https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:08:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2190026 Tue, 26 May 2015 21:03:14 +0000 stiletto_mom 2190026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep anonymous (never posting my face) and I always watermark my pics. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189970 Tue, 26 May 2015 20:00:58 +0000 namaste 2189970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get grilled all of the time about not posting pictures of my LO's face online and it's exactly because people love to "role play" or even pretend to be someone else with pictures of other's children. It's happened to a few blog friends of mine so I decided not to share pictures of her face on my social media accounts. My social media is open due to the nature of my business. Sorry it happened to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189963 Tue, 26 May 2015 19:48:02 +0000 mrbee 2189963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>&lt;&lt; Who "owns" pictures on HB?&gt;&gt;</p> <p>@daniellemybelle: You own the copyright of anything you post! Here's the relevant section of our Terms:</p> <p>"Individual Contributors retain all ownership rights to their Content. Hellobee does not claim ownership of any Content you publish on Hellobee."</p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com/terms-of-use/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/terms-of-use/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189956 Tue, 26 May 2015 19:42:39 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2189956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: when I had my problem, I felt I had a real person who had my back. With those large social media corporations you just send a random email into the ethers and hope someone will intervene on your behalf. In the meantime, with the knowledge and expertise of someone i can have real time contact with, I knew exactly what steps I needed to take.</p> <p>Yes it's a risk, but I do try to be thoughtful about what I share even here. You'll notice that most of my blog posts don't have a ton of pictures.</p> <p>I see the inconsistency in the logic... But I do feel safer here. I also feel like people in this community look out for each other, as someone from WB did for me. Maybe that's misguided as well?</p> <p>It's so hard! But I hear what you are saying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189935 Tue, 26 May 2015 19:20:30 +0000 catomd00 2189935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: you feel your photos are safer on here, a public site then on Facebook or Instagram where you can limit the audience? Granted, there's no way to guarantee the intended audience are the only people to see the pictures when you put them online, but I would exercise a lot more caution on a public site like this. Even if the bee family is willing to back you up and remove a photo, Once it's out there, it's out there even after being removed. All the bee support won't stop someone from re-uploading/using/sharing a photo they "stole" before it was removed.</p> <p> I think the moral of the story is you need to be cautious with any picture You post online and be sure to lock down your accounts and only share with people you know and trust.<br /> Anything can be saved, downloaded, screenshotted, emailed, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189903 Tue, 26 May 2015 18:44:34 +0000 msplatypus 2189903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>unfortunately social media is one of the only ways for my family to see pictures of the baby.I read an article about young girls who will play with pictures of babies from Instagram. They pretend the babies are their own and make whole fake families.usually these are young girls aged 10 to 15. I thought that was pretty strange, but I guess the risk is worth the connections to friends and family to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189899 Tue, 26 May 2015 18:33:06 +0000 Tanjowen 2189899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: So creepy!</p> <p>I have a rule that any photos of LO on Facebook have to be clothed - no bath or naked photos. My mom posted a photo the other day on Facebook of me holding LO in the pool, with me in a bikini and LO naked. We had a talk, and while she didn't seem to get while I was upset, she took it down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189875 Tue, 26 May 2015 18:02:51 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2189875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: That's pretty crazy! Facebook makes me nervous for kid pictures and I don't even have instagram.</p> <p>@Truth Bombs: That's a tricky situation. I feel like I would want to know and would be quite upset if someone else was posting pictures of my child (who is not here yet) on the internet. At least you are smart and realize they probably wouldn't appreciate it. My sister has facebook and doesn't post kid pictures and she lost a friend over it because her friend posted a picture of my sister's children. I think that is pretty ridiculous and the friend probably wasn't that great of a friend to lose over something so silly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189874 Tue, 26 May 2015 18:02:18 +0000 Maysprout 2189874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: what would the back up of the bee family do? I'm not trying to be snarky but Im not making the link between the article you posted and instagrams terms. Instagram can use your photos, but they don't claim to own them. The lady could try to sue him still. The argment the 'artist' is making is that he made minor changes to publicly available photos and now can sell them, it wasn't a matter of Instagram ownership or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189855 Tue, 26 May 2015 17:35:25 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2189855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: sorry I should have been clearer. With IG and FB, they own the rights to your photos as soon as you upload them. Whereas here, I feel like it's my photo, I've got the backup of the Bee family and I can take issues into my own hands. Does that make sense? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189809 Tue, 26 May 2015 16:40:51 +0000 Mama Bird 2189809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: that's incredibly creepy. Glad you found out and got this shut down.</p> <p>I was just thinking that I should stop being so cautious about not having the family's photos on Facebook. Never mind. This is a great reminder about reasons not to do that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189777 Tue, 26 May 2015 16:08:31 +0000 Maysprout 2189777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: no idea. There was a lot that didn't make sense to me about her story though. But whether it's true or not what Prince did to claim 'ownership' of the photo is not instagram or FB specific but any picture. </p> <p>I'm cautious about what I put up on those sites and treat them as more frequent Christmas cards. I'm way more cautious about these sort of public sites though where I have even less control of privacy. You just seem to be the flip of that so I guess I'm trying to pick your brain to understand what makes you skeptical about FB and Instagram and more trusting of HB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189753 Tue, 26 May 2015 15:51:46 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2189753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: Could totally be the case. There were many other "victims" too, though. Are you thinking they were all in on the plan? I suppose it's a possibility... