I think it's a situation where it's best to delete the person (as you've done), have a good scream into your pillow or a rant at your SO, and then let it go. :/ As someone else said, what they want is a reaction, and it really only has power for as long as you're willing to dwell on it.
Facebook, in my opinion, only breeds drama and negativity if you let it. Drama has caused an issue for me once, when I found out something my SO didn't tell me that felt like a massive betrayal. I did flip my lid at that point. But generally I don't let what I see on FB bother me. I rant on FB and I don't mind others who rant on FB as well. I try not to rant about anyone on my FB or anyone that I'm acquainted with personally, simply because I believe in confronting the situation face to face, and I don't use names, and that seems to do well with not stirring up any unnecessary drama. I ended up deleting someone on FB who would take URLs of posts and make fun of the people on them by name, getting a bunch of people from that forum to band together and gang up on the person unbeknowanst to them. I thought it was horrible and swiftly deleted them for it. I tend not to keep the shit stirrers on my friend's list. I only recently made a cut to people I know/people I know from LFAD that I want to keep updated on or in touch with. It's sad that Facebook is such a catalyst for drama, but I've managed to avoid it by limiting whose friend requests I accept and what content I choose to accept/post.
Facebook, in my opinion, only breeds drama and negativity if you let it. Drama has caused an issue for me once, when I found out something my SO didn't tell me that felt like a massive betrayal. I did flip my lid at that point. But generally I don't let what I see on FB bother me. I rant on FB and I don't mind others who rant on FB as well. I try not to rant about anyone on my FB or anyone that I'm acquainted with personally, simply because I believe in confronting the situation face to face, and I don't use names, and that seems to do well with not stirring up any unnecessary drama. I ended up deleting someone on FB who would take URLs of posts and make fun of the people on them by name, getting a bunch of people from that forum to band together and gang up on the person unbeknowanst to them. I thought it was horrible and swiftly deleted them for it. I tend not to keep the shit stirrers on my friend's list. I only recently made a cut to people I know/people I know from LFAD that I want to keep updated on or in touch with. It's sad that Facebook is such a catalyst for drama, but I've managed to avoid it by limiting whose friend requests I accept and what content I choose to accept/post.
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