Social media bragging

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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.

But honestly, what is the point of social media?

Bc I sure as hell don't care about the political posts people share? Or the pics of their food at some fancy restaurant? Or a pic of their dog on the couch napping?

But when I see those posts, I just scroll by. I don't judge. Or even worse, create some obnoxious thread on DCUM about it.

Also, you're wrong when you say "nobody cares" As PLENTY of people have chimed in, they do care to see and celebrate the athletic accomplishments of their friend's kids. It's not that nobody cares, its that YOU don't care. Which is fine. But you're very wrong that nobody cares. Many people do

BS, yes you do.

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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.

I was PP that posted that nobody cares about swimming (and I stand by it)

But I wasn't saying not to post the video. Post away! Brag about your kids. Just dont get upset with your neighbors video of their kid scoring a touchdown gets more engagement

You’re insane if you think people care more about one sport over another in SM posts. I think certain sports are more interesting to watch but I give no real attention to any kid focused sports SM posts, even those involving your football playing kid.

The amount of people suffering from main character syndrome is ridiculous. you're insane if you think the rest of the world doesnt watch youth athletic highlights simply because you don't.

People absolutely do and there is ata to back it up.

the highlights of my DS playing football get 20x the views of my other DS on archery or my DD on track. But my DD's softball highlights gets 10x the views of her track highlights.

But at the end of the day, I don't care. I still post and share them bc I know people are interested in seeing my kid's successes, just as I am interested in seeing, sharing in, and celebrating their kid's successes

The rest of the world watches youth athletic highlights? Data, please. Exclude all family members, other teens (I’d go to football games but never watch the games), employees, etc. strangers to everyone involved…who is watching youth football?

Do you not understand how social media works? Or do you just use facebook?

I can post a video of my son's football highlights and it will get put into people's feeds from across the country. They all view it, and many will 'heart' it.

So, even if my number of followers is relatively low, a video could get tens of thousands of views. Hell, sometimes I mindlessly scroll and watch the highlights from other teams in other parts of the country.

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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.

But honestly, what is the point of social media?

Bc I sure as hell don't care about the political posts people share? Or the pics of their food at some fancy restaurant? Or a pic of their dog on the couch napping?

But when I see those posts, I just scroll by. I don't judge. Or even worse, create some obnoxious thread on DCUM about it.

Also, you're wrong when you say "nobody cares" As PLENTY of people have chimed in, they do care to see and celebrate the athletic accomplishments of their friend's kids. It's not that nobody cares, its that YOU don't care. Which is fine. But you're very wrong that nobody cares. Many people do

BS, yes you do.

No, I really don't. The childless couple that share a ton of pictures of their corgi. I scroll by. The friend that shares pictures of their finished and decorated baked goods? quick like and I move on.

The worst I do is roll my eyes at the ridiculous right wing memes. But even then, its more exhaustion than judgement

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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.

I was PP that posted that nobody cares about swimming (and I stand by it)

But I wasn't saying not to post the video. Post away! Brag about your kids. Just dont get upset with your neighbors video of their kid scoring a touchdown gets more engagement

You’re insane if you think people care more about one sport over another in SM posts. I think certain sports are more interesting to watch but I give no real attention to any kid focused sports SM posts, even those involving your football playing kid.

The amount of people suffering from main character syndrome is ridiculous. you're insane if you think the rest of the world doesnt watch youth athletic highlights simply because you don't.

People absolutely do and there is ata to back it up.

the highlights of my DS playing football get 20x the views of my other DS on archery or my DD on track. But my DD's softball highlights gets 10x the views of her track highlights.

But at the end of the day, I don't care. I still post and share them bc I know people are interested in seeing my kid's successes, just as I am interested in seeing, sharing in, and celebrating their kid's successes

The rest of the world watches youth athletic highlights? Data, please. Exclude all family members, other teens (I’d go to football games but never watch the games), employees, etc. strangers to everyone involved…who is watching youth football?

