does fb reveal a lot about a person? would it be wise to judge someone based on thier fb ? or to call decide who want to or not want to spend life with based on what thier fb seems like?
Re: Facebook
No, Facebook is where you put your best foot forward, it’s not necessarily a true reflection of yourself. Honestly, you get to know a person by talking to them directly and asking questions, there is no other way around it 
Re: Facebook
say someone was cracking crude jokes on fb? or appeared a bit indecent, i cant think of a better word. not because there were posting such pictures or anything but by the things their were saying…they otherwise seemed ok.
the problem with talking is…people can easily put on a mask and give you the answers you are looking for.any one intelligent can do that really well.
Re: Facebook
I’m of the view that social media is a useful source of information about people. Otherwise, why would HR departments worldwide be digging into it to gather information about prospective employees. Having said that, one must also use caution when stumbled upon something unexpected there and ask themselves following questions:
1- Does this profile genuinely belong to this person? Can this picture be Photoshop’ed or stolen?
2- Am I without flaws?
3- Is some opinion a constant seen throughout someone’s post on a certain topic or its just an aberration?
4- How much time does the profile owner must have invested in the upkeep of the profile?
5- Last but not the least, ask yourself if the profile owner is trying to convey a message through their profile and perhaps has gone overboard with it? I met some new immigrants from Korea, Vietnam, etc. and noticed they were trying too hard to fit-in and be accepted. They rejected everything that uniquely belonged to their culture and wholeheartedly adopted some extreme Hollywood ideals. I view it as a culture-shock in reverse which can start to take root when a person is already in his/her home country filling out visa application forms. Some people come out of that shock soon and some don’t.
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so in other words unless they’re pretending to interested in you and it turns out their married, or you see something major about their lifestyle that you dont like (they go clubbing idk) it is a lousy way to judge someone…from thier likes,shares and comments alone
Re: Facebook
I think Facebook or any social media platform can give you basics about another person. What they like/dislike, who they interact with and how, you get to see their pictures, and status updates etc.
You only get to see what they put out so that will tell you a lot about how they like to be perceived by others and what they enjoy sharing. I think it can give you a general sense of what they are like but people are complex beings and we have many folds to our personality so there is no way you can ever find out about someone - well the level you are probably thinking of getting to know them until you actually meet and converse with them.
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Maybe his crude jokes posts are from when he was younger, you can look at that possibility.
True, that happens a lot.