From unwanted propositions to shameless selfies to being annoyingly tagged in endless posts - social media is causing all sorts of problems for some users.

But from the birth of Facebook to today, over 12 years later, one issue continues to create contention amongst Facebook friends - ‘Why didn’t they like my post?’ Liking someone’s post has become more obligatory than something conducted by choice, for fear of offending the other person.

Countless phone calls and WhatsApp messages have been exchanged debating why a certain individual didn’t ‘like’ a post or a photo, whether it has an ulterior meaning, are they making a point of not liking it, did I do something to annoy them?

Imtiaz, who seldom uses Facebook, says his relatives in Pakistan held a family meeting discussing if anyone had offended him as he hadn’t liked any of his cousin’s recent posts.

“I am busy with work and with my family, so I rarely use Facebook. I post things now and again, but I don’t always scroll down my timeline to see what other people have posted.

“I was really surprised one day to receive a WhatsApp phone call from a cousin in Pakistan.

“He asked me if I was upset with him, or with any of his brothers. I couldn’t understand why he was asking me.

“He then asked me for forgiveness if they had done anything to upset me without realising.

“I was shocked and asked what led him to think that.

“He said they held a family meeting the night before as one of the cousins had noted that I hadn’t liked any of his recent Facebook posts.

“They actually held a family meeting to discuss this. Unbelievable.”

Munisha said Facebook had caused major problems at family gatherings. “There is big competition now between families and weddings and all this comes out.

“We all want to have the most likes and cousins are competing against one another for likes and comments on pictures. It has got silly.

“But once you on Facebook you can’t hide away.

“And people can get quite offended if you choose not to like their page. One of my cousins likes all my posts and now I feel I have to do the same.”

Saba said that Facebook has caused many problems in the already tentative relationship she has with her sister-in-law. “It might sound petty, but my sister-in-law never likes any of my photos.

“At one stage after an argument, she blocked her wall from me, and only me.

“I texted my friends to ask what they could see on her wall, and they said her wall was open to them.

“But she always likes my friend’s pictures. She only knows them through me, yet she behaves all nice and sweet on their walls.

“She leaves these fake comments on their pictures, but she won’t even like my pictures.

“The only time she left a comment on my picture was to ask ‘is there any good news?’ “Basically, she was implying I looked fat enough to be pregnant in the picture.”

Yasmin is a teacher and says people post too much on social media.

She said: “Asians love to gossip and Facebook is like giving a loaded gun to someone - it can be very dangerous.

“I use it keep an eye on who is doing what and I know my friends are the same. We like to think we aren’t looking but we are.

“The big problem is that most people post far too much of their lives on social media.”