If you share something on social media do you feel weird afterwards? Like you’ve exposed yourself or something ?

[SquirrelsTail]

I don’t post much, but say at the weekend I posted a couple of pics from
a holiday we’ve just come back from, only on story as well so will be gone in 24 hours but I’ve noticed when I do this, post things,
is makes me feel really exposed

just wondering do you find that too ?

Yes! I often wake up the next day (having posted something the night before) and delete it. I admit that sometimes a glass of wine or two might have been consumed, so posting seemed like a good idea at the time. But not always. I rarely post on SM these days.

Yes! I always limit audience and delete quickly. I think we’ve all got ptsd from so much oversharing!

Why do you think we feel this way ?

I dont.

I only share banal stuff on facebook, don't use the others - but I don't air my dirty laundry online

It’s one of the reasons that I don’t use this sort of SM. I’d share holiday pics on WhatsApp, but even then only to particular people who I know will be interested. I wouldn’t share with friends or family that would be triggered or upset by those kind of things. And I don’t want to be giving wider family and old school mates gossip opportunities.

There’s definitely an age factor in it for me- but I’m curious why you share if you feel this way.

i don’t Really know why I even do post to even on just a story
maybe for the the people I know that will want to see it and also so I can keep it in my archive to look back on as you tend to only select a few rather than the many you and up taking
so archive can be nice to look back on

but something is definatley making me feel weird and I’ve noticed this quite a few times now

maybe it’s because you know there’s some people in life that just like to monitor and gather info

I used to. So I stopped using social media.

No, but I post sparingly and think very hard about what I'm doing before I post. Nothing even slightly controversial, never after consuming alcohol, usually just photos of places I've been to or something I've made or similar. Also got privacy settings fairly tight. A lot of my friends are similar to me, I like seeing their holiday photos or whatever, gives me inspiration for places to go, so it would seem unfair to never post anything myself. I don't blame people at all if they don't want to. I have one account where I never post, just follow organisations, well known people and influencers rather than people I actually know

Yes I’ve basically stopped posting in the main page, or wall if that’s what’s it’s called, because you feel even more exposed in there everyone else can see who’s liked and what comments people have made etc
stories does feel more a bit more private
and I know I can trim the audience right down
but it still makes me feel exposed until it ends

No, never.

I use Instagram for my job to attract more customers/work.

I never post anything personal. Not sure why you would really. It’s made me realise how much people lie actually. People stating they have so many years experience when in fact I know them when they started or their Instagram clearly shows when they started. It’s put me off a fair number of people.