one) the braggart

Bragging is a very common behavior on Facebook.

1a) The “my life is amazing” brag

Description: Any post that makes your life sound great, but the reality is that everything you say is pretty normal and most people go through that. Like getting a degree, going on a trip, getting a new job, buying a new car, etc.

Examples:

“You’ll never guess who the new store manager is!”

“Today we hit the beach!”

“I have so much fun every weekend”

These types of posts are usually to create an image of being successful, happy and having a great social life.

At best, you want to share with people how good you feel about life, but more often than not, you just want to create a fantasy world where everything works out for you.

We will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you truly feel happy in all aspects of your life and want to share it with your closest friends and family. You have an email, phone number, and real socializing for that matter, but anyone who isn’t close to you (that’s probably 95% of your Facebook contacts) doesn’t care what you have to say. They’re upset about your posts and probably think you’re a braggart.

1B) The braggart who goes undercover.

This person is never direct about their bragging, but uses certain tactics to brag about their “amazing” life.

“I’ll be in London next week in case someone can recommend a good restaurant”

“A friend needed to sell his stereo, so I bought it from him”

People post these kinds of things because they want to provoke jealousy and they want to appear very successful.

These people tend to be aware of the fact that they like to show off and that is why they cover it up as much as they can.

1c) The “my relationship is perfect” brag

When you constantly describe your feelings towards your partner and tell stories of how perfect everything is for the two of you.

“Thank you for making my life so perfect”

“I never expected to find true and pure love in my life”

Most of the time, when people go overboard with these kinds of comments, it’s because they don’t really have a great relationship and they want to make up for that.

The truth is, there is no excuse to be so boastful about relationships that you could possibly make yourself seem like a mature and genuine person. If you have photos of you and your partner, that’s fine, but if you’re constantly looking for ways to make people happy, you’re probably faking it.

2) Be cryptic about your feeds.

When you post something that makes it very clear that something bad happened, but never details. This is a very lame tactic to “force” people to ask you “what happened?”

Examples:

“How could they do this to me!”

“I can’t believe this happened”

People who do this are simply craving for attention.

The most fun is watching this kind of interaction unfold, because even when someone asks what happened, the person who posted the news can also qualify.

The drama queen: This person tells everything once someone asks and this way she can say she didn’t want to but people asked.

The Hollywood Star: No answer because they just wanted to see who was asking.

The blatant craving for attention: They respond by saying “I really don’t want to get into that.”

The princess: The answer is ambiguous and they want more pampering and more attention to give more information.

3) The extremely mundane upgrade

When someone updates very common things on their Facebook like nobody cares.

“About to take a shower”

“I just had my morning coffee”

People posting this are loners or narcissists.

If they do this all the time it is because they expect people to congratulate them on their worldly activities and this makes it a very sad thing to witness. There is no need for you to tell the whole world what you have been doing when they too do these mundane activities every day. What do people expect as a response when they post this kind of thing in their feeds? Obviously all they want is some kind of attention.

4) Private public messages

Examples:

“I haven’t seen you in a long time, let’s meet”

“We have a lot to catch up”

There are some people who will post messages that should obviously be posted in private messages because they are sent for only one person. For some reason they decide to make them public to make it seem like they are important in some way.

Most of the time, people just want to brag that having a friend like that is some kind of achievement. In fact, they think that others are envious of their “wonderful” friendships.

Many times people do this to make someone jealous. This could be for an ex or maybe someone they are trying to get attention from.

5) The grateful publication that is not for anyone in particular

This is when people seem to declare some kind of grateful love message to everyone but no one in particular at the same time.

Example:

I want to thank everyone who has ever helped me and touched my life in a positive way. Thanks to all of you I have been able to achieve all this.

Those who post these types of updates are also hungry for attention. There’s no way anyone would think you’re that grateful, and yet you don’t seem to be addressing anyone in particular in your post. That would be an insult to those who helped you because you’re making it look like they’re just one of thousands who did this for you. Which is pretty hard to believe because no more than 10% of your Facebook friends see you in real life that often and probably 1% of them would take the time to help you that way.

6) An opinion that is too obvious

Those people who post things that everyone else thinks and has even said, but feel like they just discovered a new continent.

Examples:

“I feel that the government has not been doing things right”

“The best way to contribute to the world is by taking action”

This is also very typical of attention seekers who want to sound smart when they really have nothing original to say. They usually look for other opinions and don’t even bother to modify them a bit.

This is very annoying because those people don’t even say anything interesting. They are only posting for the sake of being noticed by others. Most of the time they don’t feel bad for those who are hurting. They just want to be seen as good people.

7) The Wise

People who constantly post unsolicited wisdom quotes and don’t even follow their own advice.

“If you don’t love yourself, you will never love others”

“Life is too short to regret”

The most annoying thing about some of these posts is that people will take any quote as the ultimate revelation that will change their lives. Is life too short to regret? Well, how about “life is too short to keep making the same mistakes”? Regret is important, it makes you more careful next time. The same goes for many things that people consider to be “words of wisdom” like “if you love something, let it go”, who lets go of what they love? People need a reality check and stop listening to idiotic advice.

I’m not saying there aren’t any good quotes, but the idea is that people should go on a journey to discover this wisdom because they’ve made a mistake and are looking for advice. If you post unsolicited advice, it is likely to be ignored and quickly forgotten.

If you keep posting this kind of stuff, at least have the decency to take your own advice. Most of the people who post these types of updates don’t even remotely live up to their posts. They are envious, attention-hungry, and generally tend to do the opposite of what they preach. I’m not saying everyone is like that, but a good number of people who are trying to “help” others see the light are walking into a dark room.

This wraps up the top 7 ways people annoy people on Facebook. If any of this offended you, it’s probably because you fall into more than one of these categories.