To ask if you are a regular Facebook poster can you explainhy do people post literally what they do every day on FB?

[bigbeautybummum]

Why some people post what they are doing every single day? I'd love to know from someone who does. Friends posting what their DC doing every day, daily family stuff etc . I just don't get it?

Isn't that what facebook is for? Sharing stuff about your life? I'm quite nosy so I don't mind when my friends do it...

Just remove/snooze the friends that do it if you don't like it.

I presume it's to try and connect and engage with people?

Boredom?

Need for validation?

Trying to build a following?

Does it matter though?

to that question I also want to ask why some people feel the need to post pics of themslves in their knickers (daughter of a friend who tagged my friend in showing off her 'birthday' lacey underwear given to her by her new boyfriend. Really odd.

Mind you, I just post cat-related memes so I am one of those annoying fb people in a different sort of way.

It's to preserve memories and to share the happy moments in life with family and close friends. If you only have family and close friends on fb it is a great way to keep in touch.
I don't post on a daily basis but probably post once a week or once every 2 weeks. My account is private and I only have a few people on my friends list so I can post what I like.

Cos they are using facebook as a kind of virtual scrapbook and diary.

I dunno. Isnt this a bit like asking people who use phones, why some people tell others about their day every day?
They just do

Because they're lonely? Because they take pleasure from sharing and the interaction it provokes? Because they need the validation? Because they enjoy reading other similar posters? Ultimately if they get something from it Where's the harm?

I get all of above re family events, every few weeks etc but I mean DAILY. I'm just being nosey wondering why!

Have to say one thing that's more annoying than people putting everything on Facebook, is other people who have social media accounts and moan that others use social media for it's intended purpose.

I suppose the harm is when it's 100% 'aren't my family/ my relationship/ my meals/ my dc/ my parenting amazing' type posts that can leave their normal, flawed non amazing friends feel they are letting their dc down by not living a 7 day week ' best life'.

Frangi, assume you're a 'best life' poster then. I use social media for lots of interesting entertaining and useful things but bragging and documenting everything I do every day isn't one of them.

People use it in different ways. Just un follow people whose rationale is unacceptable to you, or defriend them.

I post a lot , when I meet up with friends or when I go somewhere, even if it's a nice walk or something. I do it because I enjoy it when the memories come up. Everyday Facebook tells you what you posted on the same date in the previous years, it's really nice to be reminded of moments.

To add I have strict privacy settings, I know and speak IRL to all of the people I'm friends with on Facebook, and half of those, people I'm not close to , I have listed as acquaintances and they can't see most of the things I post. Like I said, I post for my memories not to show off what I'm up to all the time. If people think that about me they can either unfriend me or hide my posts from their feeds, no skin off my nose either way 🤷‍♀️

@bigbeautybummum

I suppose the harm is when it's 100% 'aren't my family/ my relationship/ my meals/ my dc/ my parenting amazing' type posts that can leave their normal, flawed non amazing friends feel they are letting their dc down by not living a 7 day week ' best life'.

You just have to remember that social media is a highlights reel. People don't usually want to share their low moments, just the best bits, so you shouldn't compare your actual life to someone's FB version of themselves.

And your post to @FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop is unnecessary. Because she posts everyday you accuse her of being a 'best life' person. You do realise OP that you don't have to look at what your Facebook friends are posting. Just hide the 'best life' people from your feeds if it makes you feel 'flawed'. You sound bitter that 'best life' people might be having a nicer time than you.

So actually, you think daily posts are about bragging, your original post wasn’t as innocent as it tried to make out was it, you just wanted other posters to come on and say that it’s ridiculous/reprehensible/arrogant.

As others have said, I use it to connect with friends and family, share good days out/walks/restaurants we’ve tried and I also enjoy seeing my memories come up each day. I love seeing other people’s posts for the same reason.

Your insecurities are making you bitter! Just scroll on by, hide or delete people if it’s bothering you.

I'm on it a lot - mainly for the groups - Mr Lumpy & friends (badgers), Tasty, standard poodles in Norway (Don't have a poodle and never been to Norway but love the photographs) my favourite magazines have good Facebook pages, rate my plate is good for a smile etc. I do have one friend that uses it as an online diary. She is practically housebound with a knuckle dragger husband so I try not to judge. More annoying is the friend who does the cheesy out to dinner food snaps. Or the photo of a cocktail glass and something life 'life goals'. She really should know better and I massively judge her.

I can't get too overheated about Facebook - it's so easy to block or mute. My DH blocked me for 'liking too many bloody poodles, we have a cat' and I didn't notice for over 6 months.

because there are family members who are interested and like to know.

because they can

because they don't give a shit about anyone judging them - if you don't like it then block them

I post every day.

I share lots of photos of my children.

Why?

Because:

1. it's my social media profile to do what I want with

2. I have family all over the country and they want to see what the kids are up to

3. my friends seem genuinely interested - we all quite like each other. I like looking at their photos and hearing about their lives and vice versa

4. it saves them as memories

5. because anyone who doesn't like it has the option of deleting me as a friend

I used to post more “real” things when my kids were younger but then a friend took me aside and said some quite harsh things about how bad things were with me and how obviously I wasn’t coping. I hadn’t really thought that people were reading it like that, so now I do treat it like a PR reel and just post happy, positive pictures and comments.

Is your friend into MLM? They are supposed to post positive stuff every day.

I’ve got a friend posting her new ‘business’ on fb. I’ve had to hide it as it’s a constant stream of selling mlm diet products. It’s a shame as I prefer her other posts about her and her family who I’ve known for years.

I like it to catch up with distant friends (as in miles), see their kids grow, lives change and new pets!

I do have one friend who posts every aspect of his life. Daily food updates - from a cheese sandwich to lunch at Morrison's cafe to posh pub grub - every morsel he eats. Three times a day sometimes.

Another plays her relationship out. She and her other half have conversations over Facebook -
Probably sat next to each other on the sofa. So cringey.

@Bingbongbash

It's to preserve memories and to share the happy moments in life with family and close friends. If you only have family and close friends on fb it is a great way to keep in touch. I don't post on a daily basis but probably post once a week or once every 2 weeks. My account is private and I only have a few people on my friends list so I can post what I like.

This! I post stuff for myself, not for other people. I’ve got an insane amount of photos and videos on my iCloud storage, but I put my very few favourites on fb where I can find them easily. I LOVE the fb memories that pop up

@bigbeautybummum

Frangi, assume you're a 'best life' poster then. I use social media for lots of interesting entertaining and useful things but bragging and documenting everything I do every day isn't one of them.

No I mainly watch cat videos TBH but each to their own