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According to Market Watch

The fabulous lifer

You know the person who posts photographs of a bouquet of flowers or their child’s first day at school when a Charles Eames chair in the background is the main attraction? That’s the fabulous lifer who turns Facebook into a showcase of their home. Martha Stewart has her lifestyle website, Gwyneth Paltrow has Goop, Blake Lively has Preserve for handmade products - and this person has Facebook: Their Timeline is a parade of fast cars and evening gowns where the only acceptable response is “cool” or “stunning.”

The vaguebooker

Vaguebooking happens when people post concerning comments but give no other details, says Abby Rodman, a psychotherapist in Boston. “Recently, I read a post that said, ‘I’m devastated. Never thought this could happen to me.’ That was it! Of course, friends immediately start chiming in with, ‘What’s wrong?’ and ‘Are you okay?’ or ‘PM me if you need to talk.’ It’s a passive aggressive scream for attention and, if something so devastating has occurred, do you really have the time to post about it?”

The relentless liker

Who is the most tiresome of them all? “Overly consistent commenters, those who must have a comment no matter what you post or write,” says Seth Rabinowitz, a partner at management consultancy Silicon Associates. What’s more, in 2012 Larry Rosen, professor of psychology at California State University, evaluated 800 active Facebook members and found those who most often “like” other people’s activities on Facebook are more likely to show symptoms of “mania” and “compulsivity.”

The ranter

Did you hear Sarah Palin thought the White House was located at 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue? What about President Obama, and how he’s handled the Ebola crisis? You mean you’ve read about it already? Well, this Facebook user has an opinion, and he will burst if he doesn’t get it out. He doesn’t like anything, or anyone, and since he missed his calling as a fire-and-brimstone pundit on talk radio, he will use Facebook as his soap box. “Nothing you say or do can make this person happy,” says Jacqueline Whitmore, founder of the Protocol School of Palm Beach, Fla.

The uber-tagger

Those who tag you on comments or posts that become an open forum with many unknown others responding and adding to your inbox get on the nerves of Ummu Bradley Thomas, founder of the Freddie Bell Jones Modeling & Finishing School in Denton, Md. If they have a friend coming to a town near you, they tag you and every other friend who live there instead of recommending this person — who has no relationship to you — buy “Time Out New York” or “Lonely Planet Seattle.”

The Debbie downer

Debbie can be a man or a woman — they just have to walk down the shady side of the street. They yearn for summer to come — and when it finally does — they complain about the cost of the air conditioning. They plan their vacation and post about their holiday from hell. And they appear to be constantly going through a divorce ever since they joined Facebook in 2006. “Unless you’re still in middle school, the painful details of your breakups should not be Facebook fodder,” Rodman says.

The pet lover

The pet lover is addicted to posting endless pictures of their pets, says Darren Hayes, director of cybersecurity and assistant professor at Pace University. He’s a dog lover, so he is more irritated by pictures of cats. Because, he says, some Facebook users believe the world clearly doesn’t have enough cat pictures. There are even pages devoted to cats — like “I Love Funny Cat Pictures A Lot” with 107,423 likes so pet lovers don’t have to clog up your News Feed. And just wait until they have their first baby…

The silent stalker

At the opposite end of the scale is the relentless stalker. You know they’re there. They never say or do anything, but they are lurking in the tall (virtual) grass, following your every check-in, examining every detail of your life. “This person uses Facebook as a way of checking up on people but never contributes by posting or “liking” what you or others have to say,” Whitmore says. They can’t bring themselves to like anything, and they probably have a landscape or, worse, default silhouette as a profile photo, but always know your business when you finally meet them in person.

The big gamer

They earn extra points if they get you to join, and they really need those points. You are a vehicle to get them to the next level. There’s a reason they call Candy Crush “Candy Crack,” Rodman says. “I’ve seen people threaten to unfriend others who bombard them with invitations to play games. Take a hint: If someone doesn’t respond to your first invitation, they’re not interested. Take them off your guest list.” And that goes for chain letters and people who want your vote in a competition, or want to guilt-trip you into sharing a photo of a child with cancer even when you don’t know its origins.

The virtual lovers

“Get a room,” says Simon Rego, director of psychology training at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. Or a chat room. As long as it isn’t on his Facebook timeline, he doesn’t mind. Some couples post so many photographs of themselves where they’re joined at the hip that you could mistake them for Siamese twins. Until their vacation rolls around, that is, and the whole world gets to see them in a hot tub together. “Adults should not post sexually explicit material,” Hayes says. Failing that, pray for lots of steam.
 

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I hate the Debbie downer
 

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From the very small amount I see from my wife using facebook number one seems pretty prevalent and highly obnoxious. People like to display their lives on facebook like they are perfect when you know that is far from the truth
 

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From the very small amount I see from my wife using facebook number one seems pretty prevalent and highly obnoxious. People like to display their lives on facebook like they are perfect when you know that is far from the truth

The person that pisses me off is the Vaguebooker. It's the person that wants you to comment on what they're saying because they leave out just enough of the details in an attempt to draw you into their drama.
 

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I've got a couple of gamers (both female) that annoy the hell out of me with constant game requests. ... ive also got a couple of big lifers and ranters but they dont really bother me.
 

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The person that pisses me off is the Vaguebooker. It's the person that wants you to comment on what they're saying because they leave out just enough of the details in an attempt to draw you into their drama.

women do this a lot, that have multiple kids, especially on dating sites ( I used to use plenty of fish some, but never again..and no was not desperate..)

It's what they don't tell you.. that is important. most of these types are mentally ill, or fundamentally low IQ's .

Is the status quo though, these days
 

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I hate the political posts.

I also hate the rub it in your face "my sports team is so great!"

And the meme posts/pictures. Especially when there's like 10 in a row (from the same person).
 

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If you don't know that all branches of the government use FB as a tool to find info about you then you are a fool.

Why would any branch of the US Government have a reason to look at your FB page? I'm curious.
 

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I hate the political posts.

I also hate the rub it in your face "my sports team is so great!"

And the meme posts/pictures. Especially when there's like 10 in a row (from the same person).

Sorry Coach. I'll try to tone it down a bit.
 

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The person that pisses me off is the Vaguebooker. It's the person that wants you to comment on what they're saying because they leave out just enough of the details in an attempt to draw you into their drama.

Hahaha
 

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you guys are truly blind to what's really going on these days:
CIA admits full monitoring of Facebook and other social networks


https://usahitman.com/cafmofaosn/

What's the difference between a US Government office looking at your FB page and your employer looking at your FB page?

I mean, why do you care? If you have a public FB page, that is like saying you have no issue with people knowing about you.
 

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What's the difference between a US Government office looking at your FB page and your employer looking at your FB page?

I mean, why do you care? If you have a public FB page, that is like saying you have no issue with people knowing about you.

If you have to ask, you'll never get it. Keep on posting man, buy some bitcoin too while you're at it....
 

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