To think people should stop taking photos

[Lexijayde44]

I'm not saying there are not some idiots hanging about in groups being stupid. By all means they deserve the police dining them etc etc. What I'm not comfortable with is locals taking pictures of other locals and putting them on Facebook page to tell the other locals what they are doing.

New rules do say you can sit on a bench for a quick rest. Theres no crime eating something whilst outdoors etc.

A family two parents and three kids were sat on a picnic table. nowhere near anyone. The kids were eating crisps. Someone photographed them. Put them on Facebook. They are now getting called all the names!

Firstly are we allowed to take pictures of other peoples kids now? I find it weird and inappropriate.

Secondly is it ok to throw People to the lions on Facebook?

Thirdly who are we to judge without facts? There is no crime in a five minute stop on a long walk. You can have a snack on you. How does anyone know the ins and outs of a person's health? I take snacks out with me because when my blood sugar levels drop I feel awful pretty quickly. I'm anemic and my energy is really poor.

I've seen people taking photos of so many different things in this crises. If you would t like someone taking pictures of your family and especially your children I would like to think you wouldnt do it to someone else!

Just demonstrates how empty most people are inside and so very quick to judge others. You don't have to read or understand too much history to get a flavour for how cruel people are. Photographing a family having a picnic is beyond pathetic.

It's just awful. It would have upset me as a child people calling my parents nasty names on Facebook and taking pictures of us all. It really shouldn't be allowed. It's bullying as far as I'm concerned. None of us know if the family on the bench has a member with asthma, cancer, mental health etc. It really is important to be kind. There is a story behind everyone. A huge majority of people are trying really hard. Trying to keep their children happy and to give them a tiny piece of normality. If they allow their kids to eat a quick snack on their walk to give them a little lift then that's great.

As adults we should be mature enough to understand others are trying to do what's right for them whilst following the lockdown rules. There are Children with autism. Children with health issues. Anxious children. Children without siblings. Children missing grandparents and friends terribly. It's so important for them to be happy and get outside without making the Facebook page for looking happy, eating, sitting for a few minutes or riding a bike.

I feel our excercise every 2-3 days (usually before 9.30am) is the only thing I have to give my children a "childhood" right now. I don't want them to be sad or get used to being inside all the time. Today I took my toddler for a walk this morning. Then my partner will take my 5 year old DD out for a quick bike ride before bed. We literally are respecting the rules and trying to minimise things. I'm just fed up of everyone judging people.

The complaints about parents with their kids out clearly not understanding lockdown make me angry. I actually like to hear the kids laughing whilst they walk past etc with parents. A sign of life!!! Also this morning we spoke to everyone we saw (paths wider than 2m where we walk) everyone smiled and spoke back. It was lovely. One older lady with a dog spoke to me from a good 4 meters away. We just shouted back and forth. She said she lived alone and was fed up. It's so important to keep up the effort to treat people with respect. It's really hard for people and they have the right to be outside without photographs being taken!

"they have the right to be outside without photographs being taken"

as has been previously stated a few times, no they don't if in public.

LogicallyLost

*"they have the right to be outside without photographs being taken"

as has been previously stated a few times, no they don't if in public*

Legally they don't, but morally they do.

And why would anyone go round taking photos of people "because it's not illegal"?

I 10000% agree and have been saying the same for years!

People can be the biggest bully's.
I hate people taking photos, publishing them on social media and not cropping others out or blurring their faces.

It is a major safeguarding issues IMO and a major breach of trust and privacy

I find it astonishing that people apparently can't manage relatively short periods without pushing food in their faces and just must stop for picnics.

But I'm not a fan of all the photographing either.

I'm not condoning photography to shame or bully people, but think it's incredibly unpleasant that anyone wielding a camera is suspicious. Street photography has been a valuable art form for a very very long time.

No one should be assuming they know your circumstances so no one should be reporting you. Half the time people are reporting people who are supposed to be where they are. Many people are using the situation to report people they never did like anyway.

Of course it would help if Facebook were just closed down. If you feel the urge to use Facebook just poke yourself in the eye with a sharp stick instead.

Aside from that it is totally unreasonable to expect adults to use any kind of common sense to avoid spreading a virus and it is against their human rights anyway to even hint that they might.

We have certain freedoms and rights in this country and the right to act stupidly on a regular basis is enshrined in our law and culture. Don't let them take that away from you.

Logicallylost the problem is that now street photographers post their photos online for everyone to see, images are searchable and stay there for "ever ". Before the internet they'd be in a book or exhibition and not constantly available to the whole world .

YANBU.

