How often should parents post pictures of their kid on Facebook? (Poll)

[JSD]

Look, I'm a proud dad too but I don't feel the need to put my kids face in your face every. single. day. What's the point? How many Likes or "aww cute!" comments do you really need? In fact, I have designated list of people limited to my family to even see my kid.

Does anyone else share this pet peeve of baby spam? It just baffles me. I'm now unchecking "Show in Newsfeed" to anyone that does it.

[fitzhickey]

The few adult friends on Facebook I have don't really post that many, but once a week seems reasonable

[Redz]

I'll put pictures of my kids on FB if they're doing something special or funny or something I'm really proud of.

[Roy H.]

I'd say, as often as they want to.  As you noted, friends have the option of filtering that content out if they don't want to see it.

I understand how it can be annoying; I have one friend who seems to post the almost exact same pictures a dozen times per day.  But, it's their page, so I don't really have a right to judge.  Plus, it's infinitely better than most of the crap that's posted on Facebook.

[CelticConcourse]

Never, unless they get their kid's consent.

I've never even posted a picture of myself on Facebook, never mind someone else.

[Chief]

They have the right to do whatever they want. My wish is no more than once a month.

[CelticConcourse]

They have the right to do whatever they want.

I'd like to dispute that 

[Eja117]

Depends on how much you trust your facebook friends and how well you have filtered the photos to people that should see them. If you post to a family only place do it as often as you want. If you're posting to the whole world I'd say never

[Amonkey]

I remember when I was a freshman in college when facebook came out. Back then, the primary reason to go to it was to poke hot girls, invite those hot girls to your party or find parties and stay in contact with your friends. Now those same people who I was probably pooking and sending messages to are the ones posting baby pictures. How the world has changed. Pretty soon people are going to be posting their kids graduations and weddings and stuff.

[KGs Knee]

What is this Facebook you talk about?  Never heard of it.

[bello_man09]

I remember when I was a freshman in college when facebook came out. Back then, the primary reason to go to it was to poke hot girls, invite those hot girls to your party or find parties and stay in contact with your friends. Now those same people who I was probably pooking and sending messages to are the ones posting baby pictures. How the world has changed. Pretty soon people are going to be posting their kids graduations and weddings and stuff.

this!!!

[CelticConcourse]

I remember when I was a freshman in college when facebook came out. Back then, the primary reason to go to it was to poke hot girls, invite those hot girls to your party or find parties and stay in contact with your friends. Now those same people who I was probably pooking and sending messages to are the ones posting baby pictures. How the world has changed. Pretty soon people are going to be posting their kids graduations and weddings and stuff.

What's a hot girl? Never heard of such a thing.
baahahahaaa

[indeedproceed]

Personally, I'm so freaked out by privacy concerns and people stealing and reconstituting the photos that I personally think its a bad idea.

But by the same token, if people wanna share, go ahead. Kids are cute, and I'm 29 years old and married (with a boy on the way), Facebook for me is basically a place to share funny links and do amateur standup.

[Boris Badenov]

Look, I'm a proud dad too but I don't feel the need to put my kids face in your face every. single. day. What's the point? How many Likes or "aww cute!" comments do you really need? In fact, I have designated list of people limited to my family to even see my kid.

Does anyone else share this pet peeve of baby spam? It just baffles me. I'm now unchecking "Show in Newsfeed" to anyone that does it.

Haha, you get a TP from me.

I agree with others though, you can't argue with their decisions, and FB makes it easy enough to filter people and content.

Personally I think Facebook has jumped the shark. At least in my group of friends it's become 90% (a) re-posting meme pictures, very few of which are funny or original, (b) political nonsense, or (c) "humble-bragging" that often involves kids.

I've pared it down so I only see posts from a core group of 20-25 people.

[CelticConcourse]

Facebook for me is basically a place to share funny links and do amateur standup.

Same for me (I'm a teenagah), just gotta get the likes... and what better way than to post funny stuff?