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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have good times with friends all the time and (gasp!) don't even bother to take photos, much less post them to the internet. What's wrong with just keeping your private life private? Then no one's feelings are hurt and you still get to enjoy your life. It's not hard.

When I do occasionally post photos to social media, it's usually something like a sign that has been misspelled in an amusing way. Something that I think might amuse people and that does not require you to be in on something. And when I do have photos from a private event I want to share, I text them to the people who are in them. I can't think of a good reason why people in my extended social network would be interested in it, much less just gushing with happiness about the fact that we had a backyard BBQ or met for rooftop drinks somewhere. And I certainly don't require the external validation from people who weren't there -- I know my life is good already.

Y'all are weird.[/quote]

I don’t use social media much and don’t take pictures (well, rarely).  But I couldn’t care less if others do.  I’m not stuck in high school pining to be included in everything by everyone I may be friends or acquainted with.  This is really sad for you if you let things like this bother you [/quote]

Where did I say it bothered me? I don't even look at crap on social media. I truly don't understand what it is for other than as an online white pages to track down someone you lost touch with, or as a platform for private groups or raising money. But I don't think it's surprising that if you do post photos of private social events to social media, it winds up making people feel bad. This seems self evident. Imagine if before Facebook, you sometimes got emailed photos of your neighbor's birthday dinner or the girls night a bunch of moms from your kids school put together without you? I'd view that as hostile, borderline crazy behavior. Just because Facebook makes that easier to do doesn't change the fact that it's obnoxious. I just don't understand why anyone would do this?[/quote]

Why would you view a photo of someone you like having a good time hostile, borderline crazy behavior?[/quote]

Are you dense? If you wanted someone to see you having a good time at the party or whatever, why wouldn't you just invite them to the party.

I don't know if you are aware of this, but most people are not sitting around waiting to find out what you did this weekend without them so they can congratulate you on it. It is weirdly self-centered and, yes, hostile to assume that people are watching your life like you are some kind of celebrity personality and they are just so thrilled for your good times.[/quote]

Most of us have friends who post photos of their social lives. We don't live in anger about it. We don't expect to be invited to every party. We can be happy for our friends.[/quote]
2000+ friends and no, no posted pics of wine nights or girls' weekends, just family, memes, vacations, food, sunsets. [/quote]

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