Anonymous wrote:I have one friend who posts daily about her kids and that word game but has never liked a single thing on my page which is just a photo monthly of what my kids are doing and we've been friends for decades and have kids the same age. She also loves to talk about how dedicated she is to the community and cares for others. She has some autistic kids. I take it as a mental deficiency with her and have come to the conclusion that posts are a way of interacting nicely with the world. She's nice in person. I just don't think she quite understands how to reciprocate. I've had to learn to not take it personally and just see it as a defect.

Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I use instagram like a photo journal. I usually post 1-4x per month usually birthdays, vacations, first days of school, Halloween, etc. sorry if this bothers you.
I have unfollowed and started disliking people who post a lot on Facebook sharing their political opinions.
I personally like to see family and kid photos, even if they are doing something boring like a hike or yoga or raking leaves. I also like to see new places I have not been and may get ideas to eat somewhere new or go somewhere I have not been.
NP here but I agree with the OP. Personally posters like you are great. I love seeing your pictures 1-4 days a month. I enjoy seeing the birthday photos and the cute costumes! What I can't stand is the daily posters. I have a few people that post at a minimum every single day, sometimes twice a day. My new pet peeve is Wordle. I think the game is great. But I really don't want to see how all of my friend did on it each day. As a snap shot 5 of my Facebook friends posted their Wordle scores yesterday. They post these every day!
Come back when you get it right on the first go. I noticed that the Wordle people are the ones who jump on every other social media bandwagon and won't stop posting/talking about it, even if they don't have full understanding of the situation, until the latest fad comes along.Anonymous wrote:I use instagram like a photo journal. I usually post 1-4x per month usually birthdays, vacations, first days of school, Halloween, etc. sorry if this bothers you.
I have unfollowed and started disliking people who post a lot on Facebook sharing their political opinions.
I personally like to see family and kid photos, even if they are doing something boring like a hike or yoga or raking leaves. I also like to see new places I have not been and may get ideas to eat somewhere new or go somewhere I have not been.
Anonymous wrote:I deleted social media completely. It’s freeing.
Anonymous wrote:Am I alone?
I rarely post, but I do use social media for having an immersive experience around my hobbies - cooking, design, etc.
I post once in a while (probably about once every 30-60 days).
I enjoy seeing friends post once in a while too, but I find myself become very turned off by people who post very frequently, especially if the posts are essentially all selfies or braggy posts. What sucks is that sometimes these are people I like IRL and their social media behavior makes me want to avoid them.
I know the “solution” to this is just to unfollow people or snooze them or whatever, and I do.
But I also want to know a) why am I so repelled by this behavior when so many other people seem to eat it up and reinforce it?