baby pics on facebook?

nsummy · January 2012

Hey there. A friend of mine posed a question to me I haven't even thought about. She asked if I will post photos of my child on facebook. She mentioned concerns over Internet privacy and creating a cyber profile for a child. I am not the type who will bombard my friends' news feeds with pictures of my child anyway, but it's just so common to post family pics on social sites that I hadn't even thought about the whole Internet privacy/security issue of it yet. How do others feel about this?

Ingelly47 · January 2012

Being abroad I am going to post some obviously. And as long as you have your privacy settings locked down tight - I don't see the big deal.

cchill01 · January 2012

DD doesn't have her own profile....but she is in my photos and photos that other family members post. They tag me when posting a picture of her. No nudes or anything that would keep her from being elected president down the road, so I'm not too worried about privacy.

SweetHurricane · January 2012

Ingelly47:
Being abroad I am going to post some obviously. And as long as you have your privacy settings locked down tight - I don't see the big deal.

This. My H is Army, so we have to be extra careful about putting stuff out there. My account is on lock down - all you can see if my name and profile pic unless you're my friend.

Also, I know someone who created a FB account for their child so they could keep all the pics in one place. FB deleted the account because the child was below the allowed age.

MrsColvin · January 2012

My profile is set to private. Only my friends can see my photos. I will be posting pics because we have family that we only get the luxury of seeing once, maybe twice a year. They didn't get to see DS in person until he was 9 mo old. If it wouldn't have been for Facebook I would have had to send out a ton of emails and with a new baby I don't have time for that. I mobile upload photos and let them see the kids as they grow. If your profile is set to public I'd adjust your security settings as it is because there are freaks out there but if your security is set properly you have nothing to worry about.

Pancake227 · January 2012

I will be posting a few pictures on the site as I don't see all of my huge family often. I will not be posting posting albums upon albums as I have seen some friends do. Also, please be aware privacy settings or not once something goes on the internet it can be accessible anytime, anywhere, forever. This is the danger. You cannot block viruses, cyber creeps, etc. from everything. The privacy settings help but are not an end all to someone who hacks into facebook. Honestly I don't think anyone would want to see my boring facebook page but people are crazy these days. I'll post photos and customize my settings as everyone should. It's a personal choice.

HeyThereGoodLookin · January 2012

Ingelly47:
Being abroad I am going to post some obviously. And as long as you have your privacy settings locked down tight - I don't see the big deal.

I pretty much agree. I'll have some private albums for only family and close friends to see. I don't live close to family so that will let them see the baby a little more. Even then, I'm not going to put up hundreds and hundreds. The way I think about it- would I like it if my parents had posted every single baby/childhood picture of me on the internet if it had been around? Probably not.

I would rather spend a little money and send some photos (or photos on a disc) through the mail.

Gismo123 · January 2012

DH is in the Navy so we live far from all our family. FB is how we keep in touch with all our family and our friends. I have all my FB settings set to private and the only way to view anything is if you are my FB friend.

dogsfornow · January 2012

I will post few to no baby pics on Facebook. Absolutely none on Twitter. I'm one of those people who worries about creating a digital identity for my child before they have a say in the matter.

There was a scuffle about this on 2nd tri and someone asked me if I intended to try my child from ever making mistakes. In my mind, we are still seeing repercussions of our huge digital world and all the changes that entails. When I made mistakes, took bad pictures, and other things like that, only a few people witnessed them. Now this stuff exists in the digital memory forever. Maybe I'm too cautious, but that's how I feel right now.

HeyThereGoodLookin · January 2012

dogsfornow:
I will post few to no baby pics on Facebook. Absolutely none on Twitter. I'm one of those people who worries about creating a digital identity for my child before they have a say in the matter.
There was a scuffle about this on 2nd tri and someone asked me if I intended to try my child from ever making mistakes. In my mind, we are still seeing repercussions of our huge digital world and all the changes that entails. When I made mistakes, took bad pictures, and other things like that, only a few people witnessed them. Now this stuff exists in the digital memory forever. Maybe I'm too cautious, but that's how I feel right now.

