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I really hope it becomes the new normal to stop posting everything about ourselves non-anonymously online in general. But especially photos and information about kids. I am hopeful that in the near future, we'll all look back and say "What the fuck were we thinking? We all looked like narcissists exploiting our kids for likes!"
Growing up at the dawn of the internet, this was considered normal. You stay anonymous online because you don’t know who the person on the other end of the screen is. What changed?
Normies got in and big Internet knew they could make money by having everyone give up all private information.
It's crazy to me for many of the people in my demographic consider it totally normal to have all of your online social interactions tied to the same persona/user, using your real name, face, locale, employment status, etc
Stuff people do online is potentially public forever. WCGW?
There's plenty of reasons to want to share images of your offspring besides chasing internet clout, and I find that simplification ignores all but the narcisistic fame chasers that will never care anyway.
Not making any judgement on whether any other reason is particularly valid. Just saying that the people who do it for likes are never going to see it as anything negative or exploitative. Better off talking with or working to stop the people oversharing for other reasons. Higher chance of success.
... I can only think of one, sharing photos with your family and a few select friends.
What other reasons are there?
Still telling the fame chasers about the concerns is important as well even if it's much less efficient