“At many points in 2020, it felt better to simply stop posting altogether.”— Stella Bugbee, thecut.com
“So that’s a long-term personal goal for you: Find the freaks and the overenthusiastic puppies. Treat them well. Overshare with oversharers.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“Oversharing. What does it say about us that a woman who speaks the truth of her experience should be dismissed for telling more than the world feels comfortable hearing?”— Joyce Maynard, nytimes.com
“What I don't understand is they just found out. Like they post it before the 12 weeks. I had one girl who I knew was have fertility issues post hers, with a few weeks later that she had a miscarriage. Every post after that was so bad, at first they were going to foster, then they had to work on thei…”— kati_pai, reddit.com
“I've had a fam friend post EVERY.SINGLE.THING about her life every single day. From what she ate to where she went to. It was annoying until it became a form of entertainment for me. Until her maid splashed hot water all over her while she was sleeping. Her last post and the saddest one was pictures…”— soojungie, reddit.com
“I think the worst are the Selfies people take with their dying or dead relative in the casket. ...just no, put the phone down in that instance and give them some dignity.”— unbearablebarebear, reddit.com
“My brother posted the results of his blood test on FB (literally a picture of the lab work paper) to let everyone know that he's healthy. He had no reason to be concerned about his health. In fact, he is very, very fit and wants everyone to know how fit he is. He posts about going to the gym and wha…”— robokitteh, reddit.com
“A former coworker was let go. For a few weeks, he would post bitter updates about how unfair it was that he was let go over a project that won an award. Then it would be about how he couldn't find jobs. I agree with him that he was a valuable person in the office and he shouldn't have been let go, b…”— breakfastburritotime, reddit.com
“An ex friend of mine wrote a passive aggressive FB note (back when Notes were the thing) about how I never hang out with her anymore and then dare to ask her to buy a $99 bridesmaids dress so she can be in my wedding. And then tagged me in it. (I was severely depressed around this time as well as ve…”— lutheranian, reddit.com
“This guy's girlfriend posted a picture of his fertility test on Facebook. The caption was something like 'My man can make babies, yay!' Then when they broke up, she posted a lonnnnnng paragraph about how he was a porn addict and blah blah blah. A year later they're back together.”— DiscoApocalypse, reddit.com
“A girl I graduated high school with posted a photo on Instagram and Facebook of her daughters crib (5 months old) after she shit all over it during the night with the caption 'What mommy's get to wake up and deal with in the morning!'”— mmeeoww, reddit.com
“A girl I was at uni with went slightly off the rails after graduation, ended up marrying her ~20 years older boss who was engaged with two kids. She would always post these ridiculous aggressive things about her daughters coming back from a weekend away (with their mum) with pierced ears etc. It was…”— aderynmelyn, reddit.com
“All I get is the standard, 'I removed my birthday info from FB so I could see which of my REAL friends remembered my birthday,' and passive aggressive inspirational quotes.”— todayonbloopers, reddit.com
“A friend who had been having some issues that affected her menses made several posts where she posted pictures of her soiled sanitary napkins.”— PharmacyThumbprint, reddit.com
“A girl I knew from high school posted an entire album of pictures of a miscarriage. A couple pictures, I could understand.. but a ton of bloody pictures is insane.”— Emileahh, reddit.com
“A Facebook friend frequently shares about her son's medical issues. The kid is 10 and his issues include chronic incontinence.”— mareenah, reddit.com
“One of my high school friends was posting hourly *CANCER UPDATE's* for the entire time she was awake for the last three weeks of her grandfather's life. She's normally posting weird cringeworthy stuff (noteworthy diatribes include 'america is awful because I can't afford floor seats at a Coldplay co…”— WooglyOogly, reddit.com
“My mom's new boyfriend posted on her page an image that said something like "I like to start my mornings with black coffee and hot sex." Uh, okay. Not what I want to see but I'm not oblivious, my mom has a sex life. But It bothered me because I don't think information like that should be public. I w…”— TemporarilyAHotdog, reddit.com
“My neighbor's teenage daughter suffers from severe anxiety, and my neighbor posts paragraphs upon paragraphs about it. Everything from the details of her daughter's latest panic attack to exactly how it's being treated. If anyone -- especially my parents -- shared my personal mental health details w…”— snapkangaroo, reddit.com