To ask people to think before they post

Im so sorry for your loss. Someone posted a video on YouTube of my relative getting pulled from the water in an accidental drowning. They were on the bridge above. It was so clear. They took it down but they fact it was even there made the national newspaper and my comments were used. None of us needed that. I hope you get an apology. Love to you. Also wtf is wrong with people to repost 3 more times after you asking them not to 😢

How kind of you.

They reposted it after being told. So callous.

Oh God @Grumpynan I am so, so, very sorry. Truly. That is pure trauma. I haver to believe he is free of his torment now.

This woman - utter detritus.

Let alone the unthinkableness of posting this online, who on earth would think to get their phone out and start filming such a distressing scene?
I'm so sorry for your loss OP. May your sweet Godson rest in peace now.

What difference does it make? A person died. That is not something that ever needs to be recorded and posted to social media. It's sick and callous.

Had it not been OP's beautiful godson, it would have been someone else's loved one. The circumstances around the incident are irrelevant. They don't need to be plastered on social media for morbid entertainment and the pursuit of likes.

I’m so sorry for your loss OP, and dreadfully sorry for your Godsons parents. How heartbreaking.

these people have always existed - neighbourhood gossips. Now they have FB to satisfy their ghoulish need to be the first to know.

People post these things because they are encouraged to do so by big tech who are the ones responsible for publishing it. Take up your issue with them, seriously, lodge a complaint or better still get a solicitor and sue them. If they keep allowing this to happen people will keep doing it.

Yep I totally agree. When the air ambulance was in our local park, rushing a critical patient into the adjacent hospital, people were lined up, all filming it on their phones, smiling at the drama they were catching. One had gone live on TikTok 😡

That is awful. I would never record such a scene as I’m sure you would not either.

I am so sorry.

I am guilty of occasionally watching some videos that show people in a vulnerable staff, as most of us do, not such an extreme situation.

Like drug attacks acting out, fighting each other or arguing with a security guard with Benny hill background music, you get the jest.

It is worth remembering that it is always someone’s son or daughter. There is no such thing as privacy. Someone once sent me a video of a lady who has been hit with a sledgehammer by her stepson. I felt ill for days.

Her thread is titled AIBU- to ask people to think before they post?
Thats definitely something you should have done before commenting on this thread.

Give your head a wobble.

Im so sorry for your loss Grumpynan and other peoples actions that have made the terrible pain you are feeling worse.

"rather than dramatic mumsnet posts about what you have seen on Facebook"
My God. Your nastiness has taken my breath away. This poor OP has had to watch the harrowing filming of her beloved Godson committing suicide because some random stranger filmed it and was idiotic enough to post it on FB - OP must be feeling traumatised beyond words - and all you can do is accuse her of 'dramatic' posts on mumsnet.
She can reach out for support wherever she likes thank you very much, and mumsnet can be a very supportive and understanding community (until someone like you comes along).
Your critical response to her sickens me and I have reported you to MNHQ for your callousness.

I am so sorry this has happened. There is little or no thought or respect for other people's feelings these days. My condolences to you and your godson's family.