Do you not understand how social media works? Or do you just use facebook?

I can post a video of my son's football highlights and it will get put into people's feeds from across the country. They all view it, and many will 'heart' it.

So, even if my number of followers is relatively low, a video could get tens of thousands of views. Hell, sometimes I mindlessly scroll and watch the highlights from other teams in other parts of the country.

My guess is 90% of those video views are from you and your family. Carry on…

PS that’s not data proving the world watches youth athletics (except boring swimming). That’s proof YOU watch it. I promise you…people are not at the edge of their seats waiting to see what your kid and his team does next.

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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.

I was PP that posted that nobody cares about swimming (and I stand by it)

But I wasn't saying not to post the video. Post away! Brag about your kids. Just dont get upset with your neighbors video of their kid scoring a touchdown gets more engagement

You’re insane if you think people care more about one sport over another in SM posts. I think certain sports are more interesting to watch but I give no real attention to any kid focused sports SM posts, even those involving your football playing kid.

The amount of people suffering from main character syndrome is ridiculous. you're insane if you think the rest of the world doesnt watch youth athletic highlights simply because you don't.

People absolutely do and there is ata to back it up.

the highlights of my DS playing football get 20x the views of my other DS on archery or my DD on track. But my DD's softball highlights gets 10x the views of her track highlights.

But at the end of the day, I don't care. I still post and share them bc I know people are interested in seeing my kid's successes, just as I am interested in seeing, sharing in, and celebrating their kid's successes

The rest of the world watches youth athletic highlights? Data, please. Exclude all family members, other teens (I’d go to football games but never watch the games), employees, etc. strangers to everyone involved…who is watching youth football?

Do you not understand how social media works? Or do you just use facebook?

I can post a video of my son's football highlights and it will get put into people's feeds from across the country. They all view it, and many will 'heart' it.

So, even if my number of followers is relatively low, a video could get tens of thousands of views. Hell, sometimes I mindlessly scroll and watch the highlights from other teams in other parts of the country.

My guess is 90% of those video views are from you and your family. Carry on…

PS that’s not data proving the world watches youth athletics (except boring swimming). That’s proof YOU watch it. I promise you…people are not at the edge of their seats waiting to see what your kid and his team does next.

It literally said earlier that is amazing that some people can't fathom that others like and view different content than they do.

So, my IG following is very modest. Under 200 followers. So explain to me that I have videos that have over 2,000 likes, and thousands of views.

I just liked a video of a youth basketball game that showed up in my feed from an account that I do not follow. The mom that shared that video has about 500 followers. I liked it because it was a great pass by her kid. People watch this stuff. They've curated their feed to see the content that they want to see

Tbh, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, or how some aspects of social media even work.

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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.

But honestly, what is the point of social media?

Bc I sure as hell don't care about the political posts people share? Or the pics of their food at some fancy restaurant? Or a pic of their dog on the couch napping?

But when I see those posts, I just scroll by. I don't judge. Or even worse, create some obnoxious thread on DCUM about it.

Also, you're wrong when you say "nobody cares" As PLENTY of people have chimed in, they do care to see and celebrate the athletic accomplishments of their friend's kids. It's not that nobody cares, its that YOU don't care. Which is fine. But you're very wrong that nobody cares. Many people do

BS, yes you do.

No, I really don't. The childless couple that share a ton of pictures of their corgi. I scroll by. The friend that shares pictures of their finished and decorated baked goods? quick like and I move on.

The worst I do is roll my eyes at the ridiculous right wing memes. But even then, its more exhaustion than judgement

Lol, those are some really specific descriptions of people you totally don’t judge.

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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.

I was PP that posted that nobody cares about swimming (and I stand by it)

But I wasn't saying not to post the video. Post away! Brag about your kids. Just dont get upset with your neighbors video of their kid scoring a touchdown gets more engagement

You’re insane if you think people care more about one sport over another in SM posts. I think certain sports are more interesting to watch but I give no real attention to any kid focused sports SM posts, even those involving your football playing kid.