Yes I already posted kind of the same thing, but I agree with you 100%.

allisonmarie22 · January 2012

My privacy settings on Facebook are locked down as tight as they go. I will ask my family members not to post picture of my children unless I know for certain that their privacy settings are, but I don't expect everyone to respect my wishes. I will, however, remove tags from pictures of my kids if I'm not comfortable with or don't know the settings of the person posting them.

However, I do have friends that have already made their kids FB pages and I think that's just beyond ridiculous.

lavenderflow · January 2012

Personal choice but I won't be posting any pics. Although I do have strict privacy settings, DH and I don't post pictures of ourselves that often. Even when friends and family post pics they do not always tag us because they know how we feel about our privacy. It's really up to the parents and however they feel make sure other friends and family know about it so they don't post pics of their own when you would prefer they didn't.

returning_bump_member · January 2012

DH is in the Corps so yes, I will be posting pictures of LO all the time to share with friends and family states away. My profile is on lock down though, where only if you are my friend and not on my "no pictures" list can you actually see any pictures I post or are tagged in.

I agree with PPs on this thread where if you keep your profile private, no big deal in posting pictures of your pride and joy. However, trying to create a profile for your child is just ludicrous.

ReginaLV · January 2012

After my last experience of my aunt re posting my ultrasound picture, which led to me being contacted by someone I REALLY didn't want to hear from, I don't even post pictures of myself on FB anymore. I took all my personal pictures down and changed my profile pic to one of Christopher Hitchens Stick out tongue

So no, I won't be posting pictures of my kid on FB. I'll send pictures of LO to family the old-fashioned way, by snail-mail, and ask they don't post the pictures online.

monef · January 2012

I will definitely be posting pics on Facebook. My profile is private and I'm not friends with anyone I don't know. My family and friends live all over the world so Facebook is the best bet for updating everyone.

Jill+Dave · January 2012

We have no family near us. The majority is at least 10 hrs away. So I have been posting tons of pics every month on FB for my family. For some of my family members like my almost 80 yr old Grandma, it's the only reason they are even on FB. I have my privacy settings restricted to just friends. When I post new pics for about a month they are open to friends of friends because my mom likes to share pics with her friends & they can't see them otherwise (unless she goes through the tedious task of saving & reposting each one). I don't really see it as an issue. I wouldn't create a profile for my child specifically - not sure why anyone would do that.

marielovestimothy03 · January 2012

All our family is 2000 miles away and I just can't keep up with e-mailing everyone. We have a family blog (it's public but I don't whore out the link everywhere so I get a small amount of hits and have an IP tracker so I can see that they are pretty much all from the area our family lives) and a private FB as well. I post tons of pics of my kids, I put a watermark on them just as a personal preference but otherwise I don't worry. In this day and age, you can go out in public and some creeper can be snapping away on his cell phone. Just be responsible about it if you're comfortable sharing online

theboki · January 2012

My privacy settings are locked down so that only my friends can see my photos, so I'm not really worried. I also don't believe that everyone on the internet is a pedophile.

SummerMama12 · January 2012

I post family pics all the time. My profile is set to private for everything and is not searchable. I'm not worried about it.

gfornkohl · January 2012

If you are worried and dont want all your FB friends to see...you can make a album viewable to select people .... so when i did SIL baby shower i would post ideas pics to a private album only my mom, her daughter (19), and my friend could see...

i will post pictures like everyone else strict settings set...and i dont have anyone ive never met on my facebook ...

hockeyfn720 · January 2012

I personally don't have an issue with posting pics on fb, but my sister in law does. She asked that I remove the pics that I had up of my nephew, which I did, and it didn't bother me. It's certainly a personal preference. However, instead of snail mail, my sister in law is okay with emailing pictures to select people, with the reminder to keep them off fb. That might work for you if you are in between on whether to post or not. It takes longer to email a bunch of photos, but it also negates your fear of your child becoming a future celebrity.

amberlynnr7 · January 2012

I will be posting pictures. Like many of the other ladies that have posted, my account is very private. We don't live quite as far away as many of the other ladies from our families, but we live in the middle of nowhere & it's often difficult for people to come visit because it really is out of the way for most people.

Regardless, I like posting things on fb to keep them digital.. That way, I never have to worry about completely losing things.

However, I do understand other people's opinions. I think it is a matter of your own family's privacy & personal views. Whatever each gal's choice on this board - I understand it & commend them for sticking up for their beliefs, if that's the case.

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