Why do some people need to post everything on social media?

[Anonymous]

I actually enjoy seeing friends post pictures of their families, travels, etc. What I don’t enjoy is when they post multiple times on the same day and multiple days straight.

I am happy to see your kid start school this week. Do we really need to see a documentation of the whole day??? I swear this one mom must have posted 10 posts and each post had 10 photos. Same for a birthday. I am happy to like and wish your kid a happy birthday. Yes, you had cute decorations. We don’t need a play by play of EVERYTHING at the party.

I love to travel. I usually love travel posts. Some people post multiple times per day for the entire duration of their trip. Do people think others want to see their every meal? Every single place that they go real time. They aren’t even interesting places.

[Anonymous]

I have a friend wno posts a daily diary of her kid (she's on day 662 of Larla's life). I think it's a bit much from a privacy perspective (I post stuff maybe 4x a year) but it's a nice record and now that I don't have babies/toddlers any more, some of her posts bring back memories for me. If you don't like it, don't read it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend wno posts a daily diary of her kid (she's on day 662 of Larla's life). I think it's a bit much from a privacy perspective (I post stuff maybe 4x a year) but it's a nice record and now that I don't have babies/toddlers any more, some of her posts bring back memories for me. If you don't like it, don't read it.

I also post but probably once per month. I also use it almost like a diary but it is a small snapshot.

I have a friend who still will write how many years, months, days old her kid is. The kid is freaking starting elementary. She literally posts every single milestone of both her kids. When she first had her kids, it was so cute and everyone liked her posts. Now no one does. I just scroll on.

[Anonymous]

They are narcissists. They will say it’s just a record for them to look back at.

[Anonymous]

Because when the likes and comments roll in you get a dopamine hit and it feels good.

[Anonymous]

Everyone shares their experiences. Some via emails with grandma, so via group texts, some via shared albums, some via social media. Generally the people who post often on social media aren’t getting their bucket filled in other places.

[Anonymous]

For that sweet, sweet attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are narcissists. They will say it’s just a record for them to look back at.

Which is a lie because if that’s really what it was about, as a “diary” as many of them say, the privacy on the posts would be set to Only Me.

[Anonymous]

I’m lonely and starving for adult interaction. Everyone is busy. Let me have this one thing. Scroll by and ignore. Also if you’re noticing I’m posting so much what are you lurking about for anyway?

[Anonymous]

Block her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are narcissists. They will say it’s just a record for them to look back at.

Which is a lie because if that’s really what it was about, as a “diary” as many of them say, the privacy on the posts would be set to Only Me.

When my kids were very small I used Facebook more (definitely not as much as the people OP is complaining about) and posted more of their pictures. Now I get occasional reminders of those early days as "facebook memories" and I do like them and show them to my kids. Since we're so bad about organizing our gazillion digital pics, I do agree that these things work well as a Diary (as long as you don't mind all your personal info shared all over the Internet).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are narcissists. They will say it’s just a record for them to look back at.

Which is a lie because if that’s really what it was about, as a “diary” as many of them say, the privacy on the posts would be set to Only Me.

When my kids were very small I used Facebook more (definitely not as much as the people OP is complaining about) and posted more of their pictures. Now I get occasional reminders of those early days as "facebook memories" and I do like them and show them to my kids. Since we're so bad about organizing our gazillion digital pics, I do agree that these things work well as a Diary (as long as you don't mind all your personal info shared all over the Internet).

Life hack - keep doing this but use the private setting when you “post.”
Win win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually enjoy seeing friends post pictures of their families, travels, etc. What I don’t enjoy is when they post multiple times on the same day and multiple days straight.

I am happy to see your kid start school this week. Do we really need to see a documentation of the whole day??? I swear this one mom must have posted 10 posts and each post had 10 photos. Same for a birthday. I am happy to like and wish your kid a happy birthday. Yes, you had cute decorations. We don’t need a play by play of EVERYTHING at the party.

I love to travel. I usually love travel posts. Some people post multiple times per day for the entire duration of their trip. Do people think others want to see their every meal? Every single place that they go real time. They aren’t even interesting places.

Sounds like low self-esteem issues.
“Please, please, look at me so I can feel like I matter to someone out there.” They probably got very little attention from their parents when growing up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because when the likes and comments roll in you get a dopamine hit and it feels good.

Yup. And the social media billionaires know this. There's research to back it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because when the likes and comments roll in you get a dopamine hit and it feels good.

Yup. And the social media billionaires know this. There's research to back it up.

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