There is something that occurs on G+, and I'm sure other social media outlets, that really annoys me.

There is something that occurs on G+, and I'm sure other social media outlets, that really annoys me. Something I should have brought up before however I usually ended up talking myself out of actually saying anything. I think now's the time.

Linkshares with no comment.

Let me get this straight, I'm not talking about sharing someone's post (although the same annoyance applies), I'm talking about people who share from reader, from +1 buttons or who share via manually plugging an URL into the share box on +Google+.

I'm talking about those people who share a news story or a website without any comment of their own -- either they're sharing the content with no comment or they've cleverly copied and pasted a line or a paragraph from the content into their post, as though that somehow mitigates them from actually having to have an opinion on the matter.

I share a lot of content, especially from mobile GReader. And I'll admit, from mobile I keep my comments short and sweet, or maybe I'll just say something along the lines of, "I couldn't agree more," or "the author has it right." I'm at least demonstrating my opinion regarding the material instead of nothing at all. I'm at least inviting discussion.

However, there are a lot of G+ users who don't add anything to, or about, the content they're sharing. And that's all they do: share, share, share. I'm sorry, but I'm not here to read your newsfeed, your RSS feed or your friendfeed. I'm here to interact. if I want to read what you're reading I'll follow those sites myself. And some of them share so many so quickly you know they didn't get a chance to actually read the content they're sharing, which could be a reason they're not commenting on it, since they have no idea what they're sharing besides a headline.

And sure, they might follow the Washington Post while I follow the New York Times, or they might follow Cracked while I follow Wired, and therefore I'm getting content I might not normally see from my feeds, but there is a reason I'm not following those feeds. 

There are others, though, who seem to think that the entire world wants nothing more from them than to know what RSS' they're following and it's quite annoying. As I type this in the share box I'm actually seen a few more pop up into my Stream. I don't want to name names, but I'm going to start unCircling these people. Yes, sometimes, they'll interact if someone comments on their share, but they have nothing to offer in regards to an original thought or comment.

Anywho, if you discover that I'm no longer following you, that's probably why, especially if you're a prolific sharer without commenting on the content you're forwarding along.