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I'm a social media content creator AMA

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Dinoswearunderpants · 30/10/2025 16:29

Don't worry I'm not going to share my handle to try and get followers but I understand there are some strong views on this so thought I'd do a AMA.

I don't have a huge following, I have about 35k followers across Instagram and Tiktok.

I mainly share family travels and real life content. Very natural, no filters, honest wobbly real life.

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TerrierSlave · 30/10/2025 21:22

Dinoswearunderpants · 30/10/2025 21:11

Finally some common sense.

You're completely right. These people likely never asked permission to share then you may have 300 friends who can easily share the content online.

My child is 4. He would consent to turning into a T-Rex given the chance.

I am selective with what I share. Not everything I share features him.

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I don’t know if that’s true so much I and pretty much everyone I know, do not share any photos of our kids online.

Happyhousehappyheart · 30/10/2025 21:25

Totally judge you for putting your child online

BingBongBish · 30/10/2025 21:28

Dinoswearunderpants · 30/10/2025 19:29

I understand the argument that children can’t technically consent to having their photos/videosshared online — and that’s a fair point. But as a parent, it’s my role to make decisions on their behalf every single day, and that includes what I choose to share.

I share photos/videos of my child because it’s part of documenting our family story, staying connected with relatives and friends, and celebrating the happy, ordinary moments of childhood. I do it responsibly — I’m mindful about what I post, avoid anything that could embarrass them later, and keep certain details private.

For example, I'd never share his school. I don't share room tours etc until we've left the accommodation.

To me, sharing doesn’t mean exploiting; it’s about connection, community, and capturing memories. When my child is older, I’ll involve them in what’s shared, but right now, I’m comfortable with how I represent our life as a family online.

There have been times when I've considered bluring his face or not showing him front on but for now that takes away those moments and our memories of them.

It's child exploitation pure and simple.

All the holidays in the world won't have been worth it once he's old enough to realise this.

It's yours and his dad's job to protect him as best you can and to have his best interests at heart.

This is so far from his best interests, it's barely a dot in the distance.

Waitingfordoggo · 30/10/2025 21:52

Dinoswearunderpants · 30/10/2025 21:08

You can always want more in life.

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A much better lesson for our children is to find contentment with what they have rather than wanting more. Our world is in such a mess largely because people always want more.

EasternStandard · 30/10/2025 21:53

Dinoswearunderpants · 30/10/2025 16:55

Yes I do feature my child and I have debated whether to do this many times. For now, we do share his face but if he ever said no then we'd stop. He's aged 4.

I doubt I have a page on Tattle. I'm really not that interesting so it still blows my mind we people follow our adventures.

He can’t say no to this, he’s too young to understand what you’re doing. And you’ve normalised disregarding his privacy and lack of consent.

MostlyGhostly · 30/10/2025 21:55

You said that benefits for your son are “hotel stays, clothes, toys”. Are there any benefits that are not material? You say that you don’t need the money, well, what is the point of doing it then? You can share videos with family through so many different ways, bypassing strangers and the general public, the vast majority of us do just that.

Okiedokie123 · 30/10/2025 22:00

Are you aware that a child isn’t capable of “informed consent”? So it isn’t reasonable to say -we show our child’s face, he is ok with it. Will stop if he asks us too.
By the time he is old enough to have informed consent (ie 16) you will have featured him a lot or vaguely depending on the nature of y our content) online for all of his 16 years of life. Once online that content is there forever in some format. Doesn’t that bother you at all?
What if in years to come your child is angry about it, how will you deal with that?
Are you aware of the concept that is taking peoples content (children’s faces for example) and then replanting them on other content (eg peado) as deep fakes? Which you won’t have ownership over so no ability to delete that content - how do you feel about that reality?

RessicaJabbit · 30/10/2025 22:23

Dinoswearunderpants · 30/10/2025 21:11

Finally some common sense.

You're completely right. These people likely never asked permission to share then you may have 300 friends who can easily share the content online.

My child is 4. He would consent to turning into a T-Rex given the chance.

I am selective with what I share. Not everything I share features him.

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Again, you're justifying selling your child's privacy... Why?
You say you're paid loads in your day job... I just don't understand why you feel like you have to use him, and then defend your poor decisions.

RessicaJabbit · 30/10/2025 22:25

Dinoswearunderpants · 30/10/2025 21:08

You can always want more in life.

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You want more holidays at the cost of your child's privacy?

Weird... Especially as you're "paid a fortune" a and that SM isn't a huge income stream for you.

Gave it, you're wrong to use him to earn money for yourself.

Bernadinetta · 31/10/2025 07:56

Can we have your Instagram and TikTok usernames so we can see your content?

EverythingIsComputer · 31/10/2025 14:20

I’m really looking forward to the court cases when these exploited kids become old enough to sue their parents for putting them online.

Also, your POV about the very legitimate concern of the images of your son being used for nefarious purposes is really naive.

Bernadinetta · 01/11/2025 11:40

Where’s the OP gone? @Dinoswearunderpants

KaleidoscopeSmile · 01/11/2025 12:54

Dinoswearunderpants · 30/10/2025 18:11

Thats your opinion. My content isn’t solely my son.

This consent era is so woke. Do you ask your child consent to help them on the toilet, to ask them to do chores etc. Consent is very misused these days.

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I genuinely can't believe that THIS is your response to the PP's point!

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