cull me so I wouldn't have to see their bullshit
(Stu in the hat is frothing at the gash, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 22:05, closed)

The "hide" option is your friend in this kind of situation. Hide them and you don't get their posts, but they can't see you've hidden them so you avoid any social drama.
(new_dawn, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 17:57, closed)

Hide function? Thanks, new knowledge gained!

I wish i could cull them (Not just from Facebook but thats another QOTW "Who would you murder and how?"), but the wife wont have it in case it upsets the balance.
(Beaverman Opulence, I has it., Sun 3 Apr 2011, 19:40, closed)

Sometimes i mark shit statuses as spam.
Serves them right for not implementing a dislike button.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 1:38, closed)

I'm genuinely glad there's a name for this
(as it implies it's not just me that it pisses off). I'm more of a Twitter man myself, but even that's not safe from this look-at-me cuntery.
"Bloody men"
"Made a big decision today"
"Grrr!"

For Christ's sake, shit or get off the pot. Either say something or don't. Stop clogging the internet with this panto-style pissing about, trying to sound enigmatic and hoping your legions of followers will come rushing to find out the full story.

It's the social networking equivalent of that infuriating habit in which someone who's talking will occasionally force you to interject for no good reason.

"I've just got back from the shops, I bought some milk, bread, box of Frosties... Oh and I got something else too!"
"........ *sigh* Oh, for fuck's sake. WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING YOU BOUGHT, PRAY TELL?"

A friend lent me Chris Moyles' autobiography once (yes, I *know*, 'Some friend' etc). I gave up on it when I realised he actually manages to write in that same tiresome artificial-suspense fashion.

"I had to hire a new sports reporter. So I wrote down a list of all the people I'd want to hire.


And I handed that list to Andy Parfitt.



There was only one name on the list."

I felt sorry for my friend, he paid good money for all those blank lines.
(costas, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 22:38, closed)