Friends, Facebook, Social Media and Miscellaneous: Clout chasing

Clout chasing

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff - Australia

Today, to give the illusion that I have friends, I wrote an outrageous status on Facebook, and then pretended it was the result of a friend hacking my page, all in the hope that it would get comments, likes, or at least some attention. Nothing happened. FML

I agree, your life sucks 13 588

You deserved it 47 235

Thanksgiving: Turkeys and Skids
Family meals that turn absurd, because Thanksgiving is also about laughing at little disasters. More…

Previous FML Next FML

Same thing different taste

By chocolaterabbit - 02/11/2009 12:41 - Australia

Today, my friends created a fake Facebook profile of a girl, and asked me to be in a relationship. Even my friends think I can't get a real girlfriend, and need a fake one to feel better. FML

I agree, your life sucks 32 163

You deserved it 4 478

By ineedalifekay - 24/05/2009 06:43 - Canada

Today, none of my 500 Facebook friends responded to my status about "who wants to hang out during summer holidays?" I created an imaginary person on a different account to respond and ask me to hang out with him. I had a conversation on my status, with myself. FML

I agree, your life sucks 60 008

You deserved it 46 415

By NoLife - 15/05/2011 18:49 - United States

Today, I purposely went offline on Facebook chat, just so people would think I actually have a life. FML

I agree, your life sucks 15 082

You deserved it 34 729

By Anonymous - 19/12/2011 01:24 - United States

Today, I made a fake Facebook account for a girl, and then set my relationship status to make it look like the fake person was my girlfriend. Someone found out and hacked the fake account. My fake girlfriend just dumped me over Facebook. FML

I agree, your life sucks 11 661

You deserved it 64 309

By Anonymous - 13/08/2010 16:13 - United States

Today, my friend thought it would be funny to hack my Facebook and "like" everybody's statuses. This includes my boyfriend's about his grandmother dying. FML

I agree, your life sucks 41 338

You deserved it 6 159

By KrazyKill - 09/03/2012 19:04 - Canada

Today, I faked being sick so I could weasel out of a chemistry test at school. Happy that I pulled it off, I posted my accomplishment on Facebook. I forgot that I'm friends with my parents. FML

I agree, your life sucks 6 992

You deserved it 75 035

Thoughts and prayers

By the hated - 09/07/2013 02:02 - United States - Absecon

Today, a friend thought it would be funny to make a R.I.P. page for me on Facebook. Most liked post? "Too bad this page is fake." FML

I agree, your life sucks 48 904

You deserved it 5 467

Not a laughing matter

By Anonymous - 26/02/2014 09:31 - United States - Las Vegas

Today, on Facebook, someone wrote a status implying that she was going to kill herself. I called a mutual friend, asking to check up on her. The next status the girl puts up said, "Someone thought I was going to commit suicide! Haha what a loser!" FML

I agree, your life sucks 54 231

You deserved it 4 959

Fake it til you make it

By Anonymous - 07/06/2023 18:02 - United States - Staten Island

Today, I set my relationship status to taken with a fake profile just for kicks. A literal minute later, an acquaintance commented proof that I stole the image from Google. I can't tell if I was busted so quickly because I'm a bad liar, or that people find it impossible to believe that I could get a girlfriend. FML

I agree, your life sucks 145

You deserved it 1 101

By ashbox233 - 09/11/2010 04:18 - United States

Today, someone reckoned that I would never be in a relationship. So I made up this whole story about some made up guy named 'Nick' and posted stuff on my Facebook and Myspace that I'm dating him. Now all my friends want to meet him. FML

I agree, your life sucks 8 170

You deserved it 85 556

thepandaman 0

Wednesday 9 February 2011 16:04

wow, you really must suck

I_iz_B_a_troll 23

Wednesday 9 February 2011 16:05

cool story bro.

Comments

Mikkagandahan 4

Wednesday 9 February 2011 18:26

Atleast you got our attention here :p

jellybean01 0

Wednesday 9 February 2011 18:27

aww we should be Facebook friends

disney_blonde 16

Wednesday 9 February 2011 18:37

If you don't have friends, who is going to read the status?

talun 10

Wednesday 9 February 2011 19:07

Then continue on with the illusion. Delude yourself by creating other accounts to comment/like. At least get the satisfaction that you were looking for. Which can go on forever.

CallMeHush 0

Wednesday 9 February 2011 19:12

This FML got more action than the FB post I bet. OP, you can back away from the ledge, FML pays attention to you.

creepingjennie 13

Wednesday 9 February 2011 19:40

I know a female from NSW who did the same thing the other day. Coincidence? Hmmmmmmmmmmm. The reason why everyone ignores this particular person I know is because she is a selfish, immature troublemaking attention *****, and everyone is sick of her manufactured drama. I hope that's not you, OP.

bachooka 5

Wednesday 9 February 2011 20:51

I also have someone on my facebook who is like this... she drives me bonkers. and she updates her status every two minutes, which isn't quite as often as she changes her sexual preference...

Nakolover13 0

Wednesday 9 February 2011 23:44

Thats when you delete her.

creepingjennie 13

Thursday 10 February 2011 5:04

unfortunately, she is family. When I delete her, I am the bad guy.

Mikkagandahan 4

Thursday 10 February 2011 14:51

You can edit your news feed and choose to show or hide posts from particular people/friends without rejecting them as a facebook contact. I also categorize them into groups like, "Family","Highschool friends", etc. so I can easily choose which posts/albums to private it from. So yea I've found my way around facebook :p Haha! Just sharing ;)