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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So it is offensive if I post a pic with my friends at dinner/concert/party/whatever? What if we haven’t seen each other in many months/years and rarely post such things?

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I don’t think it’s offensive. I think some people are just wondering who is it for when you do that? [/quote]

It could be for us?

It could be for our friends who couldn’t join us (maybe they live far away)?

I mean, who are pictures generally for? Aren’t they a way to capture a moment? [/quote]

Well, see that’s the thing. I have a group of friends that’s pretty large and not everyone can make the gatherings we have several times a year. We take a group photo at every gathering and then someone texts it to the group chat. The people who couldn’t go see the photo (although they often feel sad bc they couldn’t attend), and the people who were there also see the photo. The question remains, when you post it on social media- who is it for? Why do people who aren’t connected to the group need to see the photos? That is the basic question. [/quote]

You’re just a small person.   You really are.

I’m retired and have traveled a lot, often solo, and have met a lot of people in my life.  Many are in far different positions than me in terms of age, economics, life experience, nationalities, etc.   I’ve ended up following many of them on social media and they follow me.

When one of them posts something cool or interesting or fun—including them getting together with their friends—I think it’s just great.  I don’t think they’re doing it to make me or others who can’t be there jealous.  That never occurs to me, and I know they’re not thinking that that’s why I post what I post either.

We’re sharing the human experience with others who are interested.  That’s it.  If you’re not interested, don’t look.  No reason to take it all so personally.  [/quote]

This is a weird response because I never once said I have taken this personally. In fact I said I don’t find it offensive and I don’t even really use social media because it’s all irrelevant. I actually have multiple groups of friends, friends from preschool and friends from childhood and none of us post social gatherings. We just share photos among ourselves, so again, I was just wondering why people post things on social media that aren’t relevant to most of the people following them. I think that’s a fair question and you certainly seemed to get very defensive and resorted to calling me a “small person”… lol.[/quote]

Actually I answered your question.  You asked why people not “connected to the group need to see the photos” and I gave you a direct answer.  [/quote]

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