https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:14:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media/page/2#post-2280662 Wed, 02 Sep 2015 15:36:15 +0000 Aimed121 2280662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have always been pretty private about this sort of thing so my setting are locked down and I still limit what I post. But stories like this make me want to limit it even further - there are crazies out there.<br /> <a href="http://www.wfaa.com/story/tech/2015/07/09/childs-photos-stolen-off-facebook-appear-on-strangers-profile/29896769/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wfaa.com/story/tech/2015/07/09/childs-photos-stolen-off-facebook-appear-on-strangers-profile/29896769/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media/page/2#post-2280539 Wed, 02 Sep 2015 14:08:25 +0000 BSB 2280539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wondering how this question is related or not related to having a FB profile set up for your child.</p> <p><a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/facebook-for-babies/page/2#post-2280537" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/facebook-for-babies/page/2#post-2280537</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media/page/2#post-2231952 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:55:04 +0000 MrsB2012 2231952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I post pictures on FB and instagram. I have my facebook tightly locked down and I've removed everyone who I don't consider a true friend. I've blocked my MIL and SFIL as she shares every.single.picture I post. ( Even just a picture of me! ) It drove me nuts as she has a bunch of weirdos from conventions she has met on her fb, people she didn't know and had only met briefly. I have my instagram on private and only have a few people on it. My husband has a lot more friends on his account, so he rarely posts a picture of the kids on his. </p> <p>This was something I never even thought about until I had my own kids. I never knew I'd be so strict about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media/page/2#post-2231921 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:26:50 +0000 ms.line 2231921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I think those are some good guidelines.</p> <p>@namaste: Yeah, that seems dead on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media/page/2#post-2231889 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:45:58 +0000 namaste 2231889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ms.line: I think it's because we see more of what is happening with data/etc. All of my tech friends feel the same way. Very few post pictures of their LO and if they do, it's very limited. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media/page/2#post-2231856 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:17:59 +0000 birdofafeather 2231856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i post photos several times a week, but have always gone by the adage of if it's not something i would want out there for myself, then i won't post. so no pics of her on or talking about the potty or poop, no shaming pics, etc. when she's old enough to ask me to not take/post photos, i'll respect her wishes. i'm a photographer so taking and sharing the photos i take is also part of my business, so i want people to feel like they personally know me and the kind of person i am, which in part is my kiddo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media/page/2#post-2231697 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:57:57 +0000 Bubbles 2231697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: I don't think that's really very likely to happen, it was just a theoretical example. People do weird things though, when I used to work in marketing I had an ad sales guy who went through my Facebook albums (my privacy settings were poor at this time) to find info about me he could use to try and build a rapport. Mega creepy sales technique dude! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media/page/2#post-2231695 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:57:16 +0000 Foodnerd81 2231695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: 23 snaps. It's super easy- I can upload from my phone to the app in seconds. Then anyone who I have invited and signs up gets an email digest with any photos I upload that day, and they can download the app or go to the website but don't have to. Videos they can only see on the site or app, not in email. I just like how quick and easy it is to share pictures or videos with my family since they live all over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231649 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:26:13 +0000 MamaG 2231649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Would you mind sharing what the other application is that you use? I'd be interested in giving it a shot with our family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231646 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:25:55 +0000 Maysprout 2231646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ms.line: I don't think the people I know screen cap their pictures to hurt them in the future. And even if they did, I don't think it would be an effective means of hurting them. That was why I gave the example of people taking photos of them out and about. There's risks to being part of communities and their eventsbut usually they're outweighed by the benefits</p> <p>I agree with respecting their online identity but just like I take them to socialize out in public to build our IRL social networks I do the same online to keep them connected with our farther away community. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231607 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:03:24 +0000 ms.line 2231607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: Privacy settings are an illusion. There is nothing stopping anyone from saving or screencapping your posts and putting them wherever they'd like. There's no real conspiracy, I just think kids deserve to be in control of what's associated with their online identity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231592 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 12:53:19 +0000 Maysprout 2231592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ms.line: I don't see that as a big deal. If FB wants to make everything less private they'll lose customers, if kids baby pictures can be found, I donno, I like a good conspiracy theory but I dont see what the impact will be on the off chance privacy settings go by the wayside.