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about FB holiday pic posting

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travellingtime · 28/05/2013 16:11

I'm sure this has been done to death but I have to get it off my chest, its really very trivial, but I have to vent.
Why do people insist on putting photos on FB when they are off havign such an amazing time on their hols?
Is it because they want the world to know how fab it is where they are?
Is it to show off ?
Is it because they are more interested in trying to demonstrate to everyone else how fab things are than actually enjoying how fab everythign is
Is it just that I'm not really as into FB as they are therefore its lost on me ?

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themaltesecat · 28/05/2013 16:32

Because normal people quite like to see that their friends are having a good time.

Caveat: I'm only Facebook friends with actual, real-life friends.

MorrisZapp · 28/05/2013 16:32

Shocking isn't it. What's even worse is that some people are so sad and braggy they actually buy these things called postcards and spend vital holiday minutes writing on them, procuring stamps etc. Purely to tell their friends what a great time they're having. Proper people spend 24 hours a day gazing into their lovers eyes and enjoying the moment on holiday.

Thistledew · 28/05/2013 16:32

I agree with Butter. Why are you on Facebook if you don't want to see and hear about what your friends are up to?

DH and I are just home from our honeymoon, and before we went, we had lots of friends and family tell us to put updates and pictures on Facebook so they can follow what we have been up to. Lots of more distant friends 'liked' my updates as well, so they obviously weren't bored or annoyed by it. I have posted a very edited selection of my photos now I am home, so that people can look through them in their own time - much better than me forcing a pile of snaps into their hand next time we meet when they are by then wanting to talk about stuff in their own lives.

Amongst my Facebook friends I currently have one on holiday in Ireland, one in Ethiopia, one paragliding in Spain and one in the Ecuador rainforest. Even though I have just been on an amazing trip myself, I enjoy looking at their pictures and updates and travelling with them a little vicariously myself.

Beatrixpotty · 28/05/2013 16:33

I live miles away from my family and they like seeing pictures of my DCs, on holiday or whatever.They ask me to put photos on there as do some of my friends.I'm only friends on fb with people who are good friends anyway

exoticfruits · 28/05/2013 16:33

It is the only reason that I am there Patchouli-otherwise I wouldn't bother. I share photos with the people that I know really want to see them-if anyone else thinks it sad that is their problem and if they think it is showing off they can't really know me. I have time on holiday.

exoticfruits · 28/05/2013 16:35

It makes me glad that I have only a few real friends on there and not everyone I have ever known.

MrsDeVere · 28/05/2013 16:37

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FreyaSnow · 28/05/2013 16:38

'Perhaps I'm just a little old fashioned in my thinking in that when I'm away on holiday I quite like that I'm cut off from friends & family who are not on holiday with us, and its enough for me to tell them about it when I get back or send them a post card.'

I don't think this is old fashioned; it is just unusual. I was unaware that one of the primary motivations in the olden days for going on holiday was to cut yourself off temporarily from friends and family. I assumed people don't go on holiday with all their friends and family because it would be expensive and impossible to arrange.

needaholidaynow · 28/05/2013 16:38

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JenaiMorris · 28/05/2013 16:39

It's exactly what it's for, Patch

I have requested one of these before but it wasn't forthcoming; is there a list of approved FB status and photo topics to which we could refer?

I'm reasonably content that my son isn't having a serious issues at school/didn't lose too badly at chosen sport/appears to be growing in line with expectations

Photo of a slice of toast

this holiday is a bit mediocre, but at least it was cheap

Thistledew · 28/05/2013 16:41

It's ironic that you think it a waste of holiday time to do a quick update to Facebook, but it is "enough" for you to send a postcard.

With the ubiquitousness of wi-fi connections, sending a quick status update attached to a photo that you took yourself, is the equivalent of sending 100 postcards, but with a personalised picture of some amazing/lovely thing that you experienced yourself.

