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LuckyStar
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Photos on social media
Am I the only one who doesn't post pics of my baby on FB? I don't go on FB very often and there is no mention of my dd anywhere on my page- and by no mention I mean there was no birth announcement, no pregnancy announcement, nothing. Nothing on DH's page, either.
My friend was telling me last night that she was going to put a pregnancy announcement on FB and I reminded her that if she did that she'd have to post a pic when the baby is born and she was like "yeah, you're the only weirdo who doesn't do that."
Am I really that weird?!
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Posted 4/13/16 12:37 PM  |
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Leb
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Photos on social media
I don't put much on Facebook either. Never announced my pregnancy or anything like that. But didn't announce getting engaged or married. I guess some pictures and photos I was tagged it showed this though. I've deleted a lot. I don't trust Facebook.
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| Posted 4/13/16 12:39 PM |
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PitterPatter11
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Photos on social media
I post pictures of my DS on Facebook occassionally. We're not local to family so I try to post a few pictures every few months. I have pretty restrictive settings on my Facebook page.
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| Posted 4/13/16 12:42 PM |
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Mara1017
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Photos on social media
I don't think just because you do a pregnancy announcement on Facebook that means you have to post a picture. I do post pictures of my children on my Facebook page but I also think before I post and know that although my privacy settings are high I assume anything I post the world will see
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| Posted 4/13/16 12:43 PM |
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Loveme
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Re: Photos on social media
Nope you're not weird! I don't post anything, no pregnancy announcement, nothing. Very few times I will post a pic, for example, I posted one last week for my son's birthday. Before that it was probably Christmas.
I just feel like the people in my life already see my kids so often I don't need to post pics for the random friends on my page. But I'm also a huge weirdo and very protective of my kiddos.
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| Posted 4/13/16 1:19 PM |
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WannaBeAMom11
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Photos on social media
Mone and dh's family live OOS so we post a lot. It's the only way they get to see my kid. Nothing wrong with not posting. Some people do. Some people don't.
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| Posted 4/13/16 1:25 PM |
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ANewDayHasCome
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Re: Photos on social media
I don't even have Facebook so no, you're not alone!
Dh has it but he hasn't posted a single pic of our kids and dd1 is almost 3!
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| Posted 4/13/16 1:40 PM |
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ANewDayHasCome
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Re: Photos on social media
Posted by WannaBeAMom11
Mone and dh's family live OOS so we post a lot. It's the only way they get to see my kid. Nothing wrong with not posting. Some people do. Some people don't.
Do you guys have iPhones/iPads? You can create a photo stream and invite them. Every time you load a pic t it subscribers (by invitation only) can see it.
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| Posted 4/13/16 1:41 PM |
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SLPRunner
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Re: Photos on social media
I don't and it's nice to hear that I'm not the only 'weirdo' too. There are other ways to share pictures of your children. My DH works in IT and is wary of any service where you don't maintain complete control of your pictures. Some of my family think it is weird that we don't post (mainly my mom who wants to post pictures of my DS herself), but it's our choice. We use iCloud Photo sharing and also Microsoft Onedrive to back up and share photo albums.
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| Posted 4/13/16 1:43 PM |
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NYCGirl80
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Re: Photos on social media
All of my pics and posts are private except for to my friends. It's much easier to post pics on FB than have to send out to all the grandparents. I don't post often, but I do once in a while.
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| Posted 4/13/16 1:47 PM |
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MrsWoods
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Photos on social media
I only post certain photos once a month at the most. My DH is in a band so some photos are on his site but its not an everyday thing like some people i know. I never post anything that i would want to remain private (example, bath photos or private moments)
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| Posted 4/13/16 1:57 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Photos on social media
I'm just trying to figure out what you think can happen if someone saw pictures of your kids etc?
I keep my privacy settings pretty tight but if a random pic of my DD got out- then what?
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| Posted 4/13/16 2:50 PM |
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bunnyluck
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Photos on social media
Most of the people I know are on FB and post pictures of thier kids. I don't see the big deal if you do or you don't.
