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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you who think your oversharing is harmless and people need to look away. You should read this, especially since we're talking about posting your kid's activities, not even your own.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/parents-posting-kids-online-tiktok-social-media/674137/[/quote]

You KEEP posting stuff about this. What is your point?

I hate social media. I literally never ever post. I agree it is toxic. And yet—I realize I cannot control what other people do, but I CAN control myself and LOOK AWAY if I don’t like it.

You keep saying it’s toxic but yet OP isn’t responsible for staying away from something toxic? Like she knows not to drink poison but she just can’t help it, so let’s blame the poison instead of OP. [/quote]

You can stop replying if it bothers you that people are talking about this. Or stick your head in the sand. Either way, we can talk about bad things like social media, drugs, drinking, etc. Stop telling people to look away because we aren't gong to shut up about it. Got it?[/quote]

Who are "we"?

There's nothing wrong with talking about it. In fact I think everyone here is "talking about" social media, and in fact it looks like most agree that social media can be toxic. However, you seem to think that no one should post anything ever on social media in case someone feels sad/angry/envious/left out. (I guess? Is that your point?) Others are saying that if you hate social media, stay off of it. It's a question of responsibility. I happen to think that OP should avoid SM since it's making her feel bad. It's her job to manage her own feelings.

There are 1000 reasons that the other moms got together without OP and her kid, ranging from the "this was a spontaneous gathering and we happened to see one another on the walk home" to "we forgot to invite OP" to "OP sucks and we want her to see us having fun without her." But again, a lot of this upset can be avoided by getting off social media altogether if you can't handle seeing people having fun without you (I agree that sucks and is a big reason I basically don't use SM).[/quote]

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