OP, I'm afraid you hit the nail on the head when you said you are a little old fashioned. Would you rather receive a telegram from your friends saying "Amazing sunset on beach tonight stop Feeling very relaxed but probably due to too many cocktails stop"?

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travellingtime · 28/05/2013 16:45

Oh I have started a thread that has made it into 'active threads'
a first for me.
Like I said inintially, its very trivial really, I was just interested to see the reactions coming in.
Thanks for all your comments :-)

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CAF275 · 28/05/2013 16:49

CAF... You would have felt very stabby with me this morning!

Sorry Bella - nothing personal! Don't mind the odd one, but I have a couple of serial offenders amongst my FB friends and they really are at risk of being "unfriended" at the mo!

nkf · 28/05/2013 16:49

I don't have fb but I'm quite interested in it. As technology and the behaviour it seems to bring out. There is a difference between the postcard and the uploading of pics. Time. Writing. I assume fb and its users are of interest to sociologists and psychologists.

BlingLoving · 28/05/2013 16:50

I absolutely love seeing people's holiday pics in real time and I love posting mine. It's one of the joys of facebook. Instead of having to look through all 100 pics from friend X who you happen to have dinner with the following week while not seeing a single picture from friend Y who you don't get a chance to catch up with for a few weeks, you get to see highlights from the holidays of both friends, as they happen.

It's funny but there are a lot of people who think Facebook is boasting. I see it as sharing. In this day and age, we do tend to live our lives more publically and sometimes, that sense of sharing whatever it is just means more. DH puts up much more sentimental stuff than I do, but he's that kind of guy. And he gets so many responses every time. People love it.

exoticfruits · 28/05/2013 16:52

It has released me from having to buy postcards, find out the correct postage, write the same thing and find post boxes, only to have it arrive long after I am home-I now send only two, to the elderly-now that really does save me time.

KatieScarlett2833 · 28/05/2013 16:56

I am going away on holiday in a month or so and my FB will be full of pics.
My reasoning is that due to laptop failure and my aversion to backing things up has ensured I have lost most of my early hols with DC pics. And that makes me sad. FB is free photo storage that even iPhone meltdown can't break

pictish · 28/05/2013 16:56

Because it takes all of two minutes and they can. And so what if they do?

Everyone I know posts pics from the holidays on fb while they are still away - that's the beauty of the internet and facebook - you don't have to wait till you come home...you can share instantly.

NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 28/05/2013 16:58

NeedAholiday no they aren't. I for one post photos for my relatives to see...many of them live abroad and they love up to date pics. I also enjoy looking at my friend's pics....seeing what they're all up to.

NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 28/05/2013 16:59

Bling totally. I love that I can see friend's from far away...what they're up to...where they live and who their friends and neighbours are. Without FB I would have lost touch with some.

TolliverGroat · 28/05/2013 17:00

OMG, you send them a post card ? Why don't you spend your time enjoying your holiday instead?

It takes a lot less time to upload a few photos to FB (particularly if taken with a camera phone) than to choose, buy, write, hunt down stamps for and post postcards to friends and family at home.

nkf · 28/05/2013 17:01

I think the whole private life now public is the bit that males fb curious. And the way you communicate details of your life without having a real time response.

thebody · 28/05/2013 17:01

It's nice to see people happy.

Bit enough of it at the moment as all the news is so bad and sad.

Stop with the miserable faces.

chocciebickie · 28/05/2013 17:11

I put photos on fb because I like to see them! Nothing more than that really. If friends/family eg grandparents want to comment thats lovely of them but really for me, its a record of my holiday to look back on. I like seeing friends holiday pictures too. :)

teacherandguideleader · 28/05/2013 17:17

DP won't let me (and before anyone says he is controlling, it is the only thing I'm not allowed to do) post photos while we are away. He has been burgled in the past and doesn't want it advertising that we are away. I think he has a good point so follow his 'rule' even though I have incredibly tight security settings.

I don't mind the odd photo from people on holiday but I have one friend who posts approximately every hour to say what a fab time they're having (think she is trying to convince herself more than anyone else).

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