The amount of people suffering from main character syndrome is ridiculous. you're insane if you think the rest of the world doesnt watch youth athletic highlights simply because you don't.

People absolutely do and there is ata to back it up.

the highlights of my DS playing football get 20x the views of my other DS on archery or my DD on track. But my DD's softball highlights gets 10x the views of her track highlights.

But at the end of the day, I don't care. I still post and share them bc I know people are interested in seeing my kid's successes, just as I am interested in seeing, sharing in, and celebrating their kid's successes

The rest of the world watches youth athletic highlights? Data, please. Exclude all family members, other teens (I’d go to football games but never watch the games), employees, etc. strangers to everyone involved…who is watching youth football?

Do you not understand how social media works? Or do you just use facebook?

I can post a video of my son's football highlights and it will get put into people's feeds from across the country. They all view it, and many will 'heart' it.

So, even if my number of followers is relatively low, a video could get tens of thousands of views. Hell, sometimes I mindlessly scroll and watch the highlights from other teams in other parts of the country.

My guess is 90% of those video views are from you and your family. Carry on…

PS that’s not data proving the world watches youth athletics (except boring swimming). That’s proof YOU watch it. I promise you…people are not at the edge of their seats waiting to see what your kid and his team does next.

It literally said earlier that is amazing that some people can't fathom that others like and view different content than they do.

So, my IG following is very modest. Under 200 followers. So explain to me that I have videos that have over 2,000 likes, and thousands of views.

I just liked a video of a youth basketball game that showed up in my feed from an account that I do not follow. The mom that shared that video has about 500 followers. I liked it because it was a great pass by her kid. People watch this stuff. They've curated their feed to see the content that they want to see

Tbh, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, or how some aspects of social media even work.

Aren’t you the one that can’t fathom people enjoying swim?

[Anonymous]

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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.

But honestly, what is the point of social media?

Bc I sure as hell don't care about the political posts people share? Or the pics of their food at some fancy restaurant? Or a pic of their dog on the couch napping?

But when I see those posts, I just scroll by. I don't judge. Or even worse, create some obnoxious thread on DCUM about it.

Also, you're wrong when you say "nobody cares" As PLENTY of people have chimed in, they do care to see and celebrate the athletic accomplishments of their friend's kids. It's not that nobody cares, its that YOU don't care. Which is fine. But you're very wrong that nobody cares. Many people do

BS, yes you do.

No, I really don't. The childless couple that share a ton of pictures of their corgi. I scroll by. The friend that shares pictures of their finished and decorated baked goods? quick like and I move on.

The worst I do is roll my eyes at the ridiculous right wing memes. But even then, its more exhaustion than judgement

Lol, those are some really specific descriptions of people you totally don’t judge.

"childless" is really descriptive? 'Friend' is specific?

And using adjectives to describe a person means that you're judging them?

"Bill is tall"

"How dare you judge him for his height"

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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.

I was PP that posted that nobody cares about swimming (and I stand by it)

But I wasn't saying not to post the video. Post away! Brag about your kids. Just dont get upset with your neighbors video of their kid scoring a touchdown gets more engagement

You’re insane if you think people care more about one sport over another in SM posts. I think certain sports are more interesting to watch but I give no real attention to any kid focused sports SM posts, even those involving your football playing kid.

The amount of people suffering from main character syndrome is ridiculous. you're insane if you think the rest of the world doesnt watch youth athletic highlights simply because you don't.

People absolutely do and there is ata to back it up.

the highlights of my DS playing football get 20x the views of my other DS on archery or my DD on track. But my DD's softball highlights gets 10x the views of her track highlights.

But at the end of the day, I don't care. I still post and share them bc I know people are interested in seeing my kid's successes, just as I am interested in seeing, sharing in, and celebrating their kid's successes

The rest of the world watches youth athletic highlights? Data, please. Exclude all family members, other teens (I’d go to football games but never watch the games), employees, etc. strangers to everyone involved…who is watching youth football?

