Posting holiday photos on social media

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We're going on holiday for half term and for the first time I'm sort of questioning whether I want to post any photos online. My account is set to private and I'm pretty picky about who i allow access to (not that they're clamouring at the doors or I'm very exciting) My concern isn't really about that but more about if it's a bit twattish in 2023?
We're all aware of the problem of social media bring that it is not a true reflection of life. They don't show the tantrums, the awkward silence with our other half's, the unexpected way that the photogenic food has ruined our budget for the week, the way the kids completely did not appreciate the trip and moaned that they missed nerf gun day at holiday club. ...
It wouldn't be so bad if all my friends were richer than me but I have a mix of frothed who are completely at the mercy of the state, or have lost their jobs or have their rent increased massively. That's not to mention those friends with MH problems who tell me that they feel shitter about themselves and their situation after going on social media:
I wonder if in a few years holiday snaps will become the equivalent of the pics pf big piles of presents? Tacky and a bit braggy?

We are going on holiday for Easter, I am almost certain my family will 'mute' me but I intend to post some pictures because I'm bloody excited to be going on a holiday that we booked two years ago before the world went crazy. And if people aren't able to be happy for me and my family doing something lovely, then fuck them.

I don't tend to now, except maybe for the odd sea view pic or something pretty like that. I might send pictures of the kids to private family groups, but I never post them on Facebook any more. I've set all my old pictures to private.

There is a difference between braggy photos and a few photos of happy times.

I wonder if in a few years holiday snaps will become the equivalent of the pics pf big piles of presents? Tacky and a bit braggy?

just go the whole hog and only allow photos of miserable things and bad news accompanied by Daily Mail Sad Faces.

Thanks Phoenix. I do unfollow. On a separate note I unfriended someone who shared holiday pics which included photos of the bathroom. It was special. And photos of the loo too, which frankly I found a bit weird. Unused I might add. No filters

I think it's personal preference and also what your friends are like!

Personally I like seeing where my friends have gone exploring (UK and abroad). Partly to see if its somewhere we might like to investigate going for ourselves!

Cost of living crisis affects people in different ways and a bit like the covid pandemic different people have different views on what is acceptable. You are always going to get people at the extreme end of things with their opinion.

It's not braggy to be living your life and everyone knows SM is a snapshot of the best bit and doesn't include all the other stuff alongside!

I make a FB album of my holiday pics and add a few every 2-3 days. It's entirely for my own pleasure. I really love looking back through them sometimes years later. So do the kids. I wouldn't expect anyone else to be interested but sometimes friends do look and comment if they're interested in the destination. If i think I've posted a lot in a short time and might be getting tiresome then I filter the posts so only I can see them. It's like keeping a photo album for me to look back on and enjoy.

I like people’s holiday photos, but I know what you mean
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My SM makes our life look really boring sometimes as I tend to avoid anything that looks like showing off and then just post nature photos and stuff. I expect no one cares what I post though!

I like seeing them, and I post a few. I do a one image montage of three of four highlights - I don't do what a friend does and post 40 pics of more or less the same thing! I also have my setting on private with a relatively small friendship group.

When um having a shit time it makes me less miserable to see that other people are having a nice time and happy.

There's nothing worse than the feeling of despair that my life is in the shitter and so is everyone around me, so depressing! Share some happiness 😊

I put a few on here a d there. My workmates told me 'loads of photos' last time.

Keep it to the edited highlights (no one wants to see a dozen selfies of you and your husband in a sex pond hot tub) and don't drip feed. It's also generally advisable on security grounds to wait until you return before posting that you've been away.

Love seeing people's holiday pics, if I get bored of them I can move on past. (Please, none of those ridiculous 'feet on lounger' pics though, particularly if your feet are less than marvellous LOL.)

I do think to a degree that SM is perhaps not the right place for people who are going to be resentful of other people living their lives, and perhaps a break can be beneficial.

Just want to point out that communism also had/has rich and poor

I also love seeing people's holiday photos and wedding pics, DIY pics, hobby pics - but then, I like sharing friends' joy and I'm mature enough to not compare my bad bits with someone else's best bits.

I do not follow randomers though. Perhaps, I'd have FOMO if my social media was awash with influencers.

Me too! I downloaded some albums from the early Naughties, it was great to have access to pics lost to old hard drives

Wow so it seems the majority like other peoples holiday photos. I worry i do list too many, possibly as I don't have another adult when I go away and so it's sort of a way of sharing my experiences of what I'm doing.

I never posted photos of DC when they were with us. Nowadays I post one photo, perhaps with a wry comment and never of me.
Having said that I dolike other people's photos though not so much of them, more scenery.

Never. Never. Never.
Firstly, why would I want to advertise to all & sundry that I am away from home?
Also, it's completely tone deaf, & why would I be vain enough to assume that everyone/anyone is interested in me?
Plus, I don't know anyone else that does this - it's just not considered "a thing" amongst my friends.

I adore my friends holiday photos and meals and trips. I love that they are happy, and sometimes I think “I’d never go there”, or “that looks brilliantly I wonder if we should try it”, mostly I just live vicariously through them😁

I would not add anyone on Facebook that I did not personally know, and nobody else can see my fb posts, so I’m hardly ‘announcing it to the world’. Dramatic much!!

Firstly, why would I want to advertise to all & sundry that I am away from home?
I think that's a fair comment, although if you restrict your posts to friends only, it's not exactly all and sundry. I post my pictures when back.

Also, it's completely tone deaf
Is that because not everyone can afford holidays? Where do you draw the line on that for social media posts? Not everyone can afford meals out, theatre trips, new cars. If you strip everything out that might upset people who don't have the same as you, there'd be nothing very interesting left to post about

why would I be vain enough to assume that everyone/anyone is interested in me?

they are your friends, not 'everyone' (if you have your privacy / security right)

It's not vain to think some of your friends might be interested in your holiday. I'd question whether they were your friends if not - and they can scroll past if not interested. As lots of people have said on this thread, many people enjoy other people's photos.

Plus, I don't know anyone else that does this - it's just not considered "a thing" amongst my friends.
People are different. I have some friends who do, some who don't

Firstly, it's only if you have "all and sundry" on your friend list unless you have public profile.
Secondly, if you have social media, they are there for things to be shared. Why else have them.
Sorry your friends wouldn't be interested in some of your nicer things

@ RockingMyFiftiesNot "I post my pictures when back."

That would be my position.

I also make a point of making the odd post (on one or two forums), here and there, while I'm on holiday, to give the impression I'm at home.

Its those who post 50+ photos. We literally dont care!!

I dont mind the odd few (5-6 max). I just post a couple of pics but i dont share a lot on there as it is