I had to unfollow a Nidd Gorge Facebook page recently, it is usually full of lovely posts and pictures about the area but whichever busybody runs it lately has been putting on pictures of people NOT breaking any rules! Like a couple of men sitting by the river having a rest with their bikes next to them and a big moan post worth "they obviously don't live together" (apparently being gay or someone's brother or flat mate hasn't come to Yorkshire yet)- it's bang out of order, I don't see rules being broken. Makes me not want to go down there in case Nosey Nigel is hiding in the woods ready to Facebook shame me

Seriously people need to quit Facebook. I quit years ago and haven’t looked back - such a pile of pointless rubbish.

I find it astonishing that people apparently can't manage relatively short periods without pushing food in their faces and just must stop for picnics

I find it astonishing that people get so wound up about when other people choose to eat.

I really do think there's a lot of low lying eating disorders in this country, the total obsession some people have with when a snack is appropriate, what can be eaten, when and in what format smacks of massive ishoos

@nannyedd really useful document thank you!

I’m too afraid to take my hyperactive 5 year old out for 2 short walks rather than what would be my normal walk as it’s too far for them. The local village Stasi are shaming right left and centre. 2 shorter walks would work so much better and we’d both get more exercise that way. And still a shorter time than if we went out for one walks

YANBU. It is honestly pathetic. At the risk of getting pelted, I’m glad I live in London, I don’t think people care so much what others do, here. As a general rule.

My big issue started a few years ago when I very good friend of mine told me about what happened to her sisters friend.
Facebook is vile there's no doubt.

Her DSIS friend let's call her holly
Holly had recently fled DV he was awful, she moved to a new town and started over.
One random idiot decided to go live on his Facebook showed the people in the town.
Her ex husband managed to find her by that through some other people (she was not tagged)
The EXh found her and he almost killed her.
I think people need to stop and think crop people out or blur their faces you have no idea of someone's story

I thought we were allowed now to eat lunch whilst in the middle of exercise? I was planning to go for a usual 1-2 hour ish walk and take a sandwich and crisps lol to eat whilst out. The places I walk are very secluded and I sit on the grass not touching and benches or anything. I fail to see the harm in stopping for 10 - 15 minutes when no one else is around you.

I’m sick of seeing the word crisps🤣

I absolutely hate the name and shame brigade. Full of saddos who just want Likes on social media. Definitely not perfect, but like to think they are because they think they’re doing something absolutely amazing for society by posting a video or photo on Facebook of someone.

They can easily report it to the Police if they feel someone has done something wrong and leave it at that. But noooo, they absolutely have to get that post on social media just so they can look all morally superior.

I LOVE it when it backfires though, and they end up deleting their post because they haven’t been patted on the back and been told “Well done” I’ve seen that happen, where they get pulled up for being a twat. Might make them think twice next time.

YANBU, I am a T1 diabetic and I've got a 3 month old, and until last week I didn't have the confidence to go for more than a really quick stroll round the block in case I needed to sit and feed her or sit and have a quick snack to bring my sugars back up. People were posting all kinds of stuff on Facebook about how you can surely go for more than an hour without a snack etc. Due to a really traumatic delivery I've been left with PTSD so to put it lightly my mental health isn't the best it's ever been, had someone posted a picture of me I'd have been in bits. There are correct channels for raising concerns about these things and posting pictures on Facebook is notably not one of them.

I think it’s ridiculous that anybody can take a picture of you in public. I think it should be illegal without your consent. Happened to DH a student was taking pics of him & his brother, he approached and asked him to delete them as it made him uncomfortable. The student refused and said he’s well within his rights.

This shaming people on Facebook is absolutely ridiculous. Plus pics are being taken if people buying non essentials alongside essentials. If your in the store for essentials and they sell other things, what’s the problem. My DD is 2 next week I bought some balloons and banners with my shopping. Am I wrong?

I think these covid shamers are the same ppl who report their neighbours for benefits fraud whilst knowing zero facts on the situation. It seems to be an unpleasant national characteristic.

This is an interesting book on the psychology behind shaming and what happens to people who've experienced it: www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/05/so-youve-been-publicly-shamed-jon-ronson-review

I apparently briefly made our village page today for not social distancing...with my husband who I live with.

I'd taken ds for a run and he took dd out for a short walk to meet us. We met and didn't social distance (being married and all). Some idiot took a photo and popped it up on facebook. Luckily our nextdoor neighbour saw it pretty fast and pointed out that we were one family despite the fact that we'd approached from different directions. The person responsible took it down before I got to see it but I've been messaged by 3 different people so far, all of whom have found it hilarious.

I'm looking at quite a lot of people in our village through new eyes and it's not particularly pleasant.

It’s illegal to do so where I live as privacy is protected by the constitution - though the police have issued a warnings they may now publish photos of people who have breached lockdown rules (not seen any yet!).