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Sharing photos of your holiday on Facebook...bored?

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angelos02 · 02/08/2016 17:47

It is holiday time of year & I am not of the social media generation (41) but I still don't understand how people have time to share photos of their holiday on Facebook. A couple I know are even on their honeymoon & sharing photos of their hols. Surely they have better things to do?

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PresidentOliviaMumsnet · 02/08/2016 19:20

Ahem
Bit of peace and love

Likeaninjanow · 02/08/2016 19:21

I love seeing other people's pics. It helps me in planning where to travel to. Also, as pps have said, they are my friends! I'm interested in their lives.

It takes a couple of seconds to load a pic, and I have a terrible memory, so I like the timehop updates.

I'm 42.

WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 02/08/2016 19:21

Well I haven't grown up with social media seeing as I Was in my 20s when the interweb thingy was invented.

However I love it. Fb, Pinterest, instagram, youtube.

I love seeing other people's holiday photos. Must admit I don't stick lots i. Myself as I know other people aren't keen. Currently been in holiday for three days and haven't put a single photo on fb. I will stick a load on Instagram when I get home or somewhere with wifi.

hazeyjane · 02/08/2016 19:24

I must live in a different generation where I enjoy my life as it.happens

Oh fuck you're right, I could have been jet skiing/glass blowing in Murano/drinking yak butter tea in Tibet....but I was so busy slogging over an iPad uploading photographs of the DC uploading photos on their tablets, that I forgot to go on holiday.

Curse this generation disappearing up its own tech driven fundament.

Bookeatingboy · 02/08/2016 19:28

Just had a similar conversation in RL. IMO, the FB page belongs to that person so they are free to put whatever they like (as long as it's within the guidelines) on their FB page.

Those who don't like/agree or think it's shite can simply scroll on by or de-friend Grin

ABloodyDifficultWoman · 02/08/2016 19:30

Bod - yes! I knew there was a technical term for it - "hot dog legs" Grin

Castironfireplace · 02/08/2016 19:30

I do kinda hear you OP.

I was away with friends not long ago, and Facebook was certainly the most special guest. It got the best smiles, most consideration, most witty banter, yes and even a plate of bloody food or 2. It ended up taking the shine off the holiday a bit.

It wasn't all the group- it was only a couple of the women. There was a lot of 'bloody Facebook' with rolling eyes from other halves who looked thoroughly embarrassed.

I like social media & it is easy to use, so I can't really say YANBU but having said that it does expose those with a lack of social skills / awareness. I also find it mildly irritating that people feel the need to take photos of everything which they barely look at again, yet the act of taking the photos defines the whole event. I realise that's where I am out of touch however...

NickiFury · 02/08/2016 19:30

I put them on quickly in case I lose my phone as I did once with many baby photos of DS on. I find plenty of time to do it because I am not lost in the moment every second of every day.

Stop sneering and dressing it up as genuine confusion.

Dontyoulovecalpol · 02/08/2016 19:31

Lots of oldies are enthusiastic adaptors to the social media generation also obviously

Dontyoulovecalpol · 02/08/2016 19:32

Also what kind of holidays do you guys go on that there is action every minute? Uploading photos happens whilst one of you is at the bar say, or whilst you're waiting to go out. Not instead of doing stuff

jennn · 02/08/2016 20:34

I have mixed feelings about this! Went on holiday last week, didn't post until on 4th day & then posted one per day - 4 in total. Worried about the empty house thing (even though my parents popped in every day) & whether posting would invalidate household insurance?
I have friends who post LOTS of photos (record - Lapland, 143 posts on Christmas Day (yes I counted them - ultimate sad do 🤔 Prize to me!!))
I think it depends how annoying & boring people are in real life as to whether I'll be totally bored by their photos!
Life is too short to get annoyed anyway! (But I did have time to count 143 posts on Christmas Day 😱)

LizardBreath · 02/08/2016 20:42

I do this, and did recently whilst on honeymoon. Maybe it's me you're referring to op?! Grin

It takes seconds. I uploaded one of us at the top of a mountain (went on fB in taxi after) as I was proud of it, what's wrong with that? I also enjoys seeing other peoples pics (including dinners!), not sure what else social media is for?