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| Posted 4/13/16 3:06 PM |
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blu6385
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Re: Photos on social media
I post pics all the time and my page is private but your main profile pic is now always public but I am ok with that.
we have a good friend who is very very big about not posting anything on FB he wont even use any professional photographers for his kids cause of that
Posted by NervousNell
I'm just trying to figure out what you think can happen if someone saw pictures of your kids etc?
I keep my privacy settings pretty tight but if a random pic of my DD got out- then what?
I also try to figure it out. the big thing I got out from our friend who wont do it is keeping them I guess from people using it for sick things (think child pornography type of things)
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| Posted 4/13/16 3:19 PM |
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PJ131313
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Photos on social media
I am a total over-sharer. I post pics on Facebook almost daily. We live far from most of my DD's grandparents though and a few of her aunts and uncles as well. I just feel like if it bothers people, they can hide me from their newsfeed.
It's definitely a personal choice and I have girlfriends that don't allow pictures of their kids on Facebook. Honestly, i don't really understand it. I have pretty strict security settings. I find the idea that some sicko or loonie is going to somehow pick images of my daughter out of the billions of photos on Facebook to do something inappropriate with them really unlikely.
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| Posted 4/13/16 3:22 PM |
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ElizaRags35
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Photos on social media
To each their own. I post almost all pics I take of my kids on fb but I know a few people who don't. I use fb albums as a backup in case my pictures get deleted from my phone. My privacy settings are pretty tight.
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| Posted 4/13/16 3:51 PM |
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LuckyStar
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Re: Photos on social media
Posted by NervousNell
I'm just trying to figure out what you think can happen if someone saw pictures of your kids etc?
I keep my privacy settings pretty tight but if a random pic of my DD got out- then what?
Probably nothing.
FB is not a secure way to share photos. We do share photos, but through Google, email, text, etc. Not to mention, why does some rando I went to hs with need to see pics of my kid (or that I even have a kid)? If you're important, you've met my dd.
Also, this may be me being hypersensitive, but it took me a while to conceive dd and during that time it hurt to see so many pregnancy announcements. I decided at that point that I didn't want my happiness to cause anyone else pain. I don't know anyone's situation. People say "oh but don't you want to share good news, celebrate, etc?" Yes, of course. But, there is no reason to share it with people I haven't seen in 10 years.
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| Posted 4/13/16 3:56 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Photos on social media
Posted by blu6385
I post pics all the time and my page is private but your main profile pic is now always public but I am ok with that.
we have a good friend who is very very big about not posting anything on FB he wont even use any professional photographers for his kids cause of that
Posted by NervousNell
I'm just trying to figure out what you think can happen if someone saw pictures of your kids etc?
I keep my privacy settings pretty tight but if a random pic of my DD got out- then what?
I also try to figure it out. the big thing I got out from our friend who wont do it is keeping them I guess from people using it for sick things (think child pornography type of things)
OK but if a weird child porno freak is going to steal a pic of my daughter from FB- she's never nude or anything in my pics. I mean what is he going to do with a pic of my DD fully clothed? Photoshop her head on a nude child body?
That just seems like a reach to me.
I'm curious to hear other's reasons for being so scared to have a pic of their kid out there.
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| Posted 4/13/16 3:58 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Photos on social media
Posted by LuckyStar
Also, this may be me being hypersensitive, but it took me a while to conceive dd and during that time it hurt to see so many pregnancy announcements. I decided at that point that I didn't want my happiness to cause anyone else pain. I don't know anyone's situation. People say "oh but don't you want to share good news, celebrate, etc?" Yes, of course. But, there is no reason to share it with people I haven't seen in 10 years.
No I get that part. I didn't announce my pregnancy on FB, I didn't share any belly shots (actually I didn't TAKE any bely shots because I was not comfortable being pregnant and wanted no pictures at that time).
I didn't discuss it on there at all.
If you were close to me, you knew I was pregnant from real life. If not, you didn't.
I didn't feel FB was the forum to be discussing something personal like that.
When DD was born, my sister posted a pic of her and tagged me. That was the first most people knew I was even pregnant and they were shocked to see a baby! 
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| Posted 4/13/16 4:01 PM |
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NewLeaf2012
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Re: Photos on social media
Posted by NYCGirl80
All of my pics and posts are private except for to my friends. It's much easier to post pics on FB than have to send out to all the grandparents. I don't post often, but I do once in a while.
