I’m sitting at home, finally done with homework, so I decide to scroll through my Facebook News Feed. This is a relaxing and enjoyable activity until suddenly I am distracted by the few things I despise about Facebook: people who over-post statuses that reveal personal drama and those who use Facebook to brag.

Immediately when I say this, I’m sure everyone has an image in their head of someone who constantly updates their status. There’s always that one person who clogs your newsfeed with pointless statues like, “Hate this weather,” or “Finally get to go to Chipotle.” It may seem important to you to give us a play-by-play of your life, but I guarantee nearly 700 of your 800 friends do not care.

I understand Facebook is a pastime for most people, but it should not be your diary. I love seeing posts or pictures of pinnacle life events, but knowing about your mundane, everyday thoughts and feelings is uninteresting to me.

This is why I truly detest when people direct their statuses at other people. The statuses that say things like “When someone ignores you” obviously are written about a certain person. Usually, if you know the status updater, you can figure out about who they posted, and sharing these friend problems with near strangers is just not appropriate.

When you post about drama, it only causes more arguments; the person you post about is going to see the status, and then proceed to be angrier, and the seemingly simple fight will erupt into gossip for everyone to chew on. This type of posting also can be very hurtful, even if the post was meant to be simply a rant. That person will feel publicly humiliated and violated because their mistake is out there for all of your Facebook friends to see.

So the big question is, why do we post these statuses? In some cases, it is simply for attention. In other situations, Facebook is used as an outlet for people who do not know how to properly handle and vent about their personal issues. In this case, it may be better to seek a friend or trusted guardian rather than publicly expose your life to everyone on Facebook.

The blog “Wait But Why” of the Huffington Post, pointed out another aspect of this called “image crafting”: the act of using social network to try and boost your social status or appearance. These statuses usually take the form of someone posting a status including their weekend plans   — and tagging the people involved. I personally believe these posts have no good purpose — they only make others jealous or have zero meaning to the readers.

The temptation to post things like these examples is strong. I’ll be honest; I’ve probably done some of these before and annoyed others. My advice is to be careful because the Internet is permanent and everything you post is searchable. Facebook is not to be used as the sole basis of your social life. It’s  time to get off the Internet and enjoy life without having to post about it.