I don't get it. Now more and more of my friends are creating Facebook profiles for their babies and tagging them in pictures and such. It's just....weird. Is it just me?!
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Weird! I can use my own FB for that stuff.
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I'm in agreement. My dad asked me if I was going to do it, but not a chance. Even so he still winds up tagging dd in photos.
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I had one friend who did that. It's weird. I un-friended her. And her baby. It kind of "creates" an online personality for your child before he/she has the chance or choice to do it for themselves.
It's doubly weird when they do it for their dog.
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No way. Do they actually think their kids are going to want to use that FB account when they're older? No, they're going to be super embarrassed.
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I've seen this and am NOT a fan. Ain't nobody got time for that!
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I haven't seen this yet since everyone just posts pictures/videos/updates about their kiddos under their own account.
@littlebug: Ditto on defining/creating their personalities for them before they can, especially on social media!
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Weird
lolThis is a little different because it's about $$$ but I can't stand those accounts moms have on Instagram for each child to advertise as a brand ambassador. Yuck.
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It's strange. I wouldn't want to presume that my child (1) wants Facebook or (2) what should go on their page.
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I don't know anyone doing this?
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Weird. My MIL tagged LO once in one of my photos and messed it up and tagged a porn star with LO's same first name. Yeah. I was really excited about that mix up. I don't tag LO in anything.
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I have one friend who does that, though her daughter is older (around seven or eight). I've always thought it was odd. And the IG stuff @runnerd: mentioned as well. It always seems kind of sad to me that social media has kind of taken away the autonomy of kids to decide how much of their image is shared with the public. That's probably a deeper discussion to be had, though haha.
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I saw a cousin do this recently and I was confused. FB asked me if I wanted to tag my child in photos and I said no. If I said yes, does it create an account for them? I thought you had to be 13 for an account? (Yes, I know people lie about the age, just curious about the new feature)
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I'm off of FB, but I recall some over exposed kiddos on their. I wouldn't create a separate profile just for my kid.
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She's way to young for Facebook, so she is only on Instagram.
Kidding. I think it's strange as well!
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I only know one person doing this. I don't have time for it.
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My SIL does this for my nephews. I think it just recreates an album for the kids. I don't get it though.
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@birdofafeather: yes, I had that happened too! No, I do not want to tag my child!
@jlm22: lol! -
It's called "scrapbook" for your kids. Keeps all your tagged photos of lo in one album attached to your profile. Not their own page. It's set up through you adding them as "family members" I have one friend who uses it and he works at Facebook!
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Ugh. One of the many reasons I am not on Facebook. That is so weird.. and who has time to do that???
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I have not seen this, although a few years ago I had someone's dog add me on Facebook..
I hate how social media has become so big. I don't have kids yet, but when we do, I don't want anyone posting pictures of my kids on Facebook. I'm hoping it won't be an issue... we just plan to tell the people we'd prefer them to not post any pics. I just hope people don't take it badly. I had two friends end their friendship because one of them didn't want her picture on facebook. Hopefully people will not be this immature about it.
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I have not seen anyone do this thankfully. I think it's weird.
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@mrsjyw: no, these babies literally have their own Facebook profile. My friends friends are Facebook friends with them, they tag them in their status updates etc.
But what you're talking about might be the feature PP was talking about when FB asks you to tag your baby? -
I have a few friends who did that and I always thought it was weird too...
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I, fortunately, haven't seen this yet. Super weird.
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@shizaz: We made the decision to not have any pictures of LO on facebook (that we post anyway, so far two pictures have been posted...) I've had acquaintances accuse me of withholding information because I don't post or acknowledge posts about my LO. Maybe its because my mom always tried to vicariously live through me and my opinion carried zero weight, but I would feel guilty forever if I posted something that he was upset about later in life. I promised him that the second the cord was cut that he was an individual and I was going to respect and treat him as such. Maybe he'll be upset I didn't post, but who knows -- only time will tell.
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@MtnBiker: Wow, I can't believe people said that. I don't ever update my facebook, so hopefully I won't have people criticize me like that. If I do, I will just get rid of facebook. Luckily, I don't have too many friends and family who post pictures constantly. I can only think of 3 or 4 people, and only one of them I feel might make a fuss about it.
What I hate is that the pictures could be public - I don't know what kind of privacy settings my friends have. And the pictures become the property of the site. I also just don't want my kids all over the internet.
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I haven't seen this personally but have heard of it. I Actually have friends who created profiles for their pets. It's all weird and wrong.
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@Shizaz: I agree, I don't want other people posting photos of my LO on social media, either. I plan to strictly limit the types of photos and privacy settings on my own page.
Thankfully, none of my FB friends have made accounts for their babies. That would definitely annoy the shit out of me.
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@MtnBiker: @Shizaz: I'm with you two. I have a family member that way over shares pictures of her LO and all I can think is that one day her LO will be an adult with thousands of pictures of herself floating around the internet.
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Its really really weird. I guess its technically not a page of their own, its just like a 'scrapbook' or something that they're calling it... but still.
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@leighleigh: nope, that's something else. My friends' babies literally have their own Facebook page. They're friends with their friends. They tag them in status updates. It's so weird.
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@regberadaisy: omg! That's even worse I'm afraid
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Ugh! I am off FB and limit the amount of photos other family share of our baby. No one can make albums of her but we allow occasional photos to be posted with permission. The grandmas are avid FB users and it was the best compromise I could be comfortable with... Can't imagine a whole profile dedicated to her!
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@trailrunner @shizaz: Glad I'm not alone; I have not met anyone else IRL that doesn't think I'm some crazy overprotective mom...
@ldh112: I'd get rid of facebook, but I think my ILs would post pics all the time. My SIL begged my DH to post some while I was not with them, because she wanted to share her LOs meeting their cousin... so we're not "tagged"...
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@MtnBiker: ha. We had the conversation when I was pregnant and have had to revisit it occasionally. I can monitor things through my husbands account but it would definitely be hard to trust them without access to FB in some way
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It's weird!
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@ldh112: Good call - totally didn't think of that!
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I know two people who did this for their kids and it is really weird! I don't even want pictures on my own facebook.
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@regberadaisy: yeah that's definitely weird. I don't even like the scrapbook idea.
lol
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