Your status on facebook vs your posts on CF...

[dluvs2trvl]

I'm curious...do you guys post one thing on facebook and then post another on CF. What I mean is do you put on a happy face on facebook or myspace or whatever other social networking sites you use but then come to CF and really tell what is going on in your life? Do you see CF as a safe place to really share your heart?

I have been thinking about this for a bit. For me, there does seem to be a difference. I'm not sure why because everyone on facebook is obviously my friend but there are times where I won't really say what I'm feeling on FB but I feel safe enough to say it on CF. Even though they are both out there in internet land for all the world to see....go figure.

Does anyone else do that?

 

[Inkachu]

I use FB very rarely anymore, but I don't act one way there, and one way here. There does seem to be an excess of bubbly-giggly-fuzzy-girliness on FB. It makes me want to gag, frankly. I guess it's a teen thing, but it seems to ooze into the adult women, too, and it makes me feel icky.

 

[Keri]

Nope. I'm the same here, there, anywhere.

 

[BRISH]

I'm curious...do you guys post one thing on facebook and then post another on CF. What I mean is do you put on a happy face on facebook or myspace or whatever other social networking sites you use but then come to CF and really tell what is going on in your life? Do you see CF as a safe place to really share your heart?

I have been thinking about this for a bit. For me, there does seem to be a difference. I'm not sure why because everyone on facebook is obviously my friend but there are times where I won't really say what I'm feeling on FB but I feel safe enough to say it on CF. Even though they are both out there in internet land for all the world to see....go figure.

Does anyone else do that?

Ooh, nice topic.

It took me awhile to "show the new me" on FB. It started the day conviction was heavy about "deny me, and I'll deny you". It wasn't an "insecure" thing like I wanted to justify it as. I was me being embarrassed of the gospel. :o It was me not loving my friends and family enough to share with them. It's not about us.

I was like this ^ (op), only I was more upbeat on CF. Now, well I just want my life to reflect itself the same way in all areas. I want a consistancy. You know what? I've never heard soo many proverbial crickets in my personal life on FB...ever. Even my "christian friends/family".....nothin. I don't even get "thumbs up so and so likes this". At first people were acknowledging with even just that option, but now....not a thing. Dont know. They are wonderful people, but I think they think I've gone "extreme"..more than what is needed. I think, that they just don't know WHAT to think and are not willing to support something, for fear of "not looking extreme". This, is a LONELY walk...I'm very quickly learning.

I'll keep praying I can fulfill my words with the right walk. Don't know what else to do or say other than that. In other words, give it up to God. No one else will ever be able to fulfill your life. Let Him consume you, and soo much of our every day worries (like ^ this) become irrelevant.

 

[Marycita]

I rarely post things on FB

 

[smacky ramone]

If I think something I posted here is clever enough, I'll post it on Facebook. But I would probably get banned for posting some of my Facebook stuff here. Well, I've been behaving myself on FB lately

 

[Mrs. Luther073082]

I put stuff on facebook and CF. If I don't want certain people to know on facebook, I use the privacy features (you can limit who sees an individual post).

 

[Obzocky]

I have been thinking about this for a bit. For me, there does seem to be a difference. I'm not sure why because everyone on facebook is obviously my friend but there are times where I won't really say what I'm feeling on FB but I feel safe enough to say it on CF. Even though they are both out there in internet land for all the world to see....go figure.

I'm getting like this. I know it's because I don't know any of you here so i'm a little more open, which is absolutely bizarre when you think about it. Plus unleashing my thoughts here avoids the awful responses from people who feel that they are not only obliged to respond/know everything they possibly can/read far too much into far too little and make a gigantic molehill out of it, but they also then repeatedly mention this offline and start telling other people things they've interpreted from your facebook to others which you had no idea they could possibly interpret from them D:

I'll step off of my soapbox now. Suffice to say my facebook is in privacy lockdown and CF is facing the brunt of my "oooo, ramble ramble type" personality.

Edit: I also feel it's necessary to say that I do know a lot of drama queens, like myself, who enjoy nothing more than creating drama from something as simple as
Xavia is looking forward to this weekend :].
Which can be twisted to mean everything and anything, all of which gets spread across the faculty (not so bothersome, most other staff members are adult enough to ignore it), students (who definitely aren't so mature), family (some of whom are just ... yes) and people who irk me and yet I cannot bring myself to delete them because beneath their tendency to be awful, awful gossips they're actually rather good friends

 

[Riot Riot Riot]

I don't post much on FB. Usually my statuses are either silly things (like: "Darn you Rubik's Cube!!) or bible verses. I really have nothing to hide.

