Both of these options suck. Certain personal questions shouldn't be asked at all.

I agree with anonymous.

Depends on the person. If the person openly posts about their personal things, they shouldn't be upset when someone asks.

I disagree that some questions should "never" be asked. My mom and my best friends can literally ask me anything and not be out of line. But they also wouldn't ask it on something like Facebook.

I know other people who will openly post "My hemorrhoids are killing me!!" and I think that asking questions about that are invited by something like that and not out of line.

Now if someone's update was "is having a bad day" and a commenter says "Oh, not enough sex lately?" they're out of line.

"I disagree that some questions should "never" be asked. My mom and my best friends can literally ask me anything and not be out of line."

Some people have boundaries. That should be respected. Just because you feel you have the right to ask close people anything doesn't mean that's how other people operate.

Yes, I realize that some people do. My point is that not EVERYONE does. There are people you never ask some personal questions to, that doesn't mean some personal questions are never asked to anyone at all. The first commenter's point seems to be that certain questions are never asked to anyone, anywhere. I disagree.

I never said I felt that certain people being able to ask me anything meant that I had the right to do the same to everyone else or that I wouldn't respect other people's boundaries. Everyone has a different level of comfort and obviously that should be respected. Again, I was merely disagreeing that certain questions should NEVER be asked.

You can delete comments on your wall if you don't want them up there, and you also can send a private message via FB, so I am not quite sure what all the fuss is about. Some people like to put everything out there for everyone to see, and some do not. If I were to ask a personal question to someone, I would most likely send them a PM, but some people like to put silly things out there to get silly responses...
another thing is that many people use FB to share things with their families who do not always live close by one another so while we may think it's odd that someone might post how many diapers one has changed, the grandparent hundreds of miles away may get a kick out of it.

prob w/ fb is trying to undo personal info once posted. people can get into personal messages as well. This happened to me- things got unpleasant and taken out of context. Just keep in mind others don't know the ongoing conversations you are having with others- be smart!

You can't always delete them before people read it, which can be potentially embarrassing to the person.

I think a large issue with facebook is that too many people add way too many "friends". Once someone is your "friend" they see anything you post and whatever is posted to your profile page. If you don't want your boss reading that you changed your status to reflect something negative about work, don't have them as a friend. If you don't like your in-laws, don't add them and then say negative things and not expect them to be upset. It's no different than anything that's put on the web-once it's out there, it's out there and you can't always take it back. If you wouldn't ask someone something in person, definately don't do it on a public page!

You should be able to post ANYTHING you want on your page. However, people should also be able to stop following you w/o your objecting if they are offended by your posts. I don't do facebook because of all of these issues.

I have a "friend" who is constantly posting about her childrens' bowel movements, her UTI... Frankly, I don't care how her trip to the OBGYN went and I don't want to hear about it. I wish there was a TMI filter.

Akpril, I am TOTALLY with you ... I found out about one 'friend's' pregnancy by her posts about sore boobs, throwing up, missing her period, etc. now every post is about changing poopy diapers.