<br /> Randoms take pictures of my kids sometimes, we go outside, have adventures and I give them space to explore. They're adorable and do adorable things. If I was scared of facial recognition software we'd have to be hermits or wear face coverings.<br /> I think theres value to building your community and being inclusive. It might even help them get a job someday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231458 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:47:36 +0000 ms.line 2231458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@turquoisemama: Yep, and that "someday" will probably be within the next 5-10 years. :shocked: </p> <p>@namaste: I work in tech, too - I think it's interesting that some of the most conservative parents I know (regarding social media) work in tech. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231457 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:47:16 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2231457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a lot of thoughts about this and I always feel like they could be seen as judgmental, especially because my LO isn't born yet. </p> <p>I don't want a ton of photos of my also on social media for a lot of the same reasons @Bubbles: mentioned. I was a very shy child and wouldn't have wanted tons of pictures of my life on the Internet. I'd like for my LO to be able to decide how much she is out there when she's old enough to decide. I won't be posting any pictures of her throwing a tantrum, or in the bathtub, or on the potty, etc. I'll probably share a picture or two every now and then but not daily. Luckily DH feels the same. There is one or two family members we will have to ask to refrain from posting, but I hope they will respect our wishes. We live far from most of our family so I'll think of a way to share pictures with anyone who is interested other than Facebook. </p> <p>Of course I could throw all these things out the window when she's born and I see how cute she is. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231440 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:38:52 +0000 namaste 2231440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No pictures of her face online as for now. I will probably allow her school and church to do so as she gets older but as long as it's with a group and no solo pictures. I doubt I'll ever share pictures of her face online in the future from my social media accounts and I expect friends/family to do the same. I just don't want her all over the internet, especially since both DH and I are involved in large online communities, we both blog, and our work is in tech. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231424 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:31:08 +0000 turquoisemama 2231424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: My reason would be because you just never know what the internet might develop into and I'd rather be more safe than sorry. I mean look how much it has changed just since we were kids. I don't so much mind family posting a few photos once in a while as long as the settings are private and all that. I don't want lots of details about her like where we live, birth dates, full name, etc. It's just not necessary, and especially if others are posting without my permission.</p> <p>My SIL and MIL were just visiting and SIL posted a photo of us at a festival will LO in it on Instagram. The photo was geotagged so now whoever follows her on IG knows where we live. Odds are, nothing is going to happen, but I don't see the point of putting that much info online. Something so permanent is worthy of a little more caution.</p> <p>I just feel the internet is too new to us to be making decisions that could effect LOs future. I'd rather be more conservative.</p> <p>@ms.line: This is something that freaks me out! Some day you'll probably be able to put in one photo in a search engine and all photos of that person ever posted would pop up. Yikes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231364 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:03:14 +0000 ms.line 2231364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: Facebook is already developing and using powerful facial-recognition algorthims. If you think photos of your kids on the internet won't be DIRECTLY associated with them into their adulthood, you're not thinking very far into the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231359 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:58:22 +0000 ms.line 2231359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrscobee: @Bubbles: You both hit the nail on the head! Our children are individuals and should be able to control their digital identity. Until they're old enough to do that on their own, I believe parents have a responsibility to be good stewards of their online presence. Also, everyone is entitled to privacy. Can you imagine someone else posting photos of you going about your daily life: eating lunch, running errands, watching TV? It would be irritating and invasive. And frankly, I don't even care to see those kind of pics from the vast majority of my Facebook "friends." I'm not suggesting there's no place for posting photos of your kids online, but I really think most parents don't put nearly enough consideration into the matter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231270 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:05:33 +0000 BKCaribBaby 2231270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don’t post much of LO on social media. I’m most active on Twitter, but I don’t tweet pictures primarily. I don’t put much on Facebook either. In general, I don’t want her on the internet. Regardless of what FB and other SM companies tell you, I don’t think our activity is truly private. Also I don’t trust other people to monitor their privacy settings as well. Once this woman I don’t even know liked something after I tagged my MIL in one of the few pics I post of my LO. I had forgotten that by tagging her it appeared on her timeline. It was weird having someone I didn’t know like a pic of my LO. I do post a few pictures of her from time to time on my blog, but that’s it. Her name is not mentioned on the blog either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231257 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:01:37 +0000 Maysprout 2231257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bubbles: so you think a future employer is going to try to find friends of the parents on FB so they can get past privacy settings and look at childhood pictures to see if they want to hire someone? It might be a good way to weed out crazy employers if that's the case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231242 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:55:40 +0000 snowjewelz 2231242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I post mostly to IG since that account is newer and it's not like FB where I'm friends with a lot of people I don't even talk to anymore, and a lot of friends of friends. I do post on FB too, I feel okay about it. We have a lot of relatives/friends that love seeing updates! