Why do people post every single day about their holiday on Facebook?

[PassingStranger]

You know the ones who go away and give you a blow by blown account every day on what they are doing, where they are eating etc, sometimes multiple times a day.
Are friends expected to read it all and like every single post?

What happened to privacy, what happened to telling people about it when you get home?
Not against it totally, but several times a day, what's wrong with them?
They seem unable to enjoy a holiday without broadcasting every single thing. It's horrible the way FB has got to some people!!

I’ve never understood why people moan about what they see on social media. Either unfollow/unfriend someone who’s posting style upsets you or pisses you off, or just don’t go on social media. It really is that simple.

People can use their own social media however they want. You’re free to not look at it.

I love having a nosy at the places people go and what they get up to holiday. May give me inspiration for future trips. Overshare away!

This. If you blather on about your holiday all over Facebook and post pics of it (while you're there,) you DO run the risk of the insurance company not paying out if you're robbed. It's not an 'urban myth.' It does happen. And it HAS happened.

Also OP @PassingStranger YANBU. I find it really weird when people post constant updates every couple of hours. Like whhhhhhhy? It's like they NEED people to know how 'great' their life is! 🙄 And several women I know post 40-50 photos a week of their DC. Literally NO-ONE needs to see that many photos of your kids!

One woman I know regularly puts posts like this on Facebook... (At least once a day. Sometime 2 or 3 times a day.)

"Just come in from shopping, kids showered and hair washed, cat fed, washing on, eating fries and chicken nuggets, ironed kids school shirts for tomorrow, done the hoovering, put the bin out for tomorrow, TV on, absolutely whacked, time to chill now." (With a photo of the chicken nuggets and fries, and a glass of wine at the side of it.)

Literally a blow by blow account of everything going on in her day.

Odd. As ... FUCK.

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My in laws do this and it makes me cringe. Between the pair of them on holiday they’ll do at least four or five uploads a day. Sometimes photos, sometimes “check ins” at restaurants, bars or beaches. A lot of the posts/pics revolve around drinking, very much “another sangria? Why not!” kind of vibe.

I love posting pics but mainly because I use social media as my free photo storage 🤣 if I ever wanted to look back at an old photo, I wouldn’t sift through them on my phone I’d go on my Insta or fb. I also wait until I get home and do a one off upload.

I know, weird right?!
My SIL does this every time, not even fancy holidays just camping etc, not that there's anything wrong with the holidays just that it's not because she's boasting.
I just find it a bit pathetic tbh

I do it ( not every day but every few days) , as for me I use Facebook like my journal. Up to you if you engage or not. My family are interested and like it. I'm not bothered if others like it or not.

Not really the question though is it, the question is why do you need to post multiple times a day on everything your doing?
It's like you can't relax until you've told everyone chapter
and verse.

Let people post what they want on their social media accounts. No one’s forcing you to watch any of it and no I don’t use Facebook before anyone asks

I also enjoy seeing other people's trips. No one is forcing you to look or like.

Because some people want to update their friends/families on everything they’re doing throughout their holiday? Someone like my mum would love to see a daily breakdown without being messaged constantly. I don’t see what your problem is

I love to look at places ..
Especially if ive not been.
Not the food and sunbathing etc..
But places of interest

I love reading those kind of things. Far more interesting than baby photos and what people are having for tea. I do read travel blogs though and love travel myself.

Why are you on there ? That's what Faceache is all about. Get off it. It's hell . For narcissists and nosey people.

good way to attract burglars I must admit that I preferred the old days when folk just used to bore/ show you the holiday snaps a few days after coming home, after developing!!

Wouldn't someone have to know your address though to burgle you?

I find it quite useful in my job to be honest.
(Which... I'm not...🤣🤣🤣)

I agree. People grasping for excuses to sneer at other people for the most trivial of reasons. It’s the modern day equivalent of Hyacinth Bouquet: peering over someone’s hedge and going: “look at the state of her lobelias”.

“I only post tasteful and self deprecating stuff like charity fundraising. None of this tacky attention seeking nonsense”.

If you are upset by seeing someone else’s inoffensive holiday snaps don’t go on social media.

Exactly. All the ‘advertising your home is empty’ people assume a lot. Plus I only have froemds there. They know my house is empty anyway.

They’re just saddos

No they couldn’t. That’s not how the privacy settings work.

There’s very few of my friends that do that now,,although those that do are the ones that re-post old breed photos alit etc. I don’t mind admitting I’ll post a few photos post holiday, but not before.

The thing is, many people give away their address (on social media/online) without realising it. They mention where they work, where their kids go to school, where their parents live etc, and they will put photos up with their car and car registration, and photos of their house (inside and out) and their garden.

Some photographs on Facebook have got things in the background like letters or pill boxes and packages etc, with the person's address on it. There's a phenomenal amount of stuff that people put on Facebook and Instagram that they don't realise is giving away where they live. And sometimes the exact address. Even if there is nothing showing with the address on, the scammers have other means to trace where people live. There will often be something that gives it away.

I'm in a little village with about 120 properties. As I said earlier in the thread, several people I know put blow by blow accounts of their day on Facebook, two or three times a day - and they also put multiple pictures of the house (inside and out) and garden, and their kids and pets. There's only about 10 roads in our village. and only about 10-12 houses in their road. They put 'Little Cambell' on their profile (the name of the village.) It wouldn't take a genius scammer to try and figure out the exact address if they just put the jigsaw pieces together. They could literally just look at the village on streetview online and would find their house within 5 minutes.

Even if you live in a bigger place than me, with more houses in your suburb, and more houses in each road, there will still often be something that gives away where you live. The scammers could find you if you give the slightest thing away!

This is what they do. This is what they're good at. And this is how they get into people's lives, and find out all the information. Also, some people have 1000 to 2000 'friends' on Facebook, and they don't know the majority of them. They're just people that they've just added. because they've sent the friendship requests.

I constantly get friend requests from people I don't know. I don't take them of course. But yeah, you don't know who's on there, who's looking at your stuff, and who you've added. So people could well have people peering into their private life who they don't know, and who are spying on them, and trying to find out information, for the purpose of scamming or robbing. This is why it is wise to never accept a friend request from someone you don't know in real life. And keep ALL your posts viewable to 'friends only.'

Also your friends might see your holiday posts and may mention it to someone in passing outside the internet, and someone they know might overhear it and it could get out to the wrong person that your house is empty. You just don't know. Some people you know, may know some unsavoury and untrustworthy people.

You can't risk it. Don't say on Facebook - OR Instagram, that you're on holiday when you're actually there. It's very unwise. You could well not have your insurance company paying out ... As I said, it HAS happened.

nb: Little Cambell is just a made up name!

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How many of these people have been burgled while away?
And nobody nefarious could see either the apparent give away photos or the holiday ones anyway as I have the privacy and security settings high
As for the ‘friend might mention it’ part - I don’t tend to keep my holiday plans secret from my friends. They could mention it anyway. Still wouldn’t help anyone find the house.
Seems a load of worry about nothing to me.

It's a more relevant question. Why are you Facebook friends with people you don't like and just sneer at?

The only people I have as friends on social media are people I actually like. I like seeing pictures of them thriving and living well, including their holidays.

If you dislike seeing that, consider whether you actually like those people. If you don't, perhaps you're not really their friend and should unfriend them accordingly.

I love it when people post from their holidays. It cheers me up to see some happiness and gives me ideas for my own future holidays.