To ask you to help me choose an appropriate social media for sharing photos?

[ferriswheel]

I know almost nothing about social media. I tried facebook years ago but i find it incredibly stressful. It actually makes me feel a bit creeped out and claustrophobic. No judgement to anyone who enjoys it but i honestly cant cope with it.

I save my photos through amazon. I want to find a way of sending my parents photos and films of the kids in a private way.

Instagram looks like it might be what im after but i dont like that it seems to flag you up to other users who can seek you out.

Anyone know of anything else i could use? Preferably for free?

Thank you

If its just your parents you want to send the images to maybe Whatsapp?

On Facebook you can send pictures as messages privately to only people you choose. That's what I do.

Instagram's possibly better set up for photos though...you can lock your account down and choose something bland for your profile pic though and have only your parents able to access it.

Is there anything particular that makes whatsapp different from instagram?

WhatsApp is a messaging/calling app, like texts that go via the internet so you can video call/send photos/send videos.

Instagram, you can send photos privately but it’s more intending as a wider sharing app.

What's app is free messaging service where you can send messages and photos just to specific people. Instagram is a public shared account that lets people follow you and see your images.

If it's just to your parents what's app is easier to keep private and easier to use.

Most social media you can make private but if you literally just want to share with a couple of people what's app is much easier. You can't accidentally share with the world.

Thanks. I think i might have signed up to that years ago and deleted it. What do i need to do to make it private only to my parents?

This is really helpful. Thank you.

What about Dropbox?

Try Path - it's just photos and you can choose who you share with.

I have a Lifecake account. App on my phone but my aged parents just receive an email everytime a new photo is uploaded and so can log on via a desktop to see and, if they want, print the photo. It’s a free app and you can invite people to be subscribers. It’s not accessible without an invite. We have family across Europe so it’s a secure way of sharing photos across the age range (my parents don’t have a smart phone).

I use Facebook but don’t put my children on there. I use WhatsApp for sharing photos of the children with my family. It’s slightly time consuming as I have different threads on there with my family, FIL, MIL but it gives me better control over who sees what and it allows each of them to respond privately.

Does your family have smartphones?

If you have a Google account, you can upload your pics on Google Photos and then share the album link on email.

I'd suggest WhatsApp too...it's 100% private as it's not a social media...all you need to do is make sure all of you (you and the ones you are wanting to send photos to)have downloaded the free WhatsApp app...then you can have free video calls, send videos, send photos, messages, voice clips etc for free...these chats are totally private and nobody else can see them.except you and the one you are sending to..

You also have the option of setting up a group on WhatsApp where you can have a mini family chatroom where you can all share videos, photos, voice clips , photos, messages etc...and you don't have to all be online at the same time,

The other thing I like about WhatsApp.is that you can set it to beep like a text message so that you know when you have got a reply

Yes, it sounds like Whatsapp is best suited for what you need.

Yes they have smartphones. My Dads very good with it.

Ive just downloaded whatsapp. I feel like im going to click something and they will overhaul my phone....

Right lifecake. That sounds like my type of thing. Does it do movies and pics? Off to investigate...

Oh Lifecake looks amazing. You should all have a look!!!

We use tinybeans

It does exactly what you seem to want. You add the family and friends you want to view photos, they can comment, no one can search for your profile, tag you or see your friends list etc.

Can use via an app, friends can get emails with the pics and videos in them, or log in to the webpage to view.

Seems even the most technophobic members of my family enjoy using it.

There’s a free version but options to upgrade for longer videos and adding multiple photos at once. They put out special deals relatively often to entice you to upgrade so hold out for one if you are thinking about it.

Cluster

Tinybeans and cluster. Thanks, I'll keep looking. This is so helpful. Thank you.

We have a private Instagram account for our daughter for this very purpose. Only grandparents and aunt and uncle (6 people)are allowed to follow it.

It means that we can share images of her daily, easily, without having to go into numerous different whatsapp groups to do so. It also saves on data.

We are ex pats so it’s a great way of keeping everyone updated.

All so complicated. What's wrong with email?

The storaage in email isnt big enough?

Oh I don't know anything about storing in email. I just send things that way.