To ask what you class as an experiences

[Bluebluemonday]

I’m all for embracing the little things in life so will post on social media cinema trips and parks etc. I know some people only tend to post holidays or expensive days out. What sort of things do you think are worth posting?

I think your question has different aspects.

you aren’t asking what’s an experience, rather what’s social media worthy.

I guess so maybe if people could answer both I guess please?

I'm perimenopausal.

Leaving the house is a fucking experience let me tell you.

Isn't it obvious what other people think are worth postIng, by, what they post.

Why are you posting at all? Just enjoy your life. Posting bollocks on social media isn’t compulsory.

Personally, I post very little, if anything, on social media of my day to day life. I'm generally happy doing the thing and enjoying it so taking photos doesn't occur to me. My vague rule of thumb is whether I'd have taken photos on a film camera and paid to have them developed. If no, it definitely isn't something I need to share on social media.

In terms of what an experience is, that will vary from person to person. For me, it's something remarkable that I wouldn't or couldn't just routinely do. I most definitely wouldn't include things like the cinema because to me that's just day to day life.

Why do you need to ‘post’ anything
live your life as you want to, you don’t have to ‘share’ anything

Don't post anything, why are you creating free content for Mark Zuckerberg? He's rich enough.

On instagram, usually:

• holidays
• weddings
• nice scenery/countryside/mountains on hikes

But i post for myself to look back on and remember nice memories. I’ve got an iPhone camera roll full of food, outfits, pets, screenshots that others probably don’t care about.

I like looking at other peoples holiday snaps though because I’m an avid traveller.

I post fuck all as I don't have Facebook or anything. If I want a memory captured I take a picture or video and it doesnt need to be broadcast to the world

I'd get a bit fed up with a friend who posted every little thing they did on social media. My friends share things like meeting up with old friends, weekends away, as well as celebrating kids' achievements, stupid things the dog did, sharing interesting articles they've read - the key thing is that there is something there they think friends would actually be interested in or find funny, not that social media is like a diary where you have to record everything you do.
Absolutely do try and appreciate small experiences, but that doesn't mean other people will want to be informed about them all.

Putting the bins out

I enjoy lots of things from the smaller every day things to the bigger once in a lifetime stuff. They all make me happy and I take photos most days of what I’m doing whether big or small, but I don’t post any of them online. I share a few with family and friends in person but other than that, I like that they’re my photos that others don’t see. 😅

The only things I regularly post on my Instagram are amusing graffiti, particularly vivid sunsets, or weirdly pollarded trees.

My last five posts over a period of six months or so are a weird elephant knocker on a derelict house, a feminist cupcake from a festival I spoke at, DS’s shadow playing football, and a still from a video at the current Yoko Ono retrospective at the Tate. Over the same period, I’ve been in Italy, Paris, India, a couple of festivals, several concerts and a Buddhist retreat, but this wouldn’t be detectable from SM.

The only thing I post on social media is information that will be useful to others in my neighbourhood. Eg local campaigns, fundraising etc.
I don't post anything to show off about having done it.

“worth posting” is such an odd attitude!

I actually like posting and like social media (Facebook only for me) so I’m not against it. But I think that if your mindset is to start thinking about what is “worth” posting, then it’s time to step away.

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I post things I think my friends and family might take joy in. So if get a photo of something beautiful, whether it’s my garden or the Rift Valley, I’ll post a photo of that. If there’s a funny sign outside a shop, I’ll post that. If I’ve made a particularly delicious cake, I’ll post that with the recipe because I have a lot of foodie friends. If there’s been some achievement by one of the kids I might post that, because family will want to know. And if a bunch of us have got together I’ll probably post a picture of that so we can all look back on it and remember. But I don’t post a photo of a day out at the park or somewhere lavish just because I went, I don’t treat it like a sort of journal of my life. I only share if there’s something in particular I think will interest people I’m friends with.

I do use fb as a diary. If people don’t want to see what I post, they don’t need to look. I’m posting for me, not anyone else. That might include just feeling happy after a great day at work (I work outside, so the landscape is something I often capture). I love it when the memories pop up in subsequent years, to remind me of moments of gratitude.

I think posting anything to seek attention is so fucking naff. I don't know anyone who hasn't had a nice meal, a holiday or a cocktail by the age of 40. And dont get me started on the posting of kids - who are then exposed to potentially being screenshot and potentially ending up in porn years later. People need to grow up and use their brains.

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Socila media doesn't have criteria, you can post whatever you like, what makes you think it's about experiencesnor being worthy?

Aside front he rules of the platform there are no rules

I don't really post anything on social media. I just checked FB and the last thing was a photo of my DF on his 80th birthday in January.

Otherwise it's mostly sharing posts from the local cat rescue in case anyone wants to adopt.

I'm always a bit confused when people put their whole life on social media, I find it very odd.

My concept of 'experiences' and what's worth posting has changed as I've aged. I reflect on the fact that as a young (inexperienced) person, I thought in 'cinematic' terms; meaning it had to be grand/expensive projecting something (holidays, red letter days, fancy restaurants, places). In mid life (more experience), you begin to see the value in smaller human moments. And being mindful of these moments, as it's all too fleeting. I'm more likely to share my child looking at a lady bird, or running in a field on the closed family group these days, rather than telegraph my (withered) social life to strangers on Social Media. But I think I'm probably a relatively private person anyway.

Post anything that brings you joy, OP. Life is too short to worry about what others think. I only post ‘big’ things on social media (hols etc) but I do take pictures of stuff like meals, being at the cinema, books Ive read etc. so my camera roll is like that. I just don’t necessarily share those things because that’s just not me. I have a friend who does that though and although it makes me roll my eyes a bit, ultimately it’s quite sweet and utterly harmless!