Is it odd for my friend to send the same photo and messages to lots of different friends ?

[Robofoof]

Not a group chat, these are individual whatsapp messages.

Exactly the same thing eg look what my DS made in school today, type of thing. The same conversations with different people.

Odd?

Sounds like an electronic version of a 'round robin'.

Not odd. Odd to question it really!

I do this! Not lots of people but a few people. I guess it's the kind of thing I used to put on FB but I don't really use FB any more. Stuff I want my close friends to know (but friends from different parts of my life, so not all in the same group chat).

I don't post my kids on social media but I do send them in private messages sometimes so I might send the same photo and message to my best friend, my mum, my partner etc

I know my friend does this as she’ll talk to me about her relationship troubles etc and the replies are long but so quick they must be copy and paste!

It just saves retyping the same message so why wouldn’t you? If you don’t have a group chat with all the people you want to tell, its an efficient way to talk to several friends.

Not odd no, more odd that you know really! How are you even aware that this has happened? Very strange to bring up in conversation and compare your messages?!

Not odd, just keeping in touch with people.

That's exactly what I was thinking!

I must say I found " round robins" intensely irritating.

I think some people feel it’s a tick box exercise. To maintain contact with people. Someone I used to know much preferred to contact 500 people on Facebook of an evening as much more efficient than a one on one chat.

Unless it was something specific to me I’d just thumbs up and leave it.

Are we talking just telling a number of people the same thing @Robofoof ? Or literally copying and pasting the same messages to half a dozen or more people?

If it's the latter, that's a tiny bit odd.

How do you know she sends the same stuff to lots of different friends? Why are (any of) you discussing private messages being sent you?

Why would you start a thread on Mn asking whether a friend’s style of communication was ‘odd’?

Round robins are both hideous and naff in equal measures! LOATHE them with a passion, and have been known to bin them after reading just the first 50 or 60 words.

I think people are entitled to start a thread about pretty much anything they like really. I think it's more odd to demand to know why a poster has started a thread about something they want to discuss!

We don't use any social media in our house so family members on both sides of the family often ask for updates/photos of DC and I was sick of retyping the same stuff over and over again, so now I just create a photo and message and blast it to all relevant family members ! Much easier. Not odd at all and quite common I think.

I think it depends.

If it is something that doesn't need or invite any response other than a thumbs up or a heart (a bit like a social post) I think it's fine.

But if it's something that is clearly the start of a conversation, then I think it's odd and bit rude really. If you're expecting someone to take the time to engage with you on a personal, one-to-one way, then I think you should take the time to message them personally.

Bit ott.

I do this tbh.

Not for long messages but a maybe a photo/meme or a funny tiktok-I have a few friends and we send what's apps back and forth-usually funny/rude or about dogs 😂 . Love getting them as well.

The friends are all over and don't know each other so not in a group.

It’s totally normal.

Not even slightly. The poster I quoted was demanding to know why the OP had started the thread asking if what her friend was doing was weird.

What on earth has it got to do with her what anyone posts about on here. The OP doesn't have to explain herself.

@Relit

So a question these days is now a “demand” 🙄

You call it 'asking a question,' I call it demanding. That poster couldn't even be arsed to respond to the OP's question, she just demanded to know why she posted the thread. 🙄

No it's not odd. I have sent the same message to different people before

Nope. Not odd.