why fb people love to show off their lives in facebook

I actually have many colleagues that loves to expose everything that happens to their lives on facebook. As if all people are interested to hear all their regrets and pains in life. They keep posting status even if it is just eating or drinking coffee. Well, I think that it has become a hobby for them. They maybe enjoying the attention they get from people who would usually reply to their posts. I actually cannot help myself not to reply especially if they say something unusual like posting quotes about dying just because someone has made their hearts broken. I also worry sometimes so I would usually ask if I can be of any help. But they would just reply that they are okay and moving on. Oh well, but they keep posting the same tone everyday. I even have a colleague that posted a photo of their newly built house. Yes it is huge and seem that they have really spend so much for it. She maybe proud of it but I also hope that she is aware the consequences of posting it. I usually visit facebook to post new photos that I think my friends and family would like to see as well because they are part of it. I also use it to play games. I am disappointed whenever I open my account and would see posts that are unusual. I am sometimes embarassed to have them as friends because of their posts :D so I just decided to create another account for my friends and family alone.

It is totally true, I also think that doing such things makes one feel bad in real, because everyone knows that what they post in the facebook is only to get the approval of the people that they are having a good life but they forget that it is just a virtual world not the real one. I admit myself for doing that and that is the reason that sometimes feel like deleting my account. It is a kind of frustration act where I get the false satisfaction and secretly I feel bad about it. I think that Mylot could have been just like facebook if it did not pay us/people for posting here.

Myself, posting things on my status regarding hearthache, money troubles, conflicts at work, family drama, etc, I think I'd be embarrassed to post such things. I wouldn't want that kind of attention drawn towards me, that's just asking for people to get into your business and even start rumors about you. I think some people like to post these things because they love the attention, or maybe it's comforting for them to cry out to other people regarding their problems.

For me, I take FB as a good place to keep those good memories about your life and not a place to vent your anger, frustrations, and disappointments. By this way you only leave good memories about your life and forget those bad/negative things about you. It is true indeed that FB can be made as a diary but I think diaries are meant to be kept private rather than shown on the whole world to see your whole self.

i don't post all things about me in fb world. if ever i would, i think mylot knows me more than fb...feelings i don't reveal in fb cause i don't like being interviewed after the post or so...it will be much safer in here i guess cause we don't know each other personally as in physically. It is better to be invisible in sight, i guess. but if ever the person is close to me, i will certainly tell what i feel in private message or something like voice call or video...like that...or if we have time to meet in person, it will be great to have chat personally... Sometimes it's bad to post all your emotions in fb cause it might ruin more the situation or the relationships...

Rarely i post status or update my picture everyday...i connect to facebook twice times a month for look around only... Some guys just connect to facebook whole day and upload as much as they can anything that is related to them...umh,..,just waste much time for it...to get the number of likes or comments...

Yes I know that for one my cousin on my dad's side does this exact same thing. She complains when her husband yells at her, she goes on facebook and starts up a bunch of drama and guess what? HER HUSBAND IS ON FACEBOOK....Yup. So they just constantly argue about whatever it is they are arguing about and then make up and then say how much they love each other in my opinion it is very sickening when I see people like that although it can be a stress reliever, please remember that it is PUBLIC or can turn public at any given moment.

Hello missjahn, I have so many good friends in my facebook and I really enjoy my friend's posts. So many of my friends updates their status and post their pictures wherever they go. So it is good for me to keep in touch with them .

I have a lot of friends doing that, too. People loves to post photos of the foods they are eating just because they are in an expensive resto, people saying where they are and what they are doing all the time. It's kinda funny and at the same time slightly annoying. Well, everyone has the right to post anything they want, but I think it's also good that they put some limits.

From my view, it includes two reasons:1 Some people are narcissistic,they think themselves are very pretty, and want to be noticed. 2 Some people want to share with others the interesting and funny things.