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189751 Tue, 26 May 2015 15:50:45 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2189751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: That's a good question. Maybe Mr. Bee will weigh in. What I do know, is that he was amazing at helping me get things back to normal. I guess that's why I feel pretty safe here, because I know that there are other people looking out for me and my interests, which you can't say in too many places on the internet.</p> <p>But that article did remind me of the conversation you and I had on the boards yesterday :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189749 Tue, 26 May 2015 15:49:52 +0000 Maysprout 2189749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I meant that the two of them were working together, not that it was just about price. She's sued people for less so it's strange she's not suing him. The way instagram is set up she could, the argument is that he added a comment underneath to make it his own. But by using that logic it's not at all a problem unique to Facebook or instagram but any photo that's on the Internet can be changed to make it 'art' and have different copyright and ownership. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189744 Tue, 26 May 2015 15:45:32 +0000 daniellemybelle 2189744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew someone who had her LO's pictures stolen too :( My IG profile is set to private and I am very selective about who I accept. I need to clean out my Facebook friends too.</p> <p>When I had Gold I always had a policy to only post pictures of LO in Gold threads. Who "owns" pictures on HB? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189742 Tue, 26 May 2015 15:44:59 +0000 wrkbrk 2189742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Whaaaaaaaaaaat?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189733 Tue, 26 May 2015 15:39:49 +0000 plantains 2189733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: That is insanely creepy! Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189732 Tue, 26 May 2015 15:39:16 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2189732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: Maybe... regardless, I wouldn't want my IG photo going to line the pocket of any "artist" at any price. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189719 Tue, 26 May 2015 15:28:32 +0000 Maysprout 2189719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: maybe I'm just too skeptical of a person but the lady who says her photo sold for 90000 seems to be the only source of that price and seems to be regularly involved in scams and drama. Seems to me like it's probably a creative advertising avenue for her company. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189655 Tue, 26 May 2015 14:33:40 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2189655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: I agree, the privacy settings on IG are way better than FB. I almost never post anything to FB.</p> <p>@Mrs. Jacks: that is so creepy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189628 Tue, 26 May 2015 14:14:34 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2189628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: not clear. Would've had access in either place.</p> <p>I do know that having Mr. Bee on your side is a good thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189620 Tue, 26 May 2015 14:12:33 +0000 snowjewelz 2189620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok that's really messed up! I'm gonna go through FB and IG to make make sure everyone I'm friends with I know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189570 Tue, 26 May 2015 13:49:53 +0000 Maysprout 2189570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: was she stealing them off of FB or wb? I've always been a lot more hesitant sharing to public forums like this one than to FB and Instagram. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189553 Tue, 26 May 2015 13:41:45 +0000 Meowkers 2189553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: so creepy. Sort of related: After I got married I randomly came across a vendor on Etsy using a photo of me in my wedding dress to sell a knock-off of my dress. It totally creeped me out and I demanded that she remove the photo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189550 Tue, 26 May 2015 13:39:27 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2189550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meowkers: A very kind lurker on WB saw the photos in her twitter feed and recognized that it was my daughter. She contacted me and I found the offending Twitter feed. It took some wrangling, but working with Twitter we were able to get her shut down. My family wasn't this woman's first target. She had done this before. Elaborate stories about what she was doing each day... totally creepy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189521 Tue, 26 May 2015 13:18:10 +0000 plantains 2189521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: set the instagram to private, that way only the people that you know and approve can see it. I actually find instagram privacy settings to be much more airtight than Facebook so I mostly post pictures there and not much at all on FB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189513 Tue, 26 May 2015 13:15:28 +0000 Kimberlybee 2189513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is so creepy and not cool at all! (both the article and someone stealing your pictures). I can't believe he is making so much money off of other's pictures. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189508 Tue, 26 May 2015 13:10:49 +0000 Meowkers 2189508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: how did you find out about it? (I mean the person using your daughter's photo) This is absolutely insane. What did you do? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-another-reason-i-avoid-instagram#post-2189490 Tue, 26 May 2015 12:57:16 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2189490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@andthewildones: It's so disheartening. I hate to be suspicious and closed, but after C's picture was posted all over someone else's twitter as her daughter (and getting all kinds of comments), I decided it wasn't paranoia... but just being careful.</p> <p>I don't know what the right answer is to keeping our kids safe?!</p> <p>I do know that I don't like that FB and IG have all rights to any photos we post! </p>