Same here... Only close friends and family can see pictures of my son..
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| Posted 4/13/16 4:48 PM |
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pumpkinmom
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Re: Photos on social media
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by blu6385
I post pics all the time and my page is private but your main profile pic is now always public but I am ok with that.
we have a good friend who is very very big about not posting anything on FB he wont even use any professional photographers for his kids cause of that
Posted by NervousNell
I'm just trying to figure out what you think can happen if someone saw pictures of your kids etc?
I keep my privacy settings pretty tight but if a random pic of my DD got out- then what?
I also try to figure it out. the big thing I got out from our friend who wont do it is keeping them I guess from people using it for sick things (think child pornography type of things)
OK but if a weird child porno freak is going to steal a pic of my daughter from FB- she's never nude or anything in my pics. I mean what is he going to do with a pic of my DD fully clothed? Photoshop her head on a nude child body?
That just seems like a reach to me.
I'm curious to hear other's reasons for being so scared to have a pic of their kid out there.
I don't do FB, so this is just guessing...they might be worried a stranger would use the child's name and location info to find the child and try to abduct them. You can even figure out locations from photos.
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| Posted 4/13/16 5:21 PM |
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WonderLady
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Re: Photos on social media
Posted by pumpkinmom
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by blu6385
I post pics all the time and my page is private but your main profile pic is now always public but I am ok with that.
we have a good friend who is very very big about not posting anything on FB he wont even use any professional photographers for his kids cause of that
Posted by NervousNell
I'm just trying to figure out what you think can happen if someone saw pictures of your kids etc?
I keep my privacy settings pretty tight but if a random pic of my DD got out- then what?
I also try to figure it out. the big thing I got out from our friend who wont do it is keeping them I guess from people using it for sick things (think child pornography type of things)
OK but if a weird child porno freak is going to steal a pic of my daughter from FB- she's never nude or anything in my pics. I mean what is he going to do with a pic of my DD fully clothed? Photoshop her head on a nude child body?
That just seems like a reach to me.
I'm curious to hear other's reasons for being so scared to have a pic of their kid out there.
I don't do FB, so this is just guessing...they might be worried a stranger would use the child's name and location info to find the child and try to abduct them. You can even figure out locations from photos.
This is what I have heard. To me it's crazy. There's such an overload on the internet of hundreds of millions of people/faces etc. I feel like it's a ridic fear, but to each their own I guess. Some people are just private type people though, and that I totally get.
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| Posted 4/13/16 5:32 PM |
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KateBennetReel
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Re: Photos on social media
I'm not on FB.
It's pretty amazing to me what you can find out about a person through social media connections.
Not even being on FB, not posting anything about myself, someone who knows just 1 or 2 people I do know can find out so much just by what other people innocuously post/share on their own & other's FB pages.
Comments & likes on other people's photos & posts can be public. And not to mention being in other people's photos, or your kids faces.
And there are crazy people out there who don't need a sane reason to mess with other people.
I feel more secure knowing I'm not adding to the pieces of info to trail back to me, my place of business, our regular playground, our regular anything. I like the feeling of staying off the grid like that. Feels somehow safer in this fctup crazy world.
That's just me.
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| Posted 4/13/16 6:32 PM |
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Pinkisles
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Photos on social media
I don't post pics of my son on Facebook, so you're not alone. He's my son, I decide where I put pics of him. That's my logic.
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| Posted 4/13/16 6:40 PM |
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PennyCat
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Re: Photos on social media
I've stopped posting pics of my child on fb simply because if you're someone close to me, you know what my kid looks like. I have fb friends I'm not the least bit close with. In the pre Facebook era, these people would not have access to my personal life, picture of my child, etc. I don't see why now should be any different.
I use fb to keep up with others and for the messaging feature, but don't post much these days. As for pregnancy and birth announcements, we'll see when the time comes. Those close to me will know my exciting news. As for everyone else, I'm not sure I see a point. That's not really a privacy issue even so much as a "but why" issue. I doubt some random dude I went to hs with will notice, or care.
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