Social media bragging

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Anonymous wrote:I've screenshot meet mobile results. Why not. My kid dropped over 2.5 secs in 2 events at his last meet. I'm super proud of their accomplishment. if you don't like, either unfriend me or scroll on.

We’ve explained why not. You don’t get it. Does posting your screenshot make you more super proud of your child’s accomplishment? No.

I do get it. What I don't get is, why do you care? If I want to post it and it does no harm (meaning I'm not bashing some other child and their time), I'm going to do it.

And for all those that are complaining - nice that you are all willing to do it anonymously here, but won't come straight out and tell your "friend" that they are being obnoxious. Stop being a coward and stop looking for validation. Why do you need someone to tell you that you are right?

Are you serious? YOU are the one who won’t brag in person!!! (Aka pot calling the kettle black!!) Who tells their friends you’re being obnoxious?! That’s what we advise our kids not to do (poo it out the flaws in others).

My best friends would completely tell me if I am off my rocker and bring me back down and I would do the same. Maybe you don't have good friends who you trust to tell you the truth or they know if they do, you won't be their friend anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:I've screenshot meet mobile results. Why not. My kid dropped over 2.5 secs in 2 events at his last meet. I'm super proud of their accomplishment. if you don't like, either unfriend me or scroll on.

We’ve explained why not. You don’t get it. Does posting your screenshot make you more super proud of your child’s accomplishment? No.

I do get it. What I don't get is, why do you care? If I want to post it and it does no harm (meaning I'm not bashing some other child and their time), I'm going to do it.

And for all those that are complaining - nice that you are all willing to do it anonymously here, but won't come straight out and tell your "friend" that they are being obnoxious. Stop being a coward and stop looking for validation. Why do you need someone to tell you that you are right?

Are you serious? YOU are the one who won’t brag in person!!! (Aka pot calling the kettle black!!) Who tells their friends you’re being obnoxious?! That’s what we advise our kids not to do (poo it out the flaws in others).

My best friends would completely tell me if I am off my rocker and bring me back down and I would do the same. Maybe you don't have good friends who you trust to tell you the truth or they know if they do, you won't be their friend anymore.

Gotta love how every mirror held up to you results in a refutation and insult. 👏 👏 👏 that’s what allows you to remain an ostrich.

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Anonymous wrote:For what its worth, I post it on social media so it's saved, and I can revisit it in the future.

I don't really care that much how much engagement it gets.

Plus, its a great way for my Dad to watch the highlights of his grandchildren.

Oh, the well-worn “I just use it to save the photo/info” excuse.

So your posts are set to the privacy setting equivalent of “Only Me,” then, correct?

Well, no, because as I said, grandparents, and aunts/uncles want to see it too. Its just easier than uploading to google drive and emailing a link.

And I promise, the video of my kid coming in last, or of him getting a groundball basehit, or even better, when I post a video of him losing a wrestling match is not social media bragging

But his family loves him and just want to see the videos of him doing something that he loves.

Man, everyone around here is just so cranky. Always assuming the worst

How about a family text chain? A private email? A private Instagram account?

My parents are old school. Only 1 has a smartphone but it has no data and they pay for minutes.
The other one barely knows how to use the phone. They are not tech savvy (with computers) but do have an iPad (no data, just Wi-Fi) and use Facebook. I can’t send videos through text or email. They are always too big. I have tried Dropbox and they can’t figure out logins and links and how to save stuff. They love seeing kid updates on Facebook as it is the only way they see anything. I don’t post every day or week. Maybe 1-2 a month, sometimes less, sometimes more. I share if there is something meaningful going on in my life or my kids life. My parents wish they saw more. I do like how everything is archived and immediately accessible through FB. If friends don’t like certain posts, then click “see less of these.” I don’t think of every person I am friends with on Facebook and think how it will be viewed. It’s not possible to make everyone happy.

How stupid can you be? If you really use Facebook only to share updates about the grandkids with family, do you understand how easy it is to set privacy settings on your post so it only shows to those family members? You can even create a special group, name it, and always share posts like that so that only the grandparents or whoever see. It is also saved to your feed “for posterity.” This is not difficult to do, it’s right there in the options any time you post.

But we all know this is just a lame excuse and you want to be an obnoxious braggart to the whole internet. It’s so disingenuous to say you are doing it to share with family when there’s a very easy way to share it only with family.

Yes, of course I know.

But you're also VASTY overestimating how little I care if my posts ignore you. Those are all steps I won't be taking bc I literally could not care less if my pictures and videos of my kid fit your ridiculous definition of what qualifies as necessary social media content.

I could do those things, but why?

DP. I’ll bet there are at least a few people on your friends list who you do care if you annoy, though. Believe me, you are. And they think less of you because of it. We’re to help you with a little self-awareness.

Look. If there is somebody within my silly little social media friends network that gets annoyed by a video of my kid in an athletic event, I will not miss them when they unfriend me.

Seriously. You need to pull the stick out of your a$s. I'm here to help you with that

Take a bow, PP. This is spot on.

