To think taking photos of food is pointless and annoying

I do often take pictures of my food, but that’s mostly for myself. I might show them to someone if we’re talking about the particular restaurant I was in or food in general.

But I don’t usually bother posting pictures of my food on social media.

there wouldn't be any followers if people didn't care? is it what stings? That people are interested by her?

Everything can be "pointless and annoying", just... ignore?
As long as people don't whatsapp you 200 photos and don't take photos while you are eating, what's the problem?

You can enjoy nice food and be tiny...

It's people stuffing their face with junk who are not "tiny", most foodies I know are very slim

We (DH, I, 2 adult DC) post food pictures regularly to our family chat. Not just from restaurants, but also things we've cooked ourselves. We use it as a family bonding thing we are pretty dull and don't have too many topics of conversation

I love looking at food pics tbh, pretty much my whole instagram feed is just random people taking pictures of their meals whether homemade or in a restaurant

I used to be guilty of this and then one day I realised how attention seeking and desperate it was. It was entirely to post on social media about what fancy restaurants I’d been to, in order to impress people I barely know, who don’t give a fuck. I had a similar damascene moment regarding social media in general and stopped posting / looking. I don’t miss it at all.

The fact that she has followers would suggest that people do care about her life though. That's the point of following someone.

Because I send photos to my friends and they do to me. Because we are interested and care about each other and don't moan on mumsnet when we send delicious food pictures to each other

If you find it pointless....don't do it. If you find it annoying....well I'm glad that's something you've time to worry about! Unless someone you're dining with spends the whole meal doing it then how does it impact you?

(I take photos of meals I have sometimes if I want to remember what I got and where and sometimes look though the images and think "oh that would be nice today". I upload as it's easy to then share and say to someone "how about this?")

Do they? I can't say I would care at all whether I see a photo of a friend's desk or not.

I take one pic and send it to my kids. I don’t post on social media unless it’s something extraordinary (like the huge hand held waffle wrap with ice cream, whipped cream, chocolate sauce and sprinkles we got at a food market - impressive to look at and eat)!

This is one of the main reasons I came off social media. I do not give a shit what you ate and I give even less of a fuck about what you did at the gym/on your run. Bore off.

What seems to have bypassed people is that no one else cares about your life.

This isn't really true though is it? Plenty of people care about the lives of their friends and family, especially if they follow them on social media. It would be a pretty miserable world if nobody cared about anyone else's life.

I don't really understand social media at all. I have a colleague who put a photo of her desk on Instagram with lots of '9to5' type hashtags. Presumably this was to tell her followers she has a job and is at work.
What seems to have bypassed people is that no one else cares about your life.

I love people’s food pictures! I love getting inspiration and seeing the different kinds of meals people eat.

It's no more pointless than taking photos of many other things. I'm sure lots of people would be more interested in a picture of someone's lovely restaurant dish than their dog or their children!

So don't do it then. No one's forcing you to partake. You do you! And leave other people to live their lives.

I suppose you can show the photos/videos to some boiled potatoes that have disintegrated and give them a stern warning that they need to 'buck their ideas up' otherwise it won't just be boiling water next time -. it will be boiling OIL! 😱

I have started to do this more because I want to remember what I’ve had. I don’t post it, but it’s nice to catalogue a nice meal or fancy presentation.

I see you've conceded that this doesn't affect you in any way but some people are just really into food, so maybe she just enjoys keeping a record of where she's been, and what she's eating.

I don’t do it personally but equally I have no issue with it. I’m sure it could be said of anyone posting stuff to their own social media. I’ve no interest in someone “clinking” glasses, or posting a changing room mirror fashion pic…but it’s their social media to post what they want? I guess the answer is if it bothers you so much, just unfollow them.

Someone I know used to post photos of his holiday food but stopped. His friends begged him to start again because it was always interesting.

Haha my sil does this every time we go out to eat, “oh let me just take a photo of my ham and cheese panini and sent it to Tim!” And I think, “Tim has the house to himself and is sat in his pants scratching his nuts eating ravioli out the tin while gaming, I don’t think he’s going to be interested 😂
But it makes her happy and doesn’t affect my own enjoyment of my food so no harm done. She also doesn’t post it on social media as far as I can tell!

I suppose it depends if it's noteworthy or not. I can see why someone would take a photo of a special dinner, or a fancy cocktail. Not sure why they would take a photo of an ordinary latte or something though.