Why does everything news to go on social media

[YourGreenZebra]

I was in town earlier when a poor lady collapsed. I was the first to reach her and carried out the usual first aid things and roped in some passersby to help. Some people were arseholes and stepped over her in the recovery position, but that's by the by. The ambulance eventually arrived and took her to hospital. All sorted.

However, about 20 minutes later, I started getting text messages from friends and work colleagues calling me a hero. Someone filmed the whole incident and uploaded it to Facebook. Now, this poor pensioner has no privacy, and I am getting a load of unwanted attention for simply being a fellow human.

What is wrong with people? This can't be normal or acceptable?

YANBU it is virtue signalling rubbish saying "I was there".

Yep.

People can be morons. Reach for phone, film and post. Pathetic.

Well done for helping her.

It just shows the difference in folks' mentality OP.
You see an urgent situation and your instinct is to help the human being needing help.
Others' instinct is to whip their phone up to film the whole thing.
Mind boggling.

Is that really what they think? I'm not being faux naive, and can usually appreciate others perspectives but I can't get my head around this one?!

Yes, why film it otherwise. They film it to show others that they were there. It is disgusting. It is not acceptable, but seems to sadly be the norm now.
It has happened to me.... why did people want footage of me at my lowest point?

Well done on helping the lady though, and I hope she is ok.

I agree with you and think it’s horrible for the ill or injured person and the people helping, complete lack of respect for privacy. Too many want the likes though.

One of my friends filmed people filming her which seemed to stop some.

I think it should be illegal to post any footage online without consent of the people on it. Like immediately illegal, footage deleted and poster barred from all SM accounts plus a fine. Yes some dodgy illegal sites will pop up but it would create a massive change in the mainstream SM platforms.

Well this is quite the humble brag isn’t it?

It happened to me too, OP, when an idiot van driver ran me over and broke my leg ... far too many people gawping and flashing their phones, even when one of the ambulance people asked them not to

Unfortunately some folk are just vile

Oh no, I would hate that, probably not enough to not help but it would definitely make me worried about ending up on social media in a crisis.

@Dontlletmedownbruceagree

I like social media and I have no problem with people filming or photographing most things - but absolutely NOT something like this. Filming someone's accident and uploading it to social media is really shitty behaviour and YANBU at all.

Same as those who post “what’s happening on X Road, just saw 3 ambulances and a police car, hope everyone is ok”. No you don’t love, you’re just being nosy hoping someone can give you the goss

God yes. Professional rubbernecking by people who don’t have lives and want a good old judge.

Facebook and Nextdoor have turned into the modern day equivalent of the old ladies gossiping over the wall in the back garden.

in the days of last of the summer wine, it would be the village gossip, now with tech, its social media gossip etc. yes i get your point but people are people

I like that.
I will remember that if I see it happening (which has been a few times, including me when I was in crisis, and friends too).