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231234 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:51:41 +0000 mrscobee 2231234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bubbles: I agree with everything you said here.</p> <p>LO1 is on the way, and I won't post his pic much on social media. Here are my main reasons:</p> <p>1) My 300 facebook friends (if I were to reactivate) just don't care about my kid that much (and I don't care about most of theirs). Frequent kid photos are boring to everyone except family members and maybe super close friends. I can share with those who are truly interested over text or email.<br /> 2) The internet is forever (regardless of privacy settings).<br /> 3) I view a social media presence as a personal choice. Someone may think pictures plastered all over the internet is no big deal, but some view it as a very big deal. When LO grows up, I want his social media presence to be entirely his choice.<br /> 4) I think it is slightly creepy to have your life publicly documented from birth on, without your permission. I want LO to write his own story (not me write it). I can document his life in a cute baby book or photo album (like people used to do not that long ago).</p> <p>No judgment to people who love social media. I am just not one of those people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231223 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:45:16 +0000 MrsKoala 2231223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I share pictures regularly on my private IG but I limit the pictures that I post of him on Facebook as much as possible. I don't try to control what other people post though even if it might make me uncomfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231222 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:45:05 +0000 Portboston 2231222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ill post pictures of my LO on instagram ( I do not have FB) but like PP's, I find it a tad annoying when people post multiple pictures a day of their kids so Ill be keeping it to a minimum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231218 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:43:43 +0000 Maysprout 2231218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I post a couple times a month on FB or instagram. We've got a lot of family overseas and moved around a lot so it's convenient. It doesn't bother when other people post either. </p> <p>It would bother me if it was all the time or embarrassing or mean photos / captions but no one has done that.</p> <p>I take my kids out in public so I see FB like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231213 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:41:41 +0000 NeekieRose 2231213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I post a picture of both my girls almost daily on IG and FB. I literally have a #dailykidsnamepic hashtag that I use for IG. I was censoring how many of the daily pics I shared from IG to FB and then I realized that I was caring too much about what other people thought about my posts. If you think me posting a picture or two of my kids is too much a day...that's your problem and feel free to block me. But I have plenty of extended family that loves seeing the pictures of the girls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231195 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:37:20 +0000 ShootingStar 2231195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I both post on Facebook, and I post on Instagram. The only other people that post pictures of DS are my parents, and I told them they should be tagging us in any pics of him so we're aware of it. </p> <p>I'm honestly not super concerned about pictures online in general though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231158 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:25:10 +0000 Applesandbananas 2231158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have Facebook, DH doesn't. We agreed before LO arrived that there would be no Facebook posting. I send pictures to people who want to see them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231130 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:11:39 +0000 Bubbles 2231130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: my reasons behind being careful what I post of DS are more to respect his privacy than anything else. I'm not worried that someone's going to kidnap him or something if I post too many pics on Facebook - I'm not sure if others feel that way? But I do think it's scary how children grow up on social media these days. My childhood photos are confined to some dusty albums on my parents bookshelves, but stuff posted on Facebook will be on the internet forever. I dont think these websites will die out any time soon, and I find it weird to think of, for example, my sons future employer being able to dig out pictures of him as a toddler because I didn't have my privacy settings just right. That said, I do post pics and wouldn't judge others who post more often - but it does boggle my mind how this generation of kids will have their whole lives documented online. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-your-thoughts-on-posting-your-lo-on-social-media#post-2231098 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 08:55:30 +0000 catomd00 2231098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We post moderately ( 1-2 pics a week max) for a select group of people (mainly my family who doesn't get to see her often.) my grandparents love it since they are all on Facebook. They don't do email or smartphones, so it's the best way to share pics. </p>