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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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lalalalyra · 03/08/2016 15:30

I upload photos on holiday pretty much daily. I had my camera stolen on holiday 10 years ago and the trip was, unbeknown to us at the time, my Nana's last holiday. I really wish my girls could see the photos because they don't remember it as they were too young. I basically use FB as a back-up storage place for photos. Also the 2 other people (MIL & MIL-IL) who would gladly look through 43871341987 photos of the kids are on FB.

I also don't get the house safety aspect. There's no-one on my friends list who would break into my house while I was on holiday. If they did they'd know I was going anyway so wouldn't need to be reminded on FB about it.

HolditFinger · 03/08/2016 15:35

We recently had a few days away in Paris and loads of my FB friends asked me to post pics, especially those in the US as chances are, they'll never get to go. My family also asked since we're 4 hours away from all of them, so not like I can just take an album round.

If I don't want to see other people's pics, I just keep scrolling. It's not mandatory to look

JohnLithgowsLargeForehead · 03/08/2016 15:36

Facebook is all about sharing, so of course people will share their holidays if they want to. As I've got older (31) I share less than I used to but love seeing peoples updates. How can you not understand how someone has the time to post? There are many moments of downtime and like someone said, it takes minutes.

BarbaraofSeville · 03/08/2016 15:48

Can someone please explain how posting a holiday photo on FB puts me at risk of burglary?

I am only friends with people I know (friends, family, work colleagues). I trust all of them not to break into my house. I suppose someone might go bad, but that seems unlikely.

Only my FB friends can see my profile. I don't think I am even searchable otherwise - I didn't want people from school looking me up.

My address isn't on there, only the name of the town. I don't see that this is a security risk.

ShanghaiDiva · 04/08/2016 01:27

Agree Barbara.
My profile shows my hometown - but I live in a city with 7 million residents so good luck finding my house!

user1470271524 · 04/08/2016 02:55

Nowadays it's about photos as they happen NOW. So you put up a photo of you on the beach saying you're there now, maybe even "checking in" so that you're featured as being on that particular beach.

Snapchat is growing so fast now and is about putting photos and videos up live as they happen, but you just literally take and click one button, so it doesn't take away from your holiday, it's no different to taking the photo anyway, just clicking one extra button.

Though I do agree with you to some extent as well in a way, too much sharing is silly. Even though I love taking photos (see my 1st thread I just posted here of a problem to do with that!) I do hold back a lot of them, and on my honeymoon I didn't share any as it wasn't as common back then to share so much and I wanted to be totally in the moment and technology free. But when I go on holidays now I totally Snapchat the experience and also share photos on FB, but just one or two!

Tink06 · 04/08/2016 03:09

I put pics on. Not every minute but I like having downtime, out of the sun, scrolling the internet with a nice cool drink. To me its the same as sitting reading or just relaxing.
I don't mind looking at other peoples either, although I am a nosy sod!

BennyTheBall · 04/08/2016 03:32

I groan when I see Caroline has added 45 photos to the album 'California 2016', for example.

But I like to see a few holiday photos.

I posted a nice one today on FB and then deleted my account because so many people posted nice comments, I had an anxiety attack.

I have since re activated it, now that it's all blown over.

Pagwatch · 04/08/2016 07:34

My house isn't empty when I'm on holiday.

Coconutty · 04/08/2016 07:47

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cardibach · 04/08/2016 09:35

Why do you groan, Benny? Facebook will show you about 5 of those, to see more you have to make a conscious decision. Scroll past if you don't want to see 45 photos!

manicinsomniac · 04/08/2016 10:46

I upload pictures to facebook on holiday - for 3 reasons, 2 good and valid, 1 less so:

I tend to do travelling type holidays and am the only adult on them (I take my children but I'm a single mum). I do quite odd, complicated things regarding transport, language, accommodation, un tourist like activities etc and it can be stressful, lonely and unsettling at times. I rely on facebook to keep me in touch with other people. It lifts my mood to post statuses and/or pictures and have people respond to them. I feel like family and friends are alongside me a bit.
I have a very large extended family and they like to see updates and pictures, a) so they can se what we're experiencing and b) so they know we're safe and well!
I have completely absorbed the social media complex. I absolutely filter my life to make it look better than it is. I do follow a rule that anything posted has to be either entertaining, informative or amusing to at least some people (ie no photos of my omelette breakfast and no statuses saying 'off to bed, good night all!) but I have to admit to being totally addicted and to craving response and appreciation for the things I post. I consciously craft what I'm going to say or post to put it in the most entertaining or exciting light possible. I don't know what that says about me! Not good but I swear I'm not 15 and come across like a fairly normal, responsible adult in person

BibbidiBobbidi · 04/08/2016 10:55

I think a few photos of the people who are on holiday is fine. It's when they start putting other pictures on when I get bored.
My MIL is away at the moment and she's put on photos of EVERYTHING for example, the curtains in her room, the bathroom in her room, including the toilet.

That's boring.

We've just came back from our holiday and I put on a picture of myself, one of DH and one of DD. Job done, people don't need want to see more than that.

I don't think it's a generation thing. I'm 25 and MIL is 50

bitemyshinymetalass · 04/08/2016 10:56

ut I still don't understand how people have time to share photos of their holiday on Facebook

It takes 3 seconds. If you're so busy on holiday that you don't sit still for three seconds, you're doing holiday wrong.

PageStillNotFound404 · 04/08/2016 11:35

I love Facebook. I might inwardly raise an eyebrow at the occasional thing that gets posted but the choice is there for me to read/comment/like/scroll by/unfollow/deregister as I see fit.

I think the difference is I have people as Facebook friends who I like and whose lives I'm interested in, including their holidays and even what they've eaten or drunk. I realise it must be a different experience if, like the OP, you're being forced to use it against your will or only allowed to accept friend requests from people you despise. That would turn me into a bit of a curmudgeon too, I reckon.

minipie · 04/08/2016 11:45

My guess is that people do this instead of reading magazines or books or whatever they used to do in the olden days? So when they are lying by the pool or on a journey to a day trip or something.

Personally I'd rather read a book or just look at the scenery but that's just my preference, nothing inherently superior about it.

I do think it's a shame when people seem to be constantly taking photos rather than enjoying the moment. But that's the case whether they upload to FB or not.

JassyRadlett · 04/08/2016 11:52

It takes 3 seconds. If you're so busy on holiday that you don't sit still for three seconds, you're doing holiday wrong.

This. I have far, far more free time and down time on holiday than at home where I am rushing between house stuff, work stuff and kid stuff most of the time. I don't often find myself hanging about for the washing machine cycle to end with nothing to do.

And we do pretty active holidays - we are not hanging-around-the-pool-all-day people, but still manage the odd bit of downtime.

Plus I do much more interesting things on holiday, and my family all live far away as do many of my friends, so I share interesting experiences.

I love my friends' holiday pics. I love seeing the things they've done, and it often gives me ideas for future holidays.

Togaparties · 04/08/2016 13:44

I tend to post a few holiday pics when I'm away as I tend to assume that my friends and family take an interest in what I'm doing. In exactly the same way I like to see friends and family post pics when they're on holiday because I'm interested in what they're up to. I agree though that there's no need to be posting them all day long.

NickiFury · 04/08/2016 14:08

coconutty me too. I'm a massively nosy person and love seeing how people's lives are going on FB. I make no apologies for it

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