FuckyNell · 02/08/2016 20:46

Me this morning! On holiday Grin

Sharing photos of your holiday on Facebook...bored?
Branleuse · 03/08/2016 12:22

i often really enjoy peoples holiday pics in most cases. Its like flicking through holiday mags

ItsABanana · 03/08/2016 12:59

I love seeing photos of what people are up to. I just don't get why people moan so much about others posting about their lives.
Isn't that what FB's for?!
If seeing other people enjoying themselves offends you so much, hide them.

Yokohamajojo · 03/08/2016 14:28

I am the same age as OP and newsflash! we are the social media generation Grin the younger ones use snapchat and other things that I am too old to understand ...

I use FB as a personal photo album as well as letting my family and friends see what we're up to, as we are scattered among a few countries!

I do not however upload hundreds in an album, that is just annoying as others have said. I choose a few good ones

Why are you on FB in the first place if it's so annoying?

summerskittles91 · 03/08/2016 14:50

isn't that what Facebook is for?

LittleMoonbuggy · 03/08/2016 14:58

I quite like seeing people's holiday pics on FB, despite rarely being organised enough to put my own on.

But I wouldn't dream of posting pics while still away if no one was house sitting and my profile was visible to anything other than my very closest friends and family. Who in their right mind would broadcast to all and sundry that their home is empty?

BarbaraofSeville · 03/08/2016 15:11

It's just the modern day way of sending a postcard and keeping in touch with friends and family. I like seeing pictures of my friends and family out and about, on holiday etc.

Some people are seeing an awful lot more in this than is actually there, by which I mean holiday photos on FB, and FB in general.

This is what FB is for. Keeping in touch with family and friends. Not posting all those adverts/suggested posts crap, or 'witty' comments over that bloody picture of the Willy Wonka guy but seeing a friend who moved to the other side of the world's DCs grow up, or people on holiday or having a day out.

Twirlyme · 03/08/2016 15:12

I never post nuffin on Facebook... But I love seeing updates from people. And as others have said, it takes seconds so it's not like one could be climbing the Eiger instead.

cardibach · 03/08/2016 15:14

I'm 51 and I get it, so it isn't your age OP. I go on very active type sightseeing holidays, no opportunity for hot dog legs pictures as i rarely sit by a pool/on a beach. However I have sit down in the hotel room at NIGYT, there is wifi, and so I can see what friends are up to and post a bit about my holiday. I like to see those of friends, too. Makes a change from the cute cats a PP wanted to leave FB to - honestly, if you don't want to see pictures of what your friends are up to, why have FB?
There is a difference of opinion between me and DD (20) though - I post a couple of pictures each time I have a moment to both FB and Instagram, she puts one carefully crafted photo on Instagram every now and then and uploads a whole album to FB when she is at home. The difference is to do with what we each prefer our friends to do - I'm happy to look at up to about a dozen photos at a time, anymore and I get bored and scroll and I want to appreciate my friends' holidays. DD prefers a whole album and finds drip fed photos annoying.
I don't do selfies though. And I'm not bored or lonely.

Branleuse · 03/08/2016 15:17

Tech-shaming people is pretty fashionable isnt it

ShanghaiDiva · 03/08/2016 15:18

As pp have said - it only takes a minute to upload them.
I like seeing other people's holiday photos on facebook - there are a couple of places I went on holiday after seeing other people's photos - looked fabulous.

Smurfnoff · 03/08/2016 15:19

All these people saying 'you're advertising to the world that your house is empty, you could get burgled' - surely you can just make your profile private? If you have people on your friends list you think might steal from you, have a serious think about who you choose as friends!

LoreleiGilmoreIsMyBFF · 03/08/2016 15:28

Also 41 and only joined FB a couple of months ago. One Sunday, while slightly bored, I took several snaps of my 'hotdog legs' ( nothing hot about my legs, I promise you) and uploaded them, one after the other. All identical. The 'likes' flooded in, even though the pictures were exactly the same. About twelve photos in all. Only my sister commented 'WTF are you doing?'. FB remains a complete mystery to me.