Do you not understand how social media works? Or do you just use facebook?

I can post a video of my son's football highlights and it will get put into people's feeds from across the country. They all view it, and many will 'heart' it.

So, even if my number of followers is relatively low, a video could get tens of thousands of views. Hell, sometimes I mindlessly scroll and watch the highlights from other teams in other parts of the country.

My guess is 90% of those video views are from you and your family. Carry on…

PS that’s not data proving the world watches youth athletics (except boring swimming). That’s proof YOU watch it. I promise you…people are not at the edge of their seats waiting to see what your kid and his team does next.

It literally said earlier that is amazing that some people can't fathom that others like and view different content than they do.

So, my IG following is very modest. Under 200 followers. So explain to me that I have videos that have over 2,000 likes, and thousands of views.

I just liked a video of a youth basketball game that showed up in my feed from an account that I do not follow. The mom that shared that video has about 500 followers. I liked it because it was a great pass by her kid. People watch this stuff. They've curated their feed to see the content that they want to see

Tbh, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, or how some aspects of social media even work.

Aren’t you the one that can’t fathom people enjoying swim?

No, that wasn't me. I did chime in way back to assert that different sports do get a lot of different engagement on social media, and that my DS football highlights get more engagement than the sports my other kids play.

I'm fully 100% in support of people posting and bragging about their kids regardless of the sport (or any activity; if you're kid wins a pie-eating contest; I'll be here to congratulate them)

[Anonymous]

The older I get, the weirder I find the SM behavior. So much bragging. Posting about first class flights, fancy business travel, expensive restaurants etc. It is like no one has any shame anymore. The worst is when people have a wedding and tag all of the brands.

I also find the influencers weird, especially the ones who already had money. I can’t imagine having a large net worth and wanting to put private photos out there for anyone to see. No way. I’m so glad my vacations are private and very few know what the inside of my house looks like. The entire influencer thing is just about brands, image etc. very shallow and uninteresting to me.

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Anonymous wrote:The older I get, the weirder I find the SM behavior. So much bragging. Posting about first class flights, fancy business travel, expensive restaurants etc. It is like no one has any shame anymore. The worst is when people have a wedding and tag all of the brands.

I also find the influencers weird, especially the ones who already had money. I can’t imagine having a large net worth and wanting to put private photos out there for anyone to see. No way. I’m so glad my vacations are private and very few know what the inside of my house looks like. The entire influencer thing is just about brands, image etc. very shallow and uninteresting to me.

Totally agree. But that's different right.

Posting "Little Larla pitched her first softball game of the season today. She went 4 innings and struck out 6! Only 1 run allowed. I'm so proud of her" and sharing a video of one her strikeouts

Its way different. Amazingly, that is what people are complaining about on this thread.

People are saying "its not needed" or that posts like that are "unnecessary". I think the opposite; that's EXACTLY what social media should be used for. Sharing and celebrating the good things

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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.

I was PP that posted that nobody cares about swimming (and I stand by it)

But I wasn't saying not to post the video. Post away! Brag about your kids. Just dont get upset with your neighbors video of their kid scoring a touchdown gets more engagement

You’re insane if you think people care more about one sport over another in SM posts. I think certain sports are more interesting to watch but I give no real attention to any kid focused sports SM posts, even those involving your football playing kid.

The amount of people suffering from main character syndrome is ridiculous. you're insane if you think the rest of the world doesnt watch youth athletic highlights simply because you don't.

People absolutely do and there is ata to back it up.

the highlights of my DS playing football get 20x the views of my other DS on archery or my DD on track. But my DD's softball highlights gets 10x the views of her track highlights.

But at the end of the day, I don't care. I still post and share them bc I know people are interested in seeing my kid's successes, just as I am interested in seeing, sharing in, and celebrating their kid's successes

The rest of the world watches youth athletic highlights? Data, please. Exclude all family members, other teens (I’d go to football games but never watch the games), employees, etc. strangers to everyone involved…who is watching youth football?

