AIBU when slagging off social media sites to family and other people I meet?

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Thankfully no one in my immediate family uses Facebook, the new tiktoks and those others where I can't even recall the names of them

Most of us do use WhatsApp as it is free to chat and most of us older ones in the family only use PAYG mobile options and often pay in advance for calls on the landline which are often more clear and reliable, (Even with this I don't nor does my OH or children constantly update their status, we actually hide it I think you call it when others cant tell if we are using the WattsApp)

I could be getting an unbalanced view of Facebooks etc as we don't use them but all I hear and read in the media is the trouble it causes, fallouts etc over little things, EG, you did not thank me, you copied me, you ignored me, etc, etc,etd

AIBU trying to tell people I know and now grandchildren growing up I fear social media bullying etc, so AIBU telling them to steer clear of what IMO is total rubbish and you are better off out of them?

What are you doing here then?

So you know nothing about social media, but are happy to slag them all off? I don't think you'll be terribly convincing.

Of course you're free to tell them your opinion

Of course you have an unbalanced view if you don't use them. If someone was constantly slagging off anything they'd just get on my nerves, I'm grown up enough to think for myself and make my own decisions.

Are you the same poster who wants to tell all your friends and family not to have a wedding too?

YABU

ironic posting it on Mumsnet also

I guess it says more about you and the people you hang out with if that's whatvyijr friends use it for.

Unless you actually know plenty about the sites & apps, you shouldn't really bandy about an unbalanced opinion

But there is no law stopping you

I don't think you should tell people how to live their lives and also, stop assuming you're the first person in the world to have looked at the same news everyone else looks at and come to the same conclusions many, many other people have come to.

Everyone is capable of thinking for themselves, they don't need you assuming they can't.

My grandma used to rant at me about tampons and how she 'didn't believe in them'. Like they were the Tooth Fairy, or the Easter Bunny, or something.

I used to smile and nod.

Crack on OP, might make you feel better.

What media are you taking in that talks of spats on social media?

You can say whatever you want but you'll just sound like the old man shouting at clouds in the Simpsons

Like the printing press, radio and TV for previous generations, social media is bad and evil in many ways, but in moderation it has become a part of life

Op doesn't realise that mumsnet is actually the type of social media that she so readily slags off

Some people use Social media because they are social and its a tool for staying in touch. Others are antisocial and are antisocial on SM.

Oh how I wish I were as superior as you

Actually that’s a lie.

Sadly, you and some others have completely missed the point when you are referring to this site/MN

MN allows people to post anonymously and share their views/feelings without, on the whole, people knowing who you are. Thank you.

I've raised a couple of questions here for wider feedback and millions of others do it. If you are confusing facebook, titkto and the like with Mumsnet, then yu dont understand the definition of "social media" I'm afraid.

You can do, it's a free country, but don't expect anyone to care about your opinion.

What's the definition of social media then? Obviously I've missed it

Thank you. True in what you are saying but as per my OP, does it not land many in massive fallouts even over little things like the examples I gave?

They're the type to fall out with people no matter what.

TBH I'm a bit staggered that you came back even though I clearly defined the difference

Here you go

https://buffer.com/social-media-terms/social-media

And its as per my OP but I could not recall all of the names, thanks.

I love it when mumsnetters pretend not to know names of famous social media platforms 😁

MN allows people to post anonymously and share their views/feelings without, on the whole, people knowing who you are. Thank you.
So does twitter/x, insta and sometimes facebook🤷

You WNBU to share your opinion on social media with friends and family - why wouldn't you be allowed an opinion??

Person who doesn't use social media scolds other people who do, for not knowing the definition of social media. OK...

Look, I use FB a lot. I have friends all over the place and it's a good way for us all to stay in touch. I'm locked down and unsearchable, and I only follow accounts I like. I learn things, I laugh at things with my friends, I occasionally make new friends. You might think it's rubbish, and that's your prerogative. Your friends and family may choose to listen to someone who by their own admission has no direct experience of SM, or they may choose to form their own opinions.

Some people love to slag off social media and judge people who use it. I use it and I have private setting so why is it any different to your ever so grown up WhatsApp! I'm just posting pictures for family and friends to see rather to sending on a WhatsApp message.

I get that some use it with open setting and want to show the world their lives which isn't for me at all but also I don't give a shit what these people do, each to their own.

When my kids get it they'll be told (when they're young enough for me to still have a say) that their settings need to also be private but and explain the dangers