chelischili7 wrote:
I want to know how others feel because I often feel this way. People state opinions that are meaningless or stupid, yet they receive positive responses toward their responses. This occurs not only in everyday life but also on FB. People I know request me to add them and then they will respond to stupid statements like "Popcorn!" but not to interesting articles and quotes. I think this world would be a better place if everyone had their views heard.
This happens to me as well. I will post about a news article or about my activism in my community and few, if nobody seems to listen. Everyone seems to respond to posts about drunkeness and bowel movements (just kidding!), while my intellectual posts go ignored.
My older brother told me it has to do with the fact that people usually only read the first few feeds on Facebook, or they may only read feeds by a few close people. Unless something catches their attention, everything else gets blown off. It might also depend upon the interactions that a person had outside of FB. Maybe two people had a conversation earlier and it spilled over into FB.
What I find more irratating is that when you write something on someone's FB page and they do not respond to you. As an example, my best friend from middle school posted that he involved in a race for cancer awareness, and was looking for contributions and sponsership. Since a number of family members have lost their lives to cancer, I told him about the personal connection and asked where to send money. Never heard a reply out of him, but he has been on FB since.
I have better luck with not being ignored in one on one social situations. I do feel ignored when I am in groups of people though. It often has to do with social dynamics I am told.