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Anonymous wrote:As a swim parent, today I am blown away after SC champs at the level of intense, shameless bragging by some other swim parents about their kid's performance. I'm talking multiple pictures, video, time standards reports, MeetMobile screen shots, and in one case, even a specific mention of who their kid beat! Then all the comments and likes that further encourage this behavior - it's mind blowing. I have to admit, I am feeling very differently about a few people who have shocked me with their tacky, tasteless bragging and carrying on. I know, I know - just stay off social media, don't look if you don't like it, etc. But I have seen it now and I just really have to wonder about the psychology of these parents. Is is living vicariously or some deep insecurity? I have to wonder what it does to the kids. These are young children, who knows what the future holds for them athletically or otherwise. It's just so interesting that people feel the need to brag so outwardly. I would be so embarrassed. Anyway, just had to share my shock.

Worry about yourself and being such a judgmental jacka$$. There's plenty to work with there.

But a nerve, have we? How many posts have you done in 2023? Give or take…

How many? maybe 20, being generous. Most are gardening articles, pics of my pets, and a few of my kid's sport.
To be clear, I don't care what you think of that. But, you were surely implying I'm constantly posting of my kids successes but I'm not.

So, no. No nerve hit and my characterization of you stands.

I am the one who asked how many 2023 posts you’ve done but I’m not OP.

20 posts? We don’t need to see your pet. Really, we don’t.

So 20 posts by mid March, only 2.5 months into 2023. That’s about 96 posts a year or one every 3.96 days. Who needs to see that much of your life? Send the same stuff to your mom or siblings or aunties.

Person who you're responding to. I.Don't.Care.What.You.Think.

You don't want to see it? Get off SM or unfriend/hide/unfollow. It really is that easy. But, I guess then you don't get to be sanctimonious then? Or are you just that fragile?

What was the last thing you posted about your kid? Not specifics but generally.

What does it matter? But, I'll bite. It was a "first place post" for their team, that shared a pic/post from the team's SM account (so all of kids and coaches holding up their first place medals).

If you don't like seeing that, scroll by it or unfriend me. I assure you, I will be able to tough it out knowing someone unfriended me b/c of that post (or any for that matter). And as for judging me for those posts, as others have said, I don't know what to say. I truly don't care.

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Anonymous wrote:I've screenshot meet mobile results. Why not. My kid dropped over 2.5 secs in 2 events at his last meet. I'm super proud of their accomplishment. if you don't like, either unfriend me or scroll on.

We’ve explained why not. You don’t get it. Does posting your screenshot make you more super proud of your child’s accomplishment? No.

I do get it. What I don't get is, why do you care? If I want to post it and it does no harm (meaning I'm not bashing some other child and their time), I'm going to do it.

And for all those that are complaining - nice that you are all willing to do it anonymously here, but won't come straight out and tell your "friend" that they are being obnoxious. Stop being a coward and stop looking for validation. Why do you need someone to tell you that you are right?

I would tell you to your face you’re lame

We both know you wouldn't.

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Anonymous wrote:The funniest thing about all of this, is that literally nobody outside of the swimming world even remotely cares about swimming.

Neither of my kids play basketball, but I'll watch the youth highlights from friends, or even go to the HS games.

My DS plays tackle football. And people without kids in football will take an interest and comment on his videos or the outcome of his game.

But swimming? GTFO. Nobody cares

The funniest thing about this is that, while insulting parents who post videos of their kids swimming, you simultaneously tell people - not sarcastically - that you post your son’s football videos (GTFO, who plays football anymore?!) and actually think people GAF about that. Didn’t major in logic in college, I see.

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Any parent who posts to social media about their kid's sports successes is simply exposing him or herself as a complete and utter loser.

The people who actually give a shit about your kids championship already know. You're not impressing anyone else.

As for grandparents, if they're on social media to see it, they can also read a text or an email about it. Grow up.

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Anonymous wrote:The funniest thing about all of this, is that literally nobody outside of the swimming world even remotely cares about swimming.

Neither of my kids play basketball, but I'll watch the youth highlights from friends, or even go to the HS games.

My DS plays tackle football. And people without kids in football will take an interest and comment on his videos or the outcome of his game.

But swimming? GTFO. Nobody cares

The funniest thing about this is that, while insulting parents who post videos of their kids swimming, you simultaneously tell people - not sarcastically - that you post your son’s football videos (GTFO, who plays football anymore?!) and actually think people GAF about that. Didn’t major in logic in college, I see.

Nope - PP is actually correct. People will take much more interest in a basketball or football video. Swimming? Boring as f@ck. Sitting through my kids meet is TORTURE. I wouldn’t subject anyone to that.

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Anonymous wrote:The funniest thing about all of this, is that literally nobody outside of the swimming world even remotely cares about swimming.

Neither of my kids play basketball, but I'll watch the youth highlights from friends, or even go to the HS games.

My DS plays tackle football. And people without kids in football will take an interest and comment on his videos or the outcome of his game.

