If you post holiday photos to social media ...

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How many are acceptable?

A few per day of the holiday

A single post of a certain number per weekend or week

If you don't share your holiday snaps, why not?

I prefer to see my friends and family holidays snaps of where they have been and what they have done one as a matter of interest and two in case it's somewhere I'd also like to go.

I prefer to see all the snaps in one post with about 10-15 for a weekend and 15-25 for a week.

I never post while away - I'd rather enjoy the moments.?

There are quite a few sanctimonious posts like this on here, as if posting to social media is a full time pursuit.

We're on holiday now. We'll go for an ENTIRE day out and it will take mere minutes to snap a few photos on my phone during the course of the day and, again, mere minutes to share one or two to social media (if there are any worth sharing) at the end of the day either before going out for dinner or before going to bed!

And this is from posters who, like me, are happy wasting their time pissing around on Mumsnet!

Also, how would burglar Bill find out from holiday pics what your home address is?

I only ever post half a dozen pics or so.

I only post on my Facebook once home. On our family watsapp I post pics daily of the holiday. Siblings can mute if they want to but we all tend to enjoy seeing each others holiday photos and we get lots of questions about the food and activities.

I don’t even send a postcard. I feel like it’s showing off and assuming people are interested in the minutiae of my life. They are not. I am not.

I'm not on holiday but I just uploaded 6 photos to Instagram and it took me all of 30 seconds to do it.

So on that basis, I'm puzzled by how someone doing that on holiday means they're not doing their holiday properly. It takes me longer than that to have a shit.

I never get this. I am certainly interested in my family and friends lives.

I am interested in hearing about them in a two way process. If I meet up with them I love hearing about their life. I’m just not interested in carefully curated photos of everything looking wonderful. I want to hear about the warts and all version. Yes about the trip to XYZ but also about the row with DH because he’d forgotten to pack X. I want to hear about the reality in a two way process. I know I’m not the norm here.

Exactly! I don't post any of the things you mentioned and would probably scroll past. However, I do post about holidays and days out. I like seeing friend's holiday pics as it gives me ideas. How many I post depends on the type of trip. If it's one where we're seeing and doing lots of different things I'll probably post about a dozen at the end of each day. If it's sitting round the pool, one or two every few days. I do it for my own benefit as I like it when the memories come up in the future but if other people like seeing them, great. I do have friends who post 100s of photos and I do tend to move on after looking at a few, unless it's somewhere I'm particularly interested in. Each to their own!

Yeah it’s showing off.

A holiday isn’t the minutiae of your life though. It’s a big event. Assuming you don’t send postcards saying
“Dear Bill and Sue,
Just popped a load of laundry in. They were darks as I didn’t quite have enough whites to make up a full load but I should have enough when little Timmy gets home from school and I can get his white school shirt in. Next I’m off to take the dog for a walk and have to call in to the supermarket to pick up some chicken breasts for tea.
Hoping you’re both well,
Jane”

I don’t pay any attention and post whatever, whenever lol

The holiday ones always seem a bit showy offy to me. Post cards do too. Who are they written for? I’m not interested in the curated version of my friends or the carefully thought out minutiae- baked this bread today - stuff. I want the real them. In the flesh. Or over the phone. If I don’t have the kind of relationship with you where I can do that, then I’m not interested in your SM. The only things I follow are political stuff and local events and info.

If I post any holiday pics on social media I always wait until I'm back home. I don't like advertising that our house is empty.I don't always post pics and if I do it's maybe around 4-6 images

Yeah, it’s not.

I agree some people do post to show off, such as a couple I know who go on lots of expensive holidays and can't resist checking in at the 1st class lounge, doing a video tour of their sumptuous hotel room, lots of champagne pics etc. Showing off.

However, most people don't. For example, I'm enjoying seeing one friends interesting pics from her weekend in Berlin and another's stunning Lake District views. Not showing off.

Possibly 1 can't see why anyone other than family would be remotely interested. To me it's the equivalent of a friend inviting me round in '89 to look at albums full of holiday pics and talking about it all night. People I don't know, places I've never been. Why?!!! I find it so performative posting much on social media.

I usually post a few times but group pictures so a post might be plants and wildlife of xxxxx, or views from xxxxx etc
I love seeing peoples holidays
Disagree about the house insurance - if I’m away the house isn’t empty anyway as we rarely all go away at same time and if we do need a house sitter for pets

I post loads, the room, the view, the hotel, anything special we visit, a nice sunset, I post what I want. It’s for me and my memories, not really that fussed if others don’t like them.

15 photos per hour while on holiday

I just post as many as I want, when I get home, in one go. If people don’t want to look at them, they don’t have to. Posting an album of 50 photos in one go doesn’t take up any more space in anyone’s newsfeed than posting an album of 5 photos, so it doesn’t really matter.

I also like travel and seeing new places, so I always like seeing holiday pics. One of my friends has just been on an incredible road trip in the USA with her girlfriend and their photos were amazing and so fascinating. I also know that two different friends of mine have actually booked trips to certain places based on seeing pictures I posted when I went.

Ultimately, sharing stuff about your life is what social media is for. If I’m friends with someone on Facebook it’s because I like them, and I enjoy seeing their pics of their kids and their pets and their holidays and stuff. They’re my friends and family and I like seeing the nice stuff they’ve been up to. Holidays, meals out, gigs, hikes, drunken evenings with friends, whatever - I’m pleased to see their pics. It’s all good as far as I’m concerned.

Yeah, you’re bitter

I post all mine when I get home, purely because it's safer not to advertise you're away as it can invalidate your home insurance if you get burgled.

I just don’t understand the need to share private stuff online. Plus I don’t want FB/Instagram owning images of me or my family…they’re all mine, thank you very much!

I’m actually off for 2 weeks to Wales on the 1st June.

I go with my mother because it’s super cheap, our cottage is right by the River Severn and I can do my bird photography for 2 whole weeks. So I generally post my bird shots once I’m back. There could be a fair few of those!

When I go away with my partner, I will generally post a handful of my favourite pics once back.

What a strange question! Post what you want. No-one's forced to look at them.