To the people who like their own Facebook statuses, I have one simple question: why?
Please tell me. Are you desperate to have people liking your well-thought of and meticulously researched status (and you researched by googling for “love quotes” – but hey that took up seven minutes of your time, plus that Angelfire page crashed your Internet Explorer and that counts for something, right?) that you have to jumpstart the process by liking it yourself?
Let me get something straight here, people. By posting something on Facebook, it implies that you like it. Okay? This is almost as bad as tagging people in an unfunny picture taken from Tumblr, but you know, at least it doesn’t require your friends untagging themselves from some typography post with the same love quote (also it would be hilariously misquoted to, I dunno, Mikhail Gorbachev) on it. Or John Lloyd Cruz’s face. Okay, I don’t see any reason for people to untag themselves from John Lloyd’s face, but you get my drift.
This is going to be my profile picture.
“But- but- Ade, posts won’t like themselves!” Okay, okay. Maybe you’re so excited with your thoughts that you can’t help but like it as soon as you posted it on Facebook. Also, I know it’s your Facebook and you can do whatever fucking thing you want with it. Fine, I’ll give you that. But you know, there are limits to liking your own posts. Imagine opening Facebook one day and seeing this:
Yeah, I’d punch myself in the balls too. What about you guys? What do you think of people liking their own Facebook posts? Do you like your own Facebook statuses? Let’s hear it from you guys in the comments!
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Kulang pa yan, Ade. Some people don’t just “like” their posts, they would also be the first to comment! Lonerrrr.
Oh yeah that too! That’s sad.
what if you realize that you want to add something?
so you add it as comment.
I will retroactively ‘Like’ something I posted (more often a link than a status message), if it ends up generating interesting feedback that I believe others will be genuinely interested in, but not enough comments/responses to bump it up onto the Top News feed.
Case in point: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1593180546&v=wall&story_fbid=122432554456912&ref=share
Yeah, I tend to over-think stuff like that.
Didn’t know about that clicking like on your own posts puts it in Top News. Interesting.
I like this.
Para daw lumabas sa TOP NEWS :) kaya kailangan i-like or something. :| pero ginagawa ko din ito minsan,
*like*
I don’t like the tone of your post.
Well, I don’t like the tone of your face!
lol. Excellent
…and I like this! Love you, Ade! :)
… dude. What the hell?
What about people who ask you to tag them in photos, even if they’re not in it?
I know someone who was asked to do just that. LOL.
People do that? O_O Wow. And I thought tagging people in pictures they’re not in is bad enough.
I have the same sentiment as you. There is some logic to liking your own posts (e.g. you could have posts of “OMG I broke up with my girlfriend” and “Grabe ansarap matulog” and liking only the second post) but on my view, usually it’s just to get attention. The worse part is Joni’s sentiment – people who post would be the first to comment on their own post. Sometimes it’s just a pahabol though, but sometimes it’s also for getting attention. I never liked the idea of liking your own post (or anyone’s actually, for that matter. It’s either I comment or nothing) and commenting first on your own post.
Para hindi ka lonely kaka-like sa sarili mong post…
(thumbs-up) PERF likes this.
uyy! gawain! hahaha :))
ganyan talaga, masabi lang na may nag-like :))
andaming ginagawa sa fb nakabobo, isa na yan. bwahaha
*like* :D
*like*
Hi Noisyman, I’m a fan! :D
Hi Dani! Thanks for dropping by my blog!
Yeah, liking the post transfers your post from the most recent news feed to top stories. Still, it is frowned upon, especially if your post is stupid.
Or is that an exception? Heehee!
I will defend myself!!!!
I only like my own status IF, I quoted someone else and really like it. And, I’m the fist to comment IF I forgot to include something in the status. There is no edit option.
=(
There is, however, a delete button which you can use. And then you can edit it and post it another time. It may be a lot of work for some, but people who aren’t clueless would stop at nothing to avoid looking like a douche.
*first
I once heard somewhere liking your own status is like sucking your own… yeah. LOL.
This is just the newest thing, I remember seeing something more sad a few years back, bloggers being the only one who commented on their own post!
First time, and nag-e-enjoy akong magbasa.
I think, gusto nilang tularan sila. I will like my post, then somebody follows. My post will be on the news feed and everybody who loves to like anything on the feed will like it.
Kahit ako naiirita din whenever I see posts being liked by its own author. I mean, hello, wala ba silang friends? LOL :))
nice blog btw! :)
I strongly agree! :)
It’s a bit like laughing at your own jokes really. kinda tasteless
“mom has died. please pray for her :(”
-By posting something on Facebook, it implies that you like it.
doesn’t make sense. even if you don’t *like* your own status.
You actually went out of your way to look for holes in my article!
YOU WIN A SHINY NEW INTERNETS
kthanks.
A person who routinely likes their own updates and a person who would post something this are the same kind of attention whore we see everyday on Facebook. Same kind of theist attention whore actually.
Lol…I was sooo pissed about it that I googled it. I was about to open a facebook page for it. It’s just wayy too lame. I’m posting the link to this blog post on my facebook..and no, I won’t “Like” it or lamely be the first to comment on it xD
Would have to agree with you on this one. I have a middle-aged friend who strangely keeps doing this because she “lives” for the attention of her status updates (kind of pathetic, but it does happen). She posts something, if nobody reacts to it, she’ll like her own status and even ask friends if they already read her status for the day. Tsktsktsk.
Nice piece Ade! :)
I SUPER LIKE THIS! STUPID PEOPLE LIKE THEIR OWN STUPID POSTS…