New year round robin style Facebook cringe

[DianneWhatcock]

When people do like a review of their year that is basically a massive essay on how successful their years been all the highlights and how happy they are

My newsfeed is full of them 😳 Aibu to cringe at each and every one?

I have even done them myself in the past and this morning had to be faced with my past smugness on memories. God how I wanted to punch my past self. I will never do one again 😳😳

I mean don’t get me wrong ...I’m genuinely happy if people are happy and doing well had a great year etc... I just personally don’t see the need to smugly broadcast it to fb in essay form 🤦‍♀️

Aww isn't it nicer to look back on those posts and remember things you were proud of and wanted to post about? Or were you just posting out of smugness at the time? If so, maybe that's your issue - you always posted to be smug in the past and now you are judging everyone else who may just be celebrating as being smug.

I've seen 3 such posts today but they were all along the lines of what a crap year 2019 had been and how they can't wait for 2020 in the hope that it's a better year. Well obviously no one wants things to get worse when you've had a bad year - and I know these 3 people well enough in real life to have been aware of the issues they've had this year!

I've also seen 3 (different posters) #10 years ago photos! All 3 of these people I have known for over 10 years so know what they looked like back in their more youthful years.

I hate most social media but I actually quite enjoy the year end round robin. Cut out all the crap you post all year round and provide a succinct year end summary. If only they cut out all the crap...

@PanicAndRun I deffo achieved all these as well! Go me 😂😂

I did one of these 7 years ago reading it before, I cringed so hard I nearly turned inside out.

I think because I'd had a really terrible year, I was probably looking for some validation that I was stronger than I felt at the time and was doing okay. Also writing it down made me realise I'd had a hell of a year, and was still doing alright, all things considered.
But, I also learned that I didn't need people to tell me that on social media

Simple answer- leave Facebook. Make it your resolution for 2020.

It's getting right on my tits, especially since it's been extended to an essay about people's whole decade this year.

Someone on my FB did a huge round up of the year yesterday. It was so long and had people and places tagged, it was like a fucking Oscars speech.

@AvaGrace412

"Oscars speech" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 yep

I like them. It's a nice way to catch up with people easily and find out what's gone on in their lives. I do a filtered one but it's usually reflective and thankful not "look at my amazing year" (it's pretty rare that my years have been amazing). I figure I only have real friends on FB and no-one's forcing them to read it, they can just scroll past and I'm none the wiser. But I like reading about people's lives, it's the whole reason I have Facebook in the first place.

I do FB for my memories. Yes, it may annoy people briefly but it's not boasting, it's trying to treasure the good memories so they pop up every year and make you happy and look at your achievements. I haven't fine the year (or decade!) round up personally, but I do like it when I put memories of fun times/ achievements/ funny things kids have said/ written etc. I know I'll forget if they're not popping up every year!

For once in my life I had a great year. I damn well did post about it! Love reading other people’s too. Agree that ones that are very braggy are a bit much.