Current location:	56304
Entry tags:	internet lawyers, stfu parents

Common thought, or COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ZOMG? Regardless, it's dumb.
Don't think this qualifies as fandom, so OTF_ it is.

Blair is the blogger/proprietor of STFU, Parents, a user-generated blog that culls parents oversharing on Facebook. It's been around since February '09. (Featured on this comm last August.)

She posted on Facebook this morning about a slapped-together article on msn.com, "15 Things Moms Overshare on Facebook", with obviously fake statuses. (Statii?) STFUP blurs out last names, but the msn.com examples have no space for last names, and I'd like to see a real baby announcement (#5) with zero likes on it.

While Blair is very upset about this, her readers are extremely mixed. 250+ comments so far, fairly evenly divided between "call a copyright lawyer, down with this sort of thing" and "it might be a coincidence, I missed the part where you are the only one who can do this sort of thing". Blair in the comments as well, getting snotty as time goes by, which is always fun.

"I never said anyone has to agree with me. But I would never tell someone whose page and blog I read for free that they're "whining" over a corporation stealing ideas. That's rude and unsupportive." [cite] (I personally would have thrown in a "buy my book!") "I do not have a monopoly on the concept of mocking parent overshare with biting criticism. I invented the concept. If someone steals my exact ideas, that's stupid. I am allowed to be annoyed about it." [cite] "Does calling me a foolish whiner have a purpose? Or are you just trying to hurt my feelings? Just checking." [cite]

And to hit the Bingo, there's definitely a bit of deleting going on in the comments. (Marshall Lilly who?)

Good times.

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	shaggydogstail 2013-03-25 12:51 pm UTC (link)
	Slightly tangentially, I was always a bit confused by the way some folks are forever complaining about their annoying third-cousin's hairdresser's boyfriend posted on Facebook - why not just not read people you don't like? And then I realised that the internet basically turns everyone into otters eating watermelon. Even if it makes you cry, you can't stop. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	meagenimage 2013-03-25 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	Because it you follow them then their posts show up on your newsfeed. If you unfollow them there will be omgdrama. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	queencallipygos 2013-03-25 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	There's actually a way to hide people from your newsfeed without unfriending them. (I have learned to do that with a couple people during election season.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	risha 2013-03-25 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	I just wish you could pick and choose topics to hide. There are a couple of on my newsfeed that I quite like when they're not retweeting anti-Obama propaganda and/or idiocy from the Tea Party. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	franzen 2013-03-26 12:10 am UTC (link)
	I think you can by using "hide posts like these." Facebook will group messages on the same topic, and i know they use content scans to determine order (if you sort by importance over "all recent activity"), so you might be able to get the rankings to understand that "Tea Party" is not something you want to see. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	risha 2013-03-26 11:43 am UTC (link)
	oh my god it's full of stars I haven't gotten the time to try it yet, but I think you're right, in theory it should work. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bobafeis 2013-03-27 03:44 am UTC (link)
	Hi. You are the most awesome person in the world for sharing this knowledge. Go you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	visp 2013-04-11 04:37 am UTC (link)
	I think that 'unbaby me' has some wider applications. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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