The worst cases of oversharing you’ve seen on social media (lighthearted)

[Anon778833]

In my case a friend of mine took a picture of a bunch of tissues on her bedside table and posted it onto FB with the caption ‘The sign of a good night. I’m shagged’.

Also on Facebook - guy posts a picture of his back, covers in scratches with the caption ‘no wonder she’s pregnant’

Also, people who post sweaty gym pics of themselves! Why would you?!

@YellowEllis

This thread reminded me of something I saw on Facebook last year, someone I know had taken a screenshot of a piece of furniture she wanted and posted it on Facebook asking if anyone locally was selling it. Totally innocent right, except at the exact second she had screenshot she also had a Mumsnet notification at the top of the screen that for anyone nosey enough to search like me could easily find her multiple threads about her affair. The photo was deleted within an hour and the MN threads went silent after that.

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How very dare parents share pictures of their children.
Those who have taken offence to people posting pictures of their babies who have died before, during or shortly after birth need to take a long, hard look at what they find distasteful or uncomfortable. These are the only pictures the parents will have of their much loved and wanted child(ren) and yet you want them hidden away like a dirty little secret. Empathy really not your strong point.

I had to put someone on silent yesterday after he posted a photo of himself on the loo with a comment about how satisfying the huge poo was he had just done.

@peaceanddove

I am not a fan of the rampant hyperbole on SM, especially parents gushing about their child e.g. You're our most perfect little star that shines like a million diamonds and lights up our lives every day. You fill our hearts to bursting and we love you to the moon and back so much that it hurts. Thank you for being the most precious, beautiful, wonderful, amazing gift bundle that we could ever have wished for x

(and there's always a few spelling mistakes and some confusion over the correct usage of your and you're).

Yes, rather. If you really feel that way, say it to their face or in a private message!

The best example I saw was a mum posting "Happy birthday my wonderful, clever, funny, beautiful, talent, stunning DD" to which the DD commented: "I'm upstairs, you couldn't have just walked up here to say this to me?". Very, very funny. Write it in the card for God's sake.

@KitNCaboodle

How very dare parents share pictures of their children. Those who have taken offence to people posting pictures of their babies who have died before, during or shortly after birth need to take a long, hard look at what they find distasteful or uncomfortable. These are the only pictures the parents will have of their much loved and wanted child(ren) and yet you want them hidden away like a dirty little secret. Empathy really not your strong point.

I think it's more that poor regulation of SM means that pictures of children with compromising info are shared for anyone to access. And the premise that the children are unable to consent to be shared in this way. If you love a picture that much, frame it or send to family. Will never understand the compulsion to post.

The best example I saw was a mum posting "Happy birthday my wonderful, clever, funny, beautiful, talent, stunning DD" to which the DD commented: "I'm upstairs, you couldn't have just walked up here to say this to me?". Very, very funny. Write it in the card for God's sake

I love that!

I just loathe all this 'love you to the moon and back' bollocks that people post to their children. I have adult DCs and if I did something like that on FB to them they would honestly think I had a screw loose!
We are very close, we speak all the time but we are just not wired for public proclamations like that.

I am fb friends with a couple who message each other all the time along the lines of 'shall we watch this film tonight'.

While sitting on the couch next to each other.

Just why? These people are in their 40s FFS.

I put them both on rolling hide.

I think it's more that poor regulation of SM means that pictures of children with compromising info are shared for anyone to access. And the premise that the children are unable to consent to be shared in this way. If you love a picture that much, frame it or send to family. Will never understand the compulsion to post.

No, it was posters on this thread doing wrinkle nosed disgust at women posting pictures of their babies who were still born or very premature and lost. Nothing to do with compromising information. And given the child is dead, they can't consent or decline either way.

I am fb friends with a couple who message each other all the time along the lines of 'shall we watch this film tonight'

While sitting on the couch next to each other

That made me burst out laughing! Are people honestly so self obsessed and pathetic as that?

I am feeling so left out because I have none of these on my FB apart from wanky NDN who doctors all his local walk picture to look totally different to reality!

Girl I went to school with and still have on fb. Was not a pleasant girl at school (think bully type etc). Anyway when she and her babies father split up there was a lot of arguing on fb. Including a post about how he had broken into her home and "done a poo" on the rug. She was even ranting about how she was going to get the police to do a dna on said evidence 😬 I keep her on social media for the entertainment factor.

Please keen sharing star of the week and similar. It's nice to be able to share and celebrate kids achievements.
It's also equally nice to feel smug when you can read between the lines of what they were awarded it for and be confirmed in your suspicions that they were "spirited" at school.

