Crap I decided Facebook didn't need to know

Is your every thought, movement and belief appropriate for Facebook?  When most people accept friend requests from colleagues and old college friends, neighbors, and extended family, how much of your information do you really want to share with them?

My general rule of thumb has always been, if I wouldn't share pictures of my recent vacation with you in person, you don't need to see them on Facebook.  It seems harsh these days to decline a request from someone I went to elementary, middle and high school with, however that same person didn't say hello to me in the grocery store last week.  So why do they need to know that I was out celebrating a girlfriend's birthday last weekend?  I've taken this hard line as far to start de-friending people that have never really been a friend in the first place.  After all, it's not called Acquaintancebook.  Although not everyone shares my strict rules for accepting friends, they should accept the following guidelines for appropriate Facebook etiquette:

1. Changing your status more than twice a day is ridiculous.  What could you possibly be doing that needs a play-by-play?
2. Checking in every time you go to the gym, work, McDonald's, whatever isn't needed.  The paparazzi aren't following you, just live your life. It's just your casual way of bragging.  Going to work isn't a triumph, it's a requirement for being employed.
3. Posting hourly pictures and updates from a vacation, especially if you are out of the country, is disgusting.  It does not imply that you are having any fun, in fact it implies the opposite, that you are filling your days staring at your phone instead of the blue water and fruity drinks in your pictures. 
4. Live streaming the birth of your child is not necessary.  That is a private moment with you and your family, the world is ok if you keep it that way. 
5. If more than 50% of your profile pictures are selfies, people are mocking you.
6. Posting vague, melodramatic updates only makes you look simple and dramatic. 

Being a good friend isn't really all that hard.  You just have to be a good person first!