Anonymous wrote:I don’t want to type out the whole name via tapping on my phone

Yep. For me it’s a nod to privacy, but mostly because my kid has a “foreign” first name that always gets autocorrected, so I just type A.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they are tired.

Yes!

so this.

It’s faster.

So glad I got off facebook before it became 90% 40 year old moms and their moms.

Anonymous wrote:It's privacy. Isn't that funny. I mean, first of all, why do you not want friends of yours to know your kid's name. But secondly, do you really think Facebook doesn't know?

It's privacy but it's doesn't work because they will post "K got on the honors list!" and there is always someone who responds "Great job Kathleen!"

Anonymous wrote:People in casual handwritten correspondence have done this through out history. It’s nothing new.

+1

Anonymous wrote:Because they are tired.

Yes!

I don’t want to type out the whole name via tapping on my phone

People in casual handwritten correspondence have done this through out history. It’s nothing new.

I think people think they're being cool. Like the people who sign work emails with their initials.

Anonymous wrote:Privacy

How much privacy do you gain when you post a picture of your kid’s face but say K instead of Kate?

It's privacy. Isn't that funny. I mean, first of all, why do you not want friends of yours to know your kid's name. But secondly, do you really think Facebook doesn't know?

Privacy

Because they are tired.

Probably 30% of my Facebook friends only post their kid’s first initial when talking abt them (“L ate a slice of pizza”). I always use my kids’ names just because it wouldn’t occur to me not to. For people who do this, is it a privacy thing? Or is it just a cuteness/simplicity thing?