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!!

@gannett

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

Exactly.

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

Equally, I could ask why you feel the need to come on Mumsnet and complain about seeing "chapter and verse"? It's like you can't relax until you've moaned about it? People are different, OP. If you don't like what your social media "friends" are sharing, unfriend or unfollow. Or stay off social media. Simple.

*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.*

Totally this!

I did Japan and China last year.

At end of each day I'd do a post of our day and pictures. Whilst chilling back at the hotel.

(Plus a few posts during the day of funny things we are seeing when we are taking a break at lunchtime/coffee shop/have WiFi) but I do that in uk too.

I love seeing my memories from past years each day.

I assume no one else cares beyond my parents who love seeing my trips.

But usually someone also comments -oh i went to Osaka and enjoyed xyz place. so thats handy.

I don't know anyone who does this.

This this and another bucket of this

I generally like peoples holiday pics.
If I dont enjoy someones social media posts, then i just scroll past or unfollow them.

And why do people post pictures of their meals? Who cares? 🤷‍♀️

I don't have that many FB friends and I'm happy to see what my friends are up to on their holidays. You have more time to post if on holiday. It's easy to ignore posts if you're too busy to respond. It doesn't bother me. I think some people add friends who aren't really friends

Not as bad as a young lady aged about 23 who kept ringing her mum every 5 mins “mum I’ve gone through security” “mum I am at the gate”. Then was the same with the plane shuttle bus, boarding the plane.

Then once we landed, she was straight on the phone “mum we have landed”. Plus other calls

Sometimes at airports you always see one person and think “please don’t be on my flight”. She was and behind me.

Fortunately i didn’t see her after collecting luggage and she probably had a different length of stay as didn’t had to endure her mum calls,

Wonder was she like that all the time on holiday not just ringing her mum at airports

I know a couple of people who do this. The only reason I can think of is that they promised their Mum they would update them every day.

Thank god noone seems to just upload their entire camera roll anymore.

I tend to do a couple of round ups of the best photos and leave it at that.

YANBU I think it's about seeking attention and validation that your holiday is 'amazing' and everyone is 'so jealous'.

It's sad really when instead of enjoying the moment, they're memory banking moments to share on FB. I suspect it comes from a deep routed insecurity.

Nope. I have close friends who mean a lot to me. I'm happy to hear they've had a good holiday but I have zero interest in looking at a load of generic holiday pics on FB. It's not about not liking the people, it's about not needing to see 20 pictures of the same two people smiling with very generic holiday backgrounds. It's boring.

That's your interpretation of it.
I post not to show off or for likes. I post for me. I post because my family are interested as are my true friends.
I feel sorry for people like you who can't see the good in anything.

I won't allow my gain and to post when we are away and neither do i ... to me you may as well tell everyone your front doors are open and help yourself to my stuff!

Absolute idiots as far as I'm
Concerned !

The only time I have taken and uploaded photos on the day is due to injuries. Last year in Madeira, I was on the Cabo Girao, the tallest viewing platform in Europe, some lady tripped up on the steps and landed on me, going down three steps myself. Very bruised and sore wrist. Could have broken it

Oh god the photos of my friends who go to AIs and say “our holiday in Greece/Spain”. They could be anywhere. Probably no idea whereabouts in Greece or Spain (including the islands) they spent a few grand on.

No idea why. I do not post anything personal at all. I do not look at other ppls hol stuff or their lives. Only interested in my own dc pics if they WhatsApp them to me tbh. Dc do not post either. I have by far the highest budget for holidays of any one in my circle or extended family and go long haul frequently and I do not even mention it unless asked directly about if I have been on holiday. The holiday is for me and my family to enjoy and memorise, who cares about telling ppl.

Calling others idiots when you make little sense yourself....

@coldcallerbaiter what do you use Facebook for if you don't post anything personal?
Isn't that kind of the point of it?

It's not about not liking the people, it's about not needing to see 20 pictures of the same two people smiling with very generic holiday backgrounds. It's boring.

Don't look then? Facebook posts with 20 plus pictures need to be actively clicked on by the viewer to see anymore than say the first 5 as you scroll past your feed. So the obvious answer to this is, don't click on it to see the rest? 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

Associations and hobbies, just so I can message. May join a discussion. Some restaurants and events, to see menus and message. Fb is used as a business platform especially abroad.

I just checked on my FB - I can only see the first 5 photos of anyone's posts. If there are more to see it indicates it with a "plus 15", for example. It's not the case that I have to scroll through every single one of the 20 photos to get to others more interesting things on my newsfeed - I can simply see the topic and the person posting it at a glance and decide, nah not interested in seeing the rest, scroll on by, or if I'm interested, I click to see the rest.

It's really, really easy to control what you do and don't see on your own social media accounts. There are multiple options open to people, such as not clicking to see rest of the photos, unfollowing, or even unfriending.

How people still find reasons to complain about what is on their social media, with all these options open to them, js mind blowing to me.

That’s a bit of an unusual position I’d say (not social media, though it isn’t why I use it) but not telling anyone about holidays. I will always tell friends and family an£ they will tell me. The holiday is still for me and my enjoyment - but my friends and family tend to be pleased for me (and I for them).

@coldcallerbaiter I probably do use Facebook more for groups than my personal page but sometimes they cross over - ie if I do an event connected with a hobby I might put a post about it on my personal page.
To me that's the point of a personal page.