To ignore this face book check in to hospital?

[marymarkle]

I have just had a status come up on my face book of X feeling worried, and a check in to the local hospital. There are lots of comments saying - are you okay x, what's up X, but there is no answer from x.
AIBU to totally ignore this status?

This is my second most hated type of Facebook post.

The first being ' I'm closing my Facebook account' (then relish in all the comments begging them to stay - and never leave, never had any intention to leave)

Lots of 'U ok hun?' 'yeah, PM me'

This is on a level with Instastories of "At my nanny's funeral #sadtimes" over a duck lip selfie with the coffin in the background followed by #ootd #blackisthenewblack #funeralfash.

I had a colposcopy&oq yesterday morning, kicking myself I didn't go live

Colposcopy, stupid phone

I have a rather nasty, attention seeking, niece. When my mother had a stroke she wasn’t going to recover from, niece visited and sat in the corner on her phone (don’t think she even gave grandmother a kiss). We were still trying to let all her family (grandson in forces, daughter abroad) know when we realised niece had put a check in on Facebook, saying she was at hospital saying goodbye to her grandmother! Evil, attention seeking little cow, who hadn’t bothered visiting grandmother for months (when she was previously ill) didn’t care that all family didn’t know yet, as long as she got messages of sympathy and posters saying “poor you.”
Facebook is fine when used by reasonable people, unfortunately some people see it as a way to promote themselves.

A family member of mine recently posted a picture of a report from a psychological assessment they'd undergone and labelled it as 'news'.

So flipping weird.

I totally ignore these sort of statuses. What I find even more irritating than the comments not being answered, is having them answered with “I’ll PM you”.
If you want your current situation to be kept private then don’t post on social media!

Coming from the other side of some of these comments, I have a massive family and by massive I mean even immidiate family. So when I have veen in hospital, for a number of things from a blood ckot on my lungs, to a stroke, and septicemia I have updated on FB when I have been avke ti and asked my hubby ti do the same when i couldn't. Trying to message everyone just isnt possible and we woukd miss one out. Hell even in labour I was on FB at 9 1/2 cm dilated. I dont have the same concept of pain due to my autism, so yes I may be seriously ill or should be in agony but often am not. I am one if 7 siblings and the majoritt if those siblings have partners and kids, some of the kids have kids so they are all immediate family not distant. I dont do it for attention seeking in fact I tend to downplay it at times. But there may also be gaps between updates due to things like operations etc. So although I agree some can attention seek its not always the case.
As for distant relatives etc, I dont see the point in adding them on FB unless there is a reaso. They need to be on. My friend list conaists of my immidiate siblings, nices n nephews and a small handfuk of friends. I do get sent requests from cousins I havent seen in year but I ignore them.

I get the large family thing, but can't the updates be done privately user group WhatsApp or group messenger? One message to everyone who needs to know?

I feel sorry for the people who do this sort of thing. There is a reason why they seek this sort of attention. A reason why people spend so much time on editing their online life while ignoring real life.

I find the ones taking selfies of kids in hospital beds or A&e worse. The few times I’ve had to go, I have been so worried, I can’t say it crossed my mind to whip out the camera and record my child’s distress for prosperity. However, i can see there is a difference with chronic illness where someone might be in for a long time and hospital becomes the norm.

Some folk live their lives through social media ! We have a couple of family members who do this . One of them constantly talks to her " friends " and tells them about her wonderful life ! Sadly what you see isn't what it's really like ! The other is my husband who spends every moment on Twitter even to the extent of carrying on when we have visitors ! It's sad but there are huge numbers of folk who are like this today !

Did she post a picture of her arm with an iv in yet and still not saying what’s wrong?

I wonder if we're related to the same person OP