Do you not understand how social media works? Or do you just use facebook?

I can post a video of my son's football highlights and it will get put into people's feeds from across the country. They all view it, and many will 'heart' it.

So, even if my number of followers is relatively low, a video could get tens of thousands of views. Hell, sometimes I mindlessly scroll and watch the highlights from other teams in other parts of the country.

My guess is 90% of those video views are from you and your family. Carry on…

PS that’s not data proving the world watches youth athletics (except boring swimming). That’s proof YOU watch it. I promise you…people are not at the edge of their seats waiting to see what your kid and his team does next.

It literally said earlier that is amazing that some people can't fathom that others like and view different content than they do.

So, my IG following is very modest. Under 200 followers. So explain to me that I have videos that have over 2,000 likes, and thousands of views.

I just liked a video of a youth basketball game that showed up in my feed from an account that I do not follow. The mom that shared that video has about 500 followers. I liked it because it was a great pass by her kid. People watch this stuff. They've curated their feed to see the content that they want to see

Tbh, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, or how some aspects of social media even work.

Aren’t you the one that can’t fathom people enjoying swim?

No, that wasn't me. I did chime in way back to assert that different sports do get a lot of different engagement on social media, and that my DS football highlights get more engagement than the sports my other kids play.

I'm fully 100% in support of people posting and bragging about their kids regardless of the sport (or any activity; if you're kid wins a pie-eating contest; I'll be here to congratulate them)

Please stop saying this. It’s not you v them. We cheer kids on, too. If I’m at a sport event or get results of a sport event, I’ll say congrats to the kid, will congratulate the parents and will send a text of support. What I don’t care to see is a post about mundane stuff. I know, I know - you want to see it and I’ve supporting others.

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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.

I was PP that posted that nobody cares about swimming (and I stand by it)

But I wasn't saying not to post the video. Post away! Brag about your kids. Just dont get upset with your neighbors video of their kid scoring a touchdown gets more engagement

You’re insane if you think people care more about one sport over another in SM posts. I think certain sports are more interesting to watch but I give no real attention to any kid focused sports SM posts, even those involving your football playing kid.

The amount of people suffering from main character syndrome is ridiculous. you're insane if you think the rest of the world doesnt watch youth athletic highlights simply because you don't.

People absolutely do and there is ata to back it up.

the highlights of my DS playing football get 20x the views of my other DS on archery or my DD on track. But my DD's softball highlights gets 10x the views of her track highlights.

But at the end of the day, I don't care. I still post and share them bc I know people are interested in seeing my kid's successes, just as I am interested in seeing, sharing in, and celebrating their kid's successes

The rest of the world watches youth athletic highlights? Data, please. Exclude all family members, other teens (I’d go to football games but never watch the games), employees, etc. strangers to everyone involved…who is watching youth football?

Do you not understand how social media works? Or do you just use facebook?

I can post a video of my son's football highlights and it will get put into people's feeds from across the country. They all view it, and many will 'heart' it.

So, even if my number of followers is relatively low, a video could get tens of thousands of views. Hell, sometimes I mindlessly scroll and watch the highlights from other teams in other parts of the country.

My guess is 90% of those video views are from you and your family. Carry on…

PS that’s not data proving the world watches youth athletics (except boring swimming). That’s proof YOU watch it. I promise you…people are not at the edge of their seats waiting to see what your kid and his team does next.

It literally said earlier that is amazing that some people can't fathom that others like and view different content than they do.

So, my IG following is very modest. Under 200 followers. So explain to me that I have videos that have over 2,000 likes, and thousands of views.

I just liked a video of a youth basketball game that showed up in my feed from an account that I do not follow. The mom that shared that video has about 500 followers. I liked it because it was a great pass by her kid. People watch this stuff. They've curated their feed to see the content that they want to see

Tbh, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, or how some aspects of social media even work.

Aren’t you the one that can’t fathom people enjoying swim?

