Why do people find the need to post everything about their lives?

[Anonymous]

I enjoy seeing posts from my friends - birthday celebrations, travel, first days of school, etc.

What I really don’t understand is the people who feel the need to document their entire lives and post about it. Yes, your child started school. We don’t need to see them before, during, after. One person is documenting every damn thing her child is doing on vacation so she may post 6 things per day - 2 posts per child. The trip isn’t even interesting or exotic. I may understand if it is Hawaii or Europe or Asia. It is a local beach trip. So boring.

[Anonymous]

I use FB very infrequently. Some people see Facebook as their own personal memory-keeper. Or they assume because they are truly interested (or nosy) about other people’s minutiae, that others will want to see the play-by-play of their own lives.

But if you don’t like their posts, you can just Unfollow or mute them for a while.

[Anonymous]

Some people are desperate for attention.

[Anonymous]

I don’t judge people who do this because I think it’s compulsive and a behavior Facebook/Instagram encourage. I think people get addicted to the validation of likes and comments and become reliant on it, and then can’t resist.

But yeah, it’s not good, and it’s especially bad if you are doing it to your kids and indoctrinating them into it. I find it helpful to think about social media the way I think about alcohol. It can be fun and even beneficial in moderation, but I don’t want to feel reliant on it, or have it dictate how I live my life, of be using it so much that it poses a threat to my health and well being.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I enjoy seeing posts from my friends - birthday celebrations, travel, first days of school, etc.

What I really don’t understand is the people who feel the need to document their entire lives and post about it. Yes, your child started school. We don’t need to see them before, during, after. One person is documenting every damn thing her child is doing on vacation so she may post 6 things per day - 2 posts per child. The trip isn’t even interesting or exotic. I may understand if it is Hawaii or Europe or Asia. It is a local beach trip. So boring.

So unfriendly them, block them, or silence their posts for 30 days. You could get off social media completely.

People go through things, people use social media for different things, people are people.

I guess people could look at your post and say : why do people feel the need to post about every irritation in their lives that they could self manage? What I really done understand is the people who go running to a board about these minor annoyances issues order to garner some kind of crowd support for every little blip they could either ignore or do something about in their lives

[Anonymous]

I have two friends that post entire conversations with their kids. I’m not talking about a rare exception. I mean at least once a month, if not more. There’s nothing deeply profound or or exceptional.

Yes, I just scroll by. But, seriously what is the point? Perhaps it’s what PP said—they’re using it as a scrapbook/memory keeper.

[Anonymous]

Same reason you felt the need to vent this thought because it was in your head, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoy seeing posts from my friends - birthday celebrations, travel, first days of school, etc.

What I really don’t understand is the people who feel the need to document their entire lives and post about it. Yes, your child started school. We don’t need to see them before, during, after. One person is documenting every damn thing her child is doing on vacation so she may post 6 things per day - 2 posts per child. The trip isn’t even interesting or exotic. I may understand if it is Hawaii or Europe or Asia. It is a local beach trip. So boring.

So unfriendly them, block them, or silence their posts for 30 days. You could get off social media completely.

People go through things, people use social media for different things, people are people.

I guess people could look at your post and say : why do people feel the need to post about every irritation in their lives that they could self manage? What I really done understand is the people who go running to a board about these minor annoyances issues order to garner some kind of crowd support for every little blip they could either ignore or do something about in their lives

I don’t dislike them or anything. It just seems odd to post 20 separate posts about one vacation to OBX or camping. One or two posts is fine.

[Anonymous]

Because they are narcissists, OP.

[Anonymous]

Do you not see the irony that you felt the need to post every little thought in your head…here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two friends that post entire conversations with their kids. I’m not talking about a rare exception. I mean at least once a month, if not more. There’s nothing deeply profound or or exceptional.

Yes, I just scroll by. But, seriously what is the point? Perhaps it’s what PP said—they’re using it as a scrapbook/memory keeper.

I used to use I stag ram this way but finally stopped because I had a kid and didn’t want Instagram to have those photos. I do wish I could find a non-public service that worked to same way. I’ve tried a few, but there is something about Instagram that really helped me curate my photos in a useful way. Maybe I need the audience? When I try to do it myself, I include too many photos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t judge people who do this because I think it’s compulsive and a behavior Facebook/Instagram encourage. I think people get addicted to the validation of likes and comments and become reliant on it, and then can’t resist.

But yeah, it’s not good, and it’s especially bad if you are doing it to your kids and indoctrinating them into it. I find it helpful to think about social media the way I think about alcohol. It can be fun and even beneficial in moderation, but I don’t want to feel reliant on it, or have it dictate how I live my life, of be using it so much that it poses a threat to my health and well being.

This is the best answer ^

[Anonymous]

FB and Instagram are like wastetime.com. Really try to stop using them for 6weeks. Refreshing.

[Anonymous]

I think all the snarky comments come from people who put all their lives on social media.

Cheers!

[Anonymous]

Why do you feel the need to look?