People who post on Facebook

Do you feel the same about people on here that post about a good holiday or family achievements or proudly show pictures of their garden or craftwork.

I don't think social media is for you, unless you can find a platform that is mostly negative.

I have a friend who posts quite a lot of photos of meals out etc but her children have a life limited conditions and maybe she has a need to look back on stuff. I don't know if other people on her facebook even know, so maybe we all need to be a bit more tolerant. You have the option of turning off/muting, it is your choice.

I am not on Facebook, a couple of friends who are said they had seen comments on Facebook, asking if I were dead as nobody had seen me on the site! ??

i don't understand it at all. reminds me of those boasting round robin letters at xmas. ridiculous.

Me neither GSM.
I sometimes think I’m in a parallel universe!

I have never understood why people have to post their every move on FB.

Of course people who are properly happy post and there is nothing underlying. It isn't always the case though. My exes new GF flooded social media with pictures and stories of them both and I got the distance impression they were meant for me to see. She was very apt at tagging mutual friends on FB so I could not help but seee them. I found it highly amusing because I know him so well. A serial cheat and liar who will never change. She should have saved her energy and as it was I felt sorry for her. It is wrong to make fun of people who put such trivia on line. If it serves a purpose to them leave them alone and give them some understanding

I have better things to do than make fun of people I presumably like. It is up to people what they post on facebook and if you are uncomfortable with viewing lots of photos it is okay to mute people too. Of course people filter the photographs they put on there but photos used to be filtered through before they made it into photograph albums so it is only the same.

I don't want to sound holier than thou but one good thing to come from google and social media is that it is now as simple as googling for support or help if you are in a domestically abusive situation and also there is more understanding and access available as to what is abuse.

You don't have to post anything personal or private on Facebook. I sometimes put up funny pictures that I find. I'm a member of various interest groups and enjoy the postings other members put up relevant to those interests. Facebook is what you make of it.

Guilty as charged. Was until quite recently in a very unhappy relationship. Problem is I didnt know how sad and bad it was until it ended. He was a master gaslighter and I was in denial how he made me feel and the violence that I always made light of. I dont know why I did that. Putting things on social media about how amazing he was and how happy we were and what we were doing was certainly my way of pretending everything was fine.