To not understand people who post on social media everyday

[SalemShadow]

I don't understand why people post photos esp of their kids on social media everyday. Makes me wonder if they are a bit lonely. Don't know if aibu?

That’s nice, dear. It looks good in cross stitch too.

My niece does this. Selfies, pics of her and her kids and checks in every bloody place she goes. Drives me mad when I'm out with her.
She's not lonely, she's just mental😂😂

I don't understand quantum physics or advanced mathematics.

I don't have Facebook, Instagram or any other social media, and have never posted my children online. but let me say this -

Is it that difficult to "understand" why people do this? Or is this a way of saying "I don't agree with it but under the auspices of being baffled etc"

I think it's plain to see that with the advent of social media, coupled with people's natural pride for their children and their world, that people might post pics of their children online daily.

Do I agree with it? No. Do i understand it? Certainly

I’m in my early 20s and think it’s normal🤷🏼‍♀️ Then again, my generation did grow up with social media so it’s the norm for us.

I post most days, share posts etc. I’m fine hun don’t worry

I don’t understand people who start threads like this.
Guess we’re all different eh.

Because different people like doing different things.

Shocking, I know.

Each to their own.

I dont post daily because I'm not big on sharing every detail. Others do.

I can't get wound up about it. The only things I find unusual are people who social media post from date nights or record endless details of their children's lives. I don't need to know how much quality family time you're having with 27 photos and your date night doesn't seem that romantic with a course by course update of your meal in photo form. 😂
But each to their own. It makes them happy

@Wilmalovescake

These threads seem to be a way of people lifting their own self regard by positioning themselves against their perception of a lower-class "other"

"Why would people put bows in baby's hair"
"Why do people post pics online of their kids every day"
"Why write kisses after every message"

Ugh... it's so transparent but if it makes the OP feel better then...

I usually do, but not every single day and not all day- it depends what I’m up to and what I think might be interesting (or not!) I am quite lonely tbh, I live on my own and I work largely on my own too

YANBU!!!! I find it highly irritating and think these are the reasons why I think some do it
To show off a particular lifestyle.
To keep appearances up.
Some may be lonely.
Some are just in the habit of it.
And some are just crackers.

As for me, I rarely post, but I'm fairly crackers 😂

I don’t post every day, sometimes I don’t post for a week or so and my posts aren’t always about my children. But I have quite an active “social life” on fb - friends from where I grew up, university friends, mum friends from the area I had my older children in etc. It’s a nice way to keep in touch and exchange the day to day chat we used to have.

@LolaSmiles

I find it lovely to look back on my memories and remember ‘on this day’ however many years ago. There are things I’d never have remembered, funny things my children said when they were little, when they first slept through the night etc. It’s not for other people’s benefit.

I agree about the date night thing though

If people like to post frequently on social media, then it's most likely that they post pictures of their everyday life. If they have kids, then they are going to feature in many of the pictures. It's less narcissistic than posting 1000's of filtered selfies, less weird than posting pics of your daily diet, less annoying than the constant posting of self help quotes and less likely to rile people than contentious political posts. So all in all, it doesn't bother me at all. I quite like my friend's children and the children in my family too.

People enjoy it, plus there's quite a lot of research now about how addictive it is.

Jinxed2
That sounds lovely.

For me I find a child's life documented in detail for the world to see to be overstepping (not judging you by the way ). I'd be worried about information being out there that they can't recall etc.

Sharing some family memories etc is nice, but I really struggle seeing posts of every little thing. Of course I realise that's my issue to deal with.

I used to. I was bored.

Why would you be on social media if you don't want to see what your friends are doing?

I like seeing pics of people's kids on social media. They're doing it for me.

I find it more weird when people have social media accounts but rarely post anything themselves- they essentially just have an account to stalk/watch everyone else, eg always listed in my instagram story views yet the last time they posted a photo was in 2016🤷🏼‍♀️

I don't really understand and have no desire to do it. From things I've heard, it can be quite dangerous. Putting pics of kids online for anyone to see is not on, if there are adequate privacy settings and people are careful with whom they share, it should be alright I suppose. I wonder if the kids will ever resent it though, I don't think I'd have wanted to be exposed in that way.

As for pictures of dinner and stuff like that, madness. I'm not young now though, not old fashioned but very private.

Why do you care so much? If you're not interested come off SM or just ignore it, snooze people etc.
There are far worse things that people could be doing every day.

I post pictures of my dog every day

She doesn't know 🤷‍♀️

I don't know why people post on social media every day, says a person posting on social media.