Facebook holiday bores.

[Netcurtainnelly]

What do you think of people who are suffering from main character syndrome when they are on holiday.
The everyday updates on what they are doing and 53 photos. 53.

Taking the phone in the sea and doing a selfie so we can see what they look like in the sea.

It's like some people can't relax anymore unless they are broadcasting every day for validation.

Why do you have Facebook?

This is the whole purpose of the app, so if that doesn’t appeal to you, just delete it.

Stupid comment. Where would you like them to do it? 🙄

Agreed, but when you upload photos to Facebook they lose a lot of resolution, so are then only really suitable for viewing on a phone or tablet.

Yes you can unfollow on Facebook.. not so much on a family WhatsApp. Who wants to see 50 of someone’s photos?

Netcurtainnelly
To be fair to you, I've been on holiday and seen people so busy taking endless photos of themselves that i'm not sure they remember to have fun.

I am interested. I love seeing how people are enjoying their holidays, and it helps me plan mine too. If you don't, scroll past. Or maybe message your friends and inform them that you find knowing about their life and seeing photos of their joyful memories very boring, that just help trim your online and real life social circle down to a more manageable amount.

I have someone on mine who goes on holiday 5,000 times a year and is SO TONE DEAF about it, saying how she’s living each day, making the most of things, doing better than everyone else because she’s prioritising seeing the world and hashtag making memories, putting stupid memes up along the lines of “oops, I booked another holiday!” 🙊

I like her but this truly pisses me off. I’m sure plenty of us would be seeing the world at every opportunity if only we had the funds.

Oh and another friend who I do like in real life, but whose endless photos of bloody cathedrals from a million different angles has made me unfollow her.

I actually prefer those than being influenced or sold to by big brands, or seeing political propaganda, I live vicariously through people’s holidays pictures

Exactly. My best friend has recently adopted a baby and you can bet I wanted to see her photos from their first holiday together. So did her relatives and her other best friend from work. Sure, her mates from sixth form in 2004 probably aren't fussed but they can just unfriend or scroll past!

But you can just not look at them or put a love heart or say it looks like you had a great time. Etc

I find them insufferable.

I’m not on Facebook or instagram but I’ve had to go on instagram to contact a hairdresser that has been recommended. A quick scroll through and I just can’t understand this self fucking promotion. It’s just alien to me why people think others are interested in what they’re doing!

I think it’s ok to say one finds it irritating.

I know of two instances (through work) where people have posted on social media that they are abroad and they have been burgled.
It wasn't friends that did it but friends of friends.
I doubt the home insurance companies paid out.

What do you post on Facebook?

It is their feed they have a right to post what they want to if you don't like it you can always scroll by and not look at it or you can mute them or unfriend them

Yes, they’re like the friends/relatives of yesteryear that used to turn up with packs of developed holiday pics. 🙄

Boring. 🤷‍♀️

But, at least with FB etc you don’t have to get involved. 👍

It surprises me that people still bother to burgle.

If we got burgled, I wonder what they'd take.

My ancient laptop which doesn't even turn on and needs to go back to the repair shop?

Our second hand TV with a squiggly line across the screen?

Maybe my breastfeeding ring?

Best of luck to them.

Zippidydoodah
I like you. That stupid 'oops I just booked another holiday' is so annoying.
Also I've actually seen on facebook today the photos of a cathedral from a million different angles from a friend. I didn't look at them all obviously, but it's so true.

I get fed up of it all being recycled news stories and lazy journalists, BUT most people I know who were on it, are still on it. Do people you know gravitate toward other sm platforms, or just not use sm at all?

I realise social media has its perils but as someone who's lived in several different places, I do find there's a merit to having it. I might not see Sarah Bloggs any more, but I still send her the odd msg and am interested in her life.

I create the holiday album at the end of the year. And I can only be arsed to do 1 post - so the first 5 are for anyone who wants to look and the rest just there to go in my album.
But the idea of being on FB is you see what people are up to. I love looking at my mates' holiday posts. I get a thrill knowing they're having a great time. Sometimes I'll wade through all 53 sometimes I won't.
You can always scroll. They're just posting photos not making a grand statement about how important they think they are. I'll have your fb friend if you don't want them and I'll comment "looks lovely!" on their posts

Exactly if they don't document it for everyone it didn't happen.

But more fool you for having these people as friends? You are making a choice.

i like to see photos but I don’t have any friends whose photos are selfies. They are in the main taking photos of things.

Of course they can, by why do they want too? Some people are really over the top they can't let a day go by with posting something Its obsessive just stop .

I think looking at friends holiday photos on Facebook is better than looking at various uknown to you 'celebs'/'influencers' on Instragram.

I normally put a load of photos on so my elderly mother and MIL who cant travel, can see the far away places. They look through them all and comment on most.

If you dont like it, dont look or unfollow them. Stop being so mard arse about someone elses life. Maybe mind your own business?

Bitter and twisted isnt a good look.