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Why do people post pictures of their children on Facebook?

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    #32
    Gregor Samsa
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    Derdwerker wrote: »
    Look I’ve no problem with people posting “first day of school” or “born healthy” photo’s. My gripe is people expecting me to give a toss about how cute their kid looks in a sailors outfit. It clogs up my newsfeed.

    Have any of your friends really posted a picture of their kids in a sailors outfit? Enough times to clog up your newsfeed? Are a significant number of your FB friends from either proud nautical families, or the parents of Japanese anime characters?


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    #33
    Church on Tuesday
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    You can have a tricky time growing up and be adopted and have experienced emotional and/or physical neglect and not be an 'attention seeker'.

    It depends on the person. A lot of people who have had a difficult childhood tend to live a bit through their children hence the oversharing on social media.


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    #34
    [Deleted User]
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    Since lots of families separated by distance keep in touch via Facebook, I'd assume it's often to share family pictures with members of extended family.

    I'm sure people use their kids for attention, and I'm sure loads more are just keeping up with members of the family. If the sight of a dribbling potato offends anyone, the option is always there to look at something else.

    I have a baby, there are no pictures of him on Facebook, purely because I think his presence on social media is for him to determine and he may not appreciate his parents deciding to flood the internet with his image without his informed permission. I've no idea how the net will evolve, I'd rather err on the side of caution.


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    #35
    KaneToad
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    Why do grown adults write messages to their deceased parents on FB...


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    #36
    r93kaey5p2izun
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    I think it's completely inappropriate in regards to the child's privacy. I will never understand it. It doesn't annoy me at all to see or read the comments and updates. But why they think it's ok is beyond me.


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    #37
    TuringBot47
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    Derdwerker wrote: »
    My gripe is people expecting me to give a toss about how cute their kid looks in a sailors outfit.

    I'm sure your facebook acquaintances don't expect any reaction from you personally.

    The average facebook user won't segment their friends into groups and just post to distinct subgroups of family friendly people.

    In the same way, I'm sure people don't want to see blurry photos of you in the pub.


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    #38
    KaneToad
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    KaneToad wrote: »
    Why do grown adults write messages to their deceased parents on FB...

    Or post public messages of how much they love their partner...


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    #39
    MOH
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    KaneToad wrote: »
    Or post public messages of how much they love their partner...

    Or reply to themselves on Boards when nobody else does?


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    #40
    KaneToad
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    MOH wrote: »
    Or reply to themselves on Boards when nobody else does?

    Yeah! Imagine doing that.


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