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Is it really that out of line for me to request that my family NOT upload photos of me on social media?

The way I see it, if anyone does not already know what I'm up to, what I currently look like, or does not currently associate with me in any way, it is absolutely none of their business and they don't need to know anything about me. This is why I stopped posting to social media.

I hate the idea of people knowing anything about my life that I don't willingly share with them, so I don't want any part of my life, even a simple photo, documented on my family's social media. I have a nosy douchebag ex that is somehow still friends with some of my family and "likes" the photos they've posted with me in them, for example. There is zero reason why he needs to keep tabs on me or know anything about my life. I have chosen to keep my distance from him for nearly a decade. If I wanted him to know anything about me, I'd reach out to him myself.

Anyway, I've asked my family to please not share photos of me on Facebook and other social media sites, and they act like I'm asking way too much, and that I'm really hurting their feelings. Why? If the roles were reversed, I'd completely understand that they want their privacy respected. Who cares what any nosy ass trolling people's social media pages thinks if I'm not present in any photos or status updates? It's none of their business and they need to get a life instead of obsessively stalking over details of other people's lives that they either don't/barely know, or haven't seen or spoken to in years.

Is this a reasonable request? I honestly think it is.
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It’s very reasonable, in my opinion.

I’m lucky in that the only person in my immediate family who uses FaceBook is my middle sister, and she agreed not to take any pics of me when she had her party last year. And according to the other relatives, she didn’t. My best friends don’t use Facebook, so at least with them, too, it hasn’t been a problem.

I stopped socializing with some work acquaintances who weren’t willing to honor my request. It’s amazing how many people don’t realize how much is revealed with candid photographs, and how much privacy can be compromised.
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
It is my rule too and I’ve had family members respond poorly to it as well. Or act like I am the weird one.

There are plenty of good reasons to not share too much about yourself online. Or want it shared by others.
SnipingSvelte · 26-30, F
i totally agree with you, your request is reasonable
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
All my friends and family know that I don’t want my photo on any social media. Stick to your own beliefs.
MeganFeb2004 · 18-21, F
Yeah you are so right.

Meg
Bleak · 36-40, F
I can never understand what’s the need to upload family pics on social media?
Bleak · 36-40, F
@Ferise1 to connect virtually?? Still not a good idea..
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@Bleak everybody does it
Bleak · 36-40, F
@Ferise1 Maybe I am an old school.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
I think a very reasonable request. They are being very un-reasonable to imagine they can publish photographs of you without your permission, nor apparently any just reason.
PinkMoon · 26-30, F
I've banned my family from putting me on social media. I don't have facebook for a reason. They're being selfish.
It's a very reasonable request that they should respect.
Heretochat · 46-50, M
I don't want to publish public picture of me on social media
xbandoleerx · 56-60, M
Absolutely! Your life, your pictures, your activities. No one has any business to share it without your consent.
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FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@jshm2 useful to know.
SkeetSkeet · 100+, F
I'm the same way. I don't want people up in my business.
Ask your family to unfriend that guy, that is the first thing you should do. Make sure they do it.
YoMomma · 41-45
Why not ask them to kindly block your ex so he stops stalking you through them?
smiler2012 · 61-69
@BnBSpringer09 🤔perfectly entitled people should respect your wish for anonimity
meJess · F
Not just perfectly reasonable but legally enforceable for photos.
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
Paranoid much?
BnBSpringer09 · 26-30, F
@Ferise1 No, I just value my privacy and have no desire to offer free information about myself to nosy people, or to people who are not still in my life for a reason...
meJess · F
@Ferise1 interesting viewpoint, any privacy wish is paranoia. Which social media platform do you work for? 😊

 
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