I love when people post pics of their kids on Facebook! But, I’m only “friends” with people I am actually friends with. We have moved several times over the years. I love watching my friends’ kids grow up!

Anonymous wrote:Using “older family members” as an excuse to ruin your kids privacy just makes you sound dumb. Creating and sharing Google or Apple photo albums is no more difficult than creating FB albums - but oh yeah, you don’t get that endorphin rush of likes and comments in your sad, pathetic life

And you sound dumber for reading just to reply. You can add a story on FB/IG and allow only certain people to see it. The story only lasts 24 hours... no likes, no comments from anyone but people you have given permission to view.

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Anonymous wrote:I put pics of my kids on Facebook (not every day though) because when I don’t my mother in law bugs me to.

Is there a reason not to just send a Google link to the photos you want her to see? I'd feel really odd broadcasting to my whole social network something just meant for my mother in law. I'm not offended by ppl who do it your way, but am curious.

NP. How would you even do that? You know what, don’t tell me. I know so much easier to post them on Facebook.

I don’t post every day but often when I post it is for the in-laws. And note that MILs often don’t know how to do much on the computer besides Facebook.

Also I really don’t care if somebody looks at my posts or not. Mute me, de-friend me, whatever. I don’t post to make everybody I know happy.

Thanks for replying. Makes sense if you're doing this for older family members who can't handle a different platform (or if you find facebook to be easiest). For me, google is easier. Maybe because I have an android phone. Bonus for me is that I can target the photos to specific recipients or a defined group.

You can share with a defined group on Facebook. Personally I have a no posting pictures of my dc on Facebook rule, but I do love seeing pictures posted by friends! Even if they post every day.

I'm assuming that most of the people who are "anti" posting on FB are only questioning those who post "for family" but aren't using the group settings on facebook. If they were, the rest of the world wouldn't be seeing them too.

Using “older family members” as an excuse to ruin your kids privacy just makes you sound dumb. Creating and sharing Google or Apple photo albums is no more difficult than creating FB albums - but oh yeah, you don’t get that endorphin rush of likes and comments in your sad, pathetic life

Why do you care, unless YOU are on social media every day also? This is what someone does because they want to. That's what having free will is about. They choose how to spend their free time.

My grandmother is in her mid 80's and lives overseas. Technology is very hard for her but she seems to have found a way to navigate facebook very well. She has a smart phone as well as an Alexa video devise but her "go to" to see our day to day is facebook. I do not post much on FB and have edited my settings so that my stories can only be viewed by her and maybe a handful of other close relatives. She gets a tickle out of stories and it makes her feel connected and included, she even has managed to post stories for us.

Like many others have said, you can mute/remove people, adjust your settings so that you can only see what interests you. Same can be said about people who post the same selfie/coffee/food/ pet every single day.

Let people be!

Anonymous wrote:OP is a mean-spirited person. She says she doesn't care and is just curious as to the psychology, but the reality is that she DOES care and it being judgy AF. Let other people live how they want to, OP, and if you don't like it then simply unfollow.

I much prefer seeing pics of kids, babies and dogs than (1) political posts of any kind and (2) braggy exotic vacation posts.

Devious people will simply use their kids as an excuse to post braggy exotic vacation posts. But yes, I generally unfollow or mute because while I love kid pics, I don't like "kids sitting in first class!" or "kids eating at Michelin starred restaurants in Europe!" pics.

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Anonymous wrote:I put pics of my kids on Facebook (not every day though) because when I don’t my mother in law bugs me to.

Is there a reason not to just send a Google link to the photos you want her to see? I'd feel really odd broadcasting to my whole social network something just meant for my mother in law. I'm not offended by ppl who do it your way, but am curious.

NP. How would you even do that? You know what, don’t tell me. I know so much easier to post them on Facebook.

I don’t post every day but often when I post it is for the in-laws. And note that MILs often don’t know how to do much on the computer besides Facebook.

Also I really don’t care if somebody looks at my posts or not. Mute me, de-friend me, whatever. I don’t post to make everybody I know happy.

Thanks for replying. Makes sense if you're doing this for older family members who can't handle a different platform (or if you find facebook to be easiest). For me, google is easier. Maybe because I have an android phone. Bonus for me is that I can target the photos to specific recipients or a defined group.

You can share with a defined group on Facebook. Personally I have a no posting pictures of my dc on Facebook rule, but I do love seeing pictures posted by friends! Even if they post every day.

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Anonymous wrote:I put pics of my kids on Facebook (not every day though) because when I don’t my mother in law bugs me to.

Is there a reason not to just send a Google link to the photos you want her to see? I'd feel really odd broadcasting to my whole social network something just meant for my mother in law. I'm not offended by ppl who do it your way, but am curious.

NP. How would you even do that? You know what, don’t tell me. I know so much easier to post them on Facebook.

I don’t post every day but often when I post it is for the in-laws. And note that MILs often don’t know how to do much on the computer besides Facebook.

Also I really don’t care if somebody looks at my posts or not. Mute me, de-friend me, whatever. I don’t post to make everybody I know happy.

Thanks for replying. Makes sense if you're doing this for older family members who can't handle a different platform (or if you find facebook to be easiest). For me, google is easier. Maybe because I have an android phone. Bonus for me is that I can target the photos to specific recipients or a defined group.

Social media is for social media.

Why are you still surprised by this?! If you don't like it, mute her for a few months. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. But she does it because she likes to use social media that way. Who cares really?

Anonymous wrote:Other people’s kids annoy me. We do not care.

I love that you used a collective pronoun and then the comment above you said that they love posts of pictures.

Like what you like, but expand your mind and realize that others like different things.

OP is a mean-spirited person. She says she doesn't care and is just curious as to the psychology, but the reality is that she DOES care and it being judgy AF. Let other people live how they want to, OP, and if you don't like it then simply unfollow.

I much prefer seeing pics of kids, babies and dogs than (1) political posts of any kind and (2) braggy exotic vacation posts.

Other people’s kids annoy me. We do not care.

I love whenever anyone I follow posts a picture of our story about their kids. Kids are cute and the stories are fun.

OP you need to take responsibility for your social media feed.