But swimming? GTFO. Nobody cares

The funniest thing about this is that, while insulting parents who post videos of their kids swimming, you simultaneously tell people - not sarcastically - that you post your son’s football videos (GTFO, who plays football anymore?!) and actually think people GAF about that. Didn’t major in logic in college, I see.

Nope - PP is actually correct. People will take much more interest in a basketball or football video. Swimming? Boring as f@ck. Sitting through my kids meet is TORTURE. I wouldn’t subject anyone to that.

Um, no. I don’t care about your kid’s swim meet or her kid’s football game. But laughable that she ranks her son’s low level WGAF football game as more exciting than a kid’s swim meet.

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Anonymous wrote:The funniest thing about all of this, is that literally nobody outside of the swimming world even remotely cares about swimming.

Neither of my kids play basketball, but I'll watch the youth highlights from friends, or even go to the HS games.

My DS plays tackle football. And people without kids in football will take an interest and comment on his videos or the outcome of his game.

But swimming? GTFO. Nobody cares

The funniest thing about this is that, while insulting parents who post videos of their kids swimming, you simultaneously tell people - not sarcastically - that you post your son’s football videos (GTFO, who plays football anymore?!) and actually think people GAF about that. Didn’t major in logic in college, I see.

Nope - PP is actually correct. People will take much more interest in a basketball or football video. Swimming? Boring as f@ck. Sitting through my kids meet is TORTURE. I wouldn’t subject anyone to that.

And guessing you’re actually the high school (!) football posting parent just backing yourself up, because it seems unlikely anyone else would agree with the idea that one stupid kid sports triumph is more interesting than another stupid kid sports triumph. But that’s the beauty of social media - everyone gets to post their videos and think people care!

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Anonymous wrote:Any parent who posts to social media about their kid's sports successes is simply exposing him or herself as a complete and utter loser.

The people who actually give a shit about your kids championship already know. You're not impressing anyone else.

As for grandparents, if they're on social media to see it, they can also read a text or an email about it. Grow up.

The only loser is you, a judgmental hag who gets her panties in a bunch over SM posts. How fragile can you be? It must be hard, and more than a little sad, to go through life being so utterly miserable. You can't be happy, much less civil, so you come on here like some raging, hot mess of judgment. Sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Any parent who posts to social media about their kid's sports successes is simply exposing him or herself as a complete and utter loser.

The people who actually give a shit about your kids championship already know. You're not impressing anyone else.

As for grandparents, if they're on social media to see it, they can also read a text or an email about it. Grow up.

The only loser is you, a judgmental hag who gets her panties in a bunch over SM posts. How fragile can you be? It must be hard, and more than a little sad, to go through life being so utterly miserable. You can't be happy, much less civil, so you come on here like some raging, hot mess of judgment. Sad.

See 15:39 above. Again with the insults.

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Anonymous wrote:Any parent who posts to social media about their kid's sports successes is simply exposing him or herself as a complete and utter loser.

The people who actually give a shit about your kids championship already know. You're not impressing anyone else.

As for grandparents, if they're on social media to see it, they can also read a text or an email about it. Grow up.

The only loser is you, a judgmental hag who gets her panties in a bunch over SM posts. How fragile can you be? It must be hard, and more than a little sad, to go through life being so utterly miserable. You can't be happy, much less civil, so you come on here like some raging, hot mess of judgment. Sad.

You’re just an insecure rat

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Anonymous wrote:The funniest thing about all of this, is that literally nobody outside of the swimming world even remotely cares about swimming.

Neither of my kids play basketball, but I'll watch the youth highlights from friends, or even go to the HS games.

My DS plays tackle football. And people without kids in football will take an interest and comment on his videos or the outcome of his game.

But swimming? GTFO. Nobody cares

The funniest thing about this is that, while insulting parents who post videos of their kids swimming, you simultaneously tell people - not sarcastically - that you post your son’s football videos (GTFO, who plays football anymore?!) and actually think people GAF about that. Didn’t major in logic in college, I see.

Nope - PP is actually correct. People will take much more interest in a basketball or football video. Swimming? Boring as f@ck. Sitting through my kids meet is TORTURE. I wouldn’t subject anyone to that.

And guessing you’re actually the high school (!) football posting parent just backing yourself up, because it seems unlikely anyone else would agree with the idea that one stupid kid sports triumph is more interesting than another stupid kid sports triumph. But that’s the beauty of social media - everyone gets to post their videos and think people care!

Nope. My one kid swims and the other plays soccer. I have never once posted any of their meets/games/accomplishments on social media.

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Anonymous wrote:Any parent who posts to social media about their kid's sports successes is simply exposing him or herself as a complete and utter loser.

The people who actually give a shit about your kids championship already know. You're not impressing anyone else.

As for grandparents, if they're on social media to see it, they can also read a text or an email about it. Grow up.

so I would've said it nicer, but for the most part this is true. No one cares about your little league posts. If it's for family, create a family group chat.
If your kid made it to some national level competition (or international/olympics), the general public may care. Outside of that, it just seems ..... sad.