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Should we put our kid's photos up on social media?
lifejoy:
Forgive me if this has been discussed ad nauseam (and feel free to link me) but my baby is 1 week old and we are deciding whether or not to post her photos on Facebook.
What have you decided for your kids?
Zamboni:
I rarely post photos of my children . . . and even that has only been recently, most often in group photos.
yourusernamehere:
I don't have kids yet, but I'm fairly private and when I do share on the book of faces I usually keep it to a small group. If you decide you want to, you can create a custom group of "friends" in the post's privacy settings so only people you choose can see them. I don't know if you can customize the sharing settings to keep other people (overzealous grandmothers, etc) from sharing them publicly.
AliEli:
I've got a 7 month old, and we have decided not to publish pics of her online. Privacy is one of the few things we can preserve for her, and she is not able to consent to having her pic online... I wouldn't put up a pic of a friend unless they agreed, so i feel it is polite / fair to give her the choice in the future to decide what sorts of images she wants online (if any).
It's nice to see someone else pausing to think about this, there is a strong expectation that parents will post pics online without talk about the downsides.
KCM5:
We do. We keep it locked down to only friends, so unless we tag a friend in the photo as well, only our friends will see it. We also are pretty careful to not post anything we think she would find embarrassing in the future.
I'm unconvinced that she'll care about photos from her fourth birthday posted on my private Facebook feed. There's quite a difference between that and making a living off of blogging about your kids/family.
We also have a lot of friends/family that are far away.. I know they appreciate being able to keep up with her.
I don't think you can make a wrong decision on this. Go with what feels right.
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