No, that wasn't me. I did chime in way back to assert that different sports do get a lot of different engagement on social media, and that my DS football highlights get more engagement than the sports my other kids play.

I'm fully 100% in support of people posting and bragging about their kids regardless of the sport (or any activity; if you're kid wins a pie-eating contest; I'll be here to congratulate them)

Please stop saying this. It’s not you v them. We cheer kids on, too. If I’m at a sport event or get results of a sport event, I’ll say congrats to the kid, will congratulate the parents and will send a text of support. What I don’t care to see is a post about mundane stuff. I know, I know - you want to see it and I’ve supporting others.

Then honestly why are you on social media? What are you hoping to get out of it? If you have a problem with this type of post, just stay off of social media and then this won’t be a problem for you.

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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.

I was PP that posted that nobody cares about swimming (and I stand by it)

But I wasn't saying not to post the video. Post away! Brag about your kids. Just dont get upset with your neighbors video of their kid scoring a touchdown gets more engagement

You’re insane if you think people care more about one sport over another in SM posts. I think certain sports are more interesting to watch but I give no real attention to any kid focused sports SM posts, even those involving your football playing kid.

The amount of people suffering from main character syndrome is ridiculous. you're insane if you think the rest of the world doesnt watch youth athletic highlights simply because you don't.

People absolutely do and there is ata to back it up.

the highlights of my DS playing football get 20x the views of my other DS on archery or my DD on track. But my DD's softball highlights gets 10x the views of her track highlights.

But at the end of the day, I don't care. I still post and share them bc I know people are interested in seeing my kid's successes, just as I am interested in seeing, sharing in, and celebrating their kid's successes

The rest of the world watches youth athletic highlights? Data, please. Exclude all family members, other teens (I’d go to football games but never watch the games), employees, etc. strangers to everyone involved…who is watching youth football?

Do you not understand how social media works? Or do you just use facebook?

I can post a video of my son's football highlights and it will get put into people's feeds from across the country. They all view it, and many will 'heart' it.

So, even if my number of followers is relatively low, a video could get tens of thousands of views. Hell, sometimes I mindlessly scroll and watch the highlights from other teams in other parts of the country.

My guess is 90% of those video views are from you and your family. Carry on…

PS that’s not data proving the world watches youth athletics (except boring swimming). That’s proof YOU watch it. I promise you…people are not at the edge of their seats waiting to see what your kid and his team does next.

It literally said earlier that is amazing that some people can't fathom that others like and view different content than they do.

So, my IG following is very modest. Under 200 followers. So explain to me that I have videos that have over 2,000 likes, and thousands of views.

I just liked a video of a youth basketball game that showed up in my feed from an account that I do not follow. The mom that shared that video has about 500 followers. I liked it because it was a great pass by her kid. People watch this stuff. They've curated their feed to see the content that they want to see

Tbh, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, or how some aspects of social media even work.

Aren’t you the one that can’t fathom people enjoying swim?

No, that wasn't me. I did chime in way back to assert that different sports do get a lot of different engagement on social media, and that my DS football highlights get more engagement than the sports my other kids play.

I'm fully 100% in support of people posting and bragging about their kids regardless of the sport (or any activity; if you're kid wins a pie-eating contest; I'll be here to congratulate them)

Please stop saying this. It’s not you v them. We cheer kids on, too. If I’m at a sport event or get results of a sport event, I’ll say congrats to the kid, will congratulate the parents and will send a text of support. What I don’t care to see is a post about mundane stuff. I know, I know - you want to see it and I’ve supporting others.

Then honestly why are you on social media? What are you hoping to get out of it? If you have a problem with this type of post, just stay off of social media and then this won’t be a problem for you.

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People that try to be arbitrators of what qualifies as an acceptable social media post are just setting themselves up for frustration.

And as others have also explained, what may be 'mundane' to them, is interesting to other people on social media.

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Do SM braggers talk like this in real life. Never mind - I Already know.