But I do feel a bit more open on here. Mostly because it's easier to share things on here than it is on FB. It's hard to fit a lot in a status update.

 

[Amber.ly]

I normally only use Facebook for photos and to post a once-a-week status update. But mine are all informing people of what I am doing, such as I just changed mine to "looking forward to canoeing with family this Saturday but not about waking up so early!" and 99% of my statuses are the same kind of thing. Just updates on what I am actually doing or did.

In general I do not spout my feelings on FB. Nor do I on CF. Many, many times I feel like responding to someone in less than a patient or loving manner here but I always resist. This is not the place for it and my attitude is never appropiate no matter the circumstances if all I want to do is tell people to get over themselves

Sometimes I wish I could use CF to unburden myself of some issues (I abuse the Shout Out thread to do this occasionally) but in general, unless you have an actual interest in me and my life, I don't share personal stuff with just everybody LOL

 

[Wren]

I'm more open on fb. I don't think my political thoughts or articles would be of any interest here and I'd have people ranting about liberals. I also post personal, yet typically mundane, stuff there because I have the support of family and friends. I really don't feel the need to censor myself that much on fb. Here I know I have to be careful if I want to avoid someone trying to debate* with me. The only censoring I do on fb, I also do here. I'm careful not to share too much of how I feel because it's fb and not a diary. I don't think people want to read emo stuff that's probably better left to IMs, PMs, or a journal. But I also don't post happy stuff if I'm not happy. I just post neutral stuff then, same as I do here.


*and by debate, I mean argue with no intention of an exchange of ideas, only forcefully sharing their opinion.

 

[stephanieamber]

For the most part, I try to not post anything emotional on either site. somehow I felt like this was a safe place to do it, and I tried and decided it's not.

People that are my friends can know about the ups and downs of my life, but it's not something I want everybody to know about me; not that I want to present myself as happy-go-lucky all of the time, but I see no point in sharing things over the internet.

At this point, now that I have tried it and decided against it, I cannot see how anybody does it.

 

[Trashionista]

I don't have my religious views on Facebook. I don't have my political views on there anymore, either.

At the same time, I've become fans of left-leaning politicians and publications (Barack Obama, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Gavin Newsom, etc. Is Newsweek really left leaning? I guess compared to FOXNews it is, but after that gay actor editorial I'm not so sure) so my views on here - I go into way more detail here. It's too much effort to join groups and argue on Facebook - are pretty obvious to the people on my Friend's list.

Also, it's a lot easier to be ballsy with opinions when you're hiding behind a screenname. I'd rather everyone not associate Trashy Vandertramp (me ) with one viewpoint on a Facebookm Discussion board.

 

[kevlite2020]

I'm no different there than here, except for I post a whole ton more on here...

My current facebook status: I learned an important lesson from a fortune cookie today!

...

Smiling increases face value! hahahaha!

 

[Thunder Peel]

I don't post on FB that often and whenever I do it's usually something extremely stupid that annoys people. So basically I'm the same in both places.

 

[PeculiarTreasure]

I think I'm a little more open here now that I think about it. Everyone on FB just seems to "put on a happy face" all the time. It's rather sad.

 

[ulu]

At the same time, I've become fans of left-leaning politicians and publications (Barack Obama, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Gavin Newsom, etc

Trudeau rocked.

 

[Trashionista]

Trudeau rocked.

I find the more I read about him, the more respect I had/have for him. Man had balls of steel and chutzpah to spare.

 

[white dove]

I'm curious...do you guys post one thing on facebook and then post another on CF. What I mean is do you put on a happy face on facebook or myspace or whatever other social networking sites you use but then come to CF and really tell what is going on in your life? Do you see CF as a safe place to really share your heart?

I have been thinking about this for a bit. For me, there does seem to be a difference. I'm not sure why because everyone on facebook is obviously my friend but there are times where I won't really say what I'm feeling on FB but I feel safe enough to say it on CF. Even though they are both out there in internet land for all the world to see....go figure.

Does anyone else do that?

Ah! I'm going to tell you again how much I've missed you here!


Now to answer the OP.... Hmm. I don't really post many status updates on FB (which will probably change from here on out, not really sure), but the ones that I typically post have to do with finding out what other people are up to (like, "hey, does anyone want to go to this concert?") or to update them on my current medical status, things like that. I would say I post more there due to that. I feel like those people care more about me (because they actually know me), so obviously I'm keeping them in the loop that way. But, I've been using FB more for e-mail lately. Maybe it's cuz I like seeing the little red icons on the top.

 

[mina]

It depends. I use facebook for mostly keeping up with people I know in real life so i post a lot about things that happen in my real life. Here i'm sorta private. So I guess i tend to be more transparent on FB.