Community Chat

[riley1]

@SahmIam - ITA - because of my daughter's job, she doesn't have a FB page - her husband does, however, no pictures of the kids are allowed.

[chrystaltree]

There have always been  clueless people and their always be people like that.  Their desire to live out their lives in social media out weighs their common sense.

[RedTop]

I’ve never had an interest in Facebook, and have always cautioned my daughters as to what they post even with private settings.   My SIL has a habit of posting family photos on her private FB page, which I still don’t like.  

Just this week, 3 women in my local area took letters to the Sheriffs Department that their young daughters had received in the mail.   The s*e*x*u*a*l*l*y explicit letters were written to the girls by a 46 year old man from PA, who had been stalking them from pictures posted on the internet.   One of the local girls was only 9; all of the pictures of the girls on the internet were innocent photos, that had been shared by their mothers.   This man had been stalking them for years.   The last newspaper story said he sent letters to girls in 17 states in the US, as well as the UK.   After a 5 hr standoff with police, the man shot and killed himself inside his house.   

I am sure the people involved in this investigation have learned an invaluable lesson, as this man isn’t the only internet creeper stalking children thru pictures shared by their family!

[Venezia]

I've never understood the need or desire to share every little detail of one's personal life with the world.  Or even with members of the extended family.

I think some people are so busy photographing and posting about their lives, that they forget to actually live them.

Thankfully, I am not a devotee of FB (or any other social media site), so I wasn't affected by the recent debacle of stolen data.  I severely limit any personal information online, whatever the site.

For parents who still don't "get it" about posting photos and info of their children?  No answer to that, sadly.

[happycat]

I totally agree, op.

I have various family members who post on fb about every vacation, before, during and after. I feel they are just inviting someone to break in.

My dad was telling me about a relative he is friends with on fb. She posted how she fell and got hurt and went to the dr and dr had given her a bunch of pain pills. Thats not safe. My parents had multiple break ins after my mom had two surgeries several years ago. They took pain pills and money one time. The other two times, it was only the pain pills.

One of the police told my dad that the pain pills go for 30.00 a piece on the street. This was years ago. I think it was oxycontin.

[tsavorite]

Husband and I do not have FB accounts/page....since we aren't into that we "hear" about things that others in the family are posting on FB.  We can be at a family gathering and some there are videoing something they are doing and then putting it right up on FB!  Like they have a rush to get it online so "others" can give them likes or thumbs up or comments or whatever LOL!  It seems to be about some competition to have the 1st of it's kind something posted and get the views.  And yes we have a niece who constantly posts every detail of everything and photos of her young kids.  

I think it's like your very own TV reality show....your the producer and the star....LOL

Guess I am weird but I don't want people knowing all my business....if I want you to know something about me I will tell you face to face.

I do feel sorry for the children....I know I wouldn't like anyone posting every kind of private moment photo of me all over the internet.  One day these children grow up....wonder how they will feel about that.

[ccassaday]

I think it can be a nice way to share memories with family that maybe you don’t see much. But you do have to be careful. My settings I believe are set to friends only. I only let family in as my friends.

[CelticCrafter]

@happycat - you also get the jerks that will post on the page of someone that just died "RIP".

It happened to my brother, word got around the small town he lived in - the unsavories found out and broke into the house before his kids were able to get there.

[happycat]

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@CelticCrafter wrote:

@happycat - you also get the jerks that will post on the page of someone that just died "RIP".

It happened to my brother, word got around the small town he lived in - the unsavories found out and broke into the house before his kids were able to get there.

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@CelticCrafter, I'm so sorry that happened to your family. How horrible. I really don't understand how some folks must think.

Its really like fb seems to take over some folks lives or something.

[ThinkOutsidetheBox]

I am totally not into Facebook at all due to all of the reasons posted by the posters here before me. What I do not get though, is why not having a social media presence is seen as a strike against you by so many prospective employers these days. I am a private person, I know how much risk is involved in using social media, and I am too busy with many other things. And yet, many interviewers respond negatively if they ask about your social media activity and you state that you have none. It is just so weird. Wouldn't an employer love to have me, a non-smoker and non-social media person, who would not be wasting time at work with either one of those activities? I just don't get it.