I like the mundane updates and the details of people's lives. I really miss the early days of the internet where you had detailed diaries "and then I went into the room and saw Parker for the first time since I embarrassed myself the other night..." You only really get lifestyle blogs nowadays where they feel the need to theme, not recount. I miss hearing what strangers have for breakfast and gossip from the other side of the world.

The best example I saw was a mum posting "Happy birthday my wonderful, clever, funny, beautiful, talent, stunning DD" to which the DD commented: "I'm upstairs, you couldn't have just walked up here to say this to me?".

Love this the amount of times I’ve seen a post like this and thought to myself their blatantly sitting next to eachother on the sofa when writing this.

One of my friends posted after a parents' evening at her daughter's secondary school " My face is literally aching from smiling at all the wonderful comments about our amazing daughter...."

An acquitance who is a "bikini model" / female bodybuilder. I'm all for females being strong but I don't need to see you naked in a glitter bath, making orgasmic faces.

@Eatingsoupwithafork

The best example I saw was a mum posting "Happy birthday my wonderful, clever, funny, beautiful, talent, stunning DD" to which the DD commented: "I'm upstairs, you couldn't have just walked up here to say this to me?".

Love this the amount of times I’ve seen a post like this and thought to myself their blatantly sitting next to eachother on the sofa when writing this.

This doesn’t bother me too much - although the daughter’s response is amazing! - but I get really at the excessively gushy posts about husbands/sisters/neighbours/whoever that go on about how amazing they are and ‘their rock!’ when I know full well that the person they’re talking about is an arsehole!

I have a friend who does this about her husband and he is literally a hideous human. Controlling and moody. He’s not even good looking so I’m not really sure what she sees in him.

One of my friends posted after a parents' evening at her daughter's secondary school " My face is literally aching from smiling at all the wonderful comments about our amazing daughter...."

Who are these people?! 🤣

@Roussette

One of my friends posted after a parents' evening at her daughter's secondary school " My face is literally aching from smiling at all the wonderful comments about our amazing daughter...."

Who are these people?! 🤣

TBH if my personality was inclined towards oversharing (it's not thank fuck!) I could be tempted to post such things about DS1. Who is in a mainstream school, but has ASD, ADHD, dyspraxia, epilepsy tourettes and a low IQ. Because sometimes I am bursting with pride when he does things other parents consider as fairly run-of-the-mill. But I tend to save it for family. (although I upset my DSIS who is also struggling at work when i posted about going to 4 days a week)

But IME the people who post such things are a bit tone deaf at best.

It's like a mum at school who posts things about how great it is to live mortgage free and then says things like 'And today i won £1200 on a scratchcard!!'. #blessed.

I am always a bit baffled at how people seem so sensible IRL and then complete wazzocks on FB!!

Blue
I totally get that, and you should be rightly proud of your DS ! Good on him making strides with achievements !

@Cindy87

Someone I went to school with literally lived her divorce out through Facebook status updates. Several a day. I haven't seen her in 20-odd years but I know it aaaaaalllll. She even found out he was cheating on her through Facebook. Now she is re-married and they can't watch telly together without it's a status update with pictures.

Same here, this girl bullied me at school.She has posted how both her autistic gc s were bullied, named the 2 schools and added pics of kids. She posted her house move in detail including address and price. Also details of her daughter's traumatic divorce with pics of ex, new house again with address. Also details of her ds dating woes and jealousy from pals when she is gets likes from their hubbies. I'm beginning to wonder does she realise the whole world can read these posts.

That' I'm shagged story with the tissues is absolutely disgusting. What is wrong with her?

@Roussette

Blue I totally get that, and you should be rightly proud of your DS ! Good on him making strides with achievements !

Thanks. :) I do tend to be a bit boasty about him on MN to be honest. Because I do not share IRL (unless it it to one set of GPs.)

My cousins wife uses Facebook as a storage, so basically uploads hundreds of pictures of her children, some multiple of the same shot with the tag "just ignore these, uploading for storage" they're adorable children, but what's the point?

I mean, use Google cloud or something?

@Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese

My cousins wife uses Facebook as a storage, so basically uploads hundreds of pictures of her children, some multiple of the same shot with the tag "just ignore these, uploading for storage" they're adorable children, but what's the point?

I mean, use Google cloud or something?

Or if she wanted to do that, she could create an album and change the privacy to just her.

I think you can tick a box, or remove the tick, so it's not shown on your timeline. Quite often I want to transfer a photo from my phone to my iPad, they aren't compatible, so I put it on fb with the setting changed to private, then I can add the photo to my iPad or phone and then delete the pic on fb. You just have to remember to change your privacy settings, something I often forget to do otherwise future posts aren't seen by others.