I tend to let vanity get the best of me when it comes to my social networks. This has earned me a respectable amount of Facebook friends (about 550 or so).

What do I get in return for clicking accept on those friend requests? A Facebook feed full of pure un-adulterated garbage. Every day I get annoyed with the rubbish that continues to appear in my Facebook feed. I may even venture to say I get upset.

Why? Because I have to spend 10 minutes a day blocking ridiculous quizes, un-tagging myself in chain letters, or declining invites to apps that I don’t want spamming up my feed.

So today, out of frustration, I asked myself, “what are these people doing?”

Why do they not find all of this irritating? Why must I constantly be blocking “Which Sex in the City character are you” quizes?

Then I came upon the answer: They are bored. Purely and simply, they have nothing better to do with their time. They come to Facebook because they are bored and they want to be entertained. I, therefore, should not be getting worked up about my Facebook feed.

While working in social media it is easy to get too serious. At least twice a day I see a link to a blog post about “The 7 Deadly Sins in Social Media,” or “57 No-No’s on Twitter.” In our world, it is important to come off as professional and ahead of the curve.

However, we need to keep our audience in mind. While Facebook is a great place to network and re-connect, most people go there everyday because they are bored and Facebook is entertaining.

Before you get completely caught up in following all the rules, keep in mind that most people use social sites to be entertained. If you are not engaging or entertaining, most people won’t pay much attention.

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