Tuesday, 07 August 2012
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Unbaby Your Facebook Feed
Since lots of us are moms around here, I was wondering your take on a free new Google Chrome feature: Unbaby.meWhat is it? It's an app that uses keywords to clear your FB feed from baby pictures and replaces the pics with kittens (since everything cute on the internet right now apparently involves cats). I guess some people actually don't want to see every waking (and sometimes sleeping) moment of our baby's lives? HATERZ!
So what do you think? I'm pretty sure my feelings would be hurt if I found out my friends unbabied me.
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@Living_just_2_breathe@xanga - For real! Those make me crazy. I don't understand how people so easily propagate that crap, without even batting an eyelash. It's not even just that it's a lie, it's also that those pictures are someone's real child.
@grizzlybearr@xanga - exactly Brittney!!
I would use this. In the same way that all of you probably don't give a shit about all the cute things my cat does, I could care less about the baby updates...especially the poop/diaper/spit-up stories. Cute pictures are one thing...but I've never understood why moms feel the need to post that stuff.
On the other hand, I've just "unsubscribed" from those friends, so this would be overkill.
I like both, but I'd rather see babies. These posts are genuine, and it's fine and normal and lovely that parents are proud and also totally fascinated by their little ones.
People who just post cats are usually just bored and it looks a lot more 'crazy' to be equally obsessed with kittens.
Usually people don't like complainers but that is a totally different issue...I dare say parents who complain about kids also complain about husbands, wives, jobs, the weather etc. Sometimes annoying but you can make it so that they don't show in your feed.
I feel like it's a poor character trait to be so judgemental of posts, just because you cannot relate. Not a real sign of being an empathetic friend...so if they want they can delete me. I wouldn't use an app to satisfy some controlling and self centered bitches. I mean seriously who has no life? people who share something with their friends online, or people who get caught up on it, and literally feel like a victim when OThERS complain or share something? THIS sort of complainer really gets on my nerves.
If I don't want to see posts of somebody's kid, I'm probably not friends with them anyway... so this is not for me. And I maintain that if your friends are that irritating, you should probably get new ones.
Plus I don't think cats are all that cute. I mean... they're okay. But I don't get the internet obsession.so cute
I know that women who may have suffered a pregnancy/infant loss would prefer not to see multiple images of babies when they may have lost theirs. For some, it is just a painful reminder.
I don't bombard folks with stuff about my kids. Even when they were babies, I didn't. I just know I'm not interested in seeing every picture others snap of their kids nor do I care about the diaper or puke stories. I just unsubscribe from those people who find it necesary to update the world on every moment of their kids lives. I told my childless friends to call me out if I get like that.
Cute photos are fine, but I hate the constant status updates about children pooping, throwing up everywhere etc. Honestly? People don't care about that stuff, and I wouldn't want my parents to have posted my every action on Facebook as a child, and I don't understand why some parents insist on posting every single thing their child does for the world to see.
Can it replace text statuses as well? That would be easier then me having to "hide" all of them manually. I've had two miscarriages; I really don't want to see/hear all of your pregnancy and baby stories, pictures, etc.
My best friend does that. I love both her and her daughter to death but she literally posts a picture of her daughter at least 7 times a day and I'm not exaggerating. I mean, it does get a little bit annoying but if it makes her happy then all the more power to her. I'd rather see the baby then random cat pictures
omg getting this add on right now
Honestly, I think this should be a non issue. If you don't like something someone else puts on their FB page, don't read it. Just keep scrolling down and ignore the post or the pictures. Someone who posts a billion pictures of their baby is doing it because they want to. They're proud of their little one, and want to share their happiness with others, but it's up to their family/friends/co-workers/etc to decide to view those pictures or not. I do, however, have an issue with people who think anyone people want to read about their baby's explosive diaper.... Some things should be kept private... I also have a problem with people who try to bait their friends with vague posts hoping someone will say "What's wrong?" or when people fish for compliments, but that's another issue....
I'd have no problem with it. Mainly because all too often, I have a few friends that either post endless pics of their kid or post pics of them doing stupid/reckless stuff that isn't appropriate and telling the friend so doesn't help.
For instance, one friend is OBSESSED with putting globs of make up, jewelry, and skanky clothes on her 3 year old daughter and then making her parade around in front of the camera. At least two-three times a day is photos of this girl making the infamous "duck face", all dolled up, etc. It's one thing if she's playing "house" or something like that. But. She's not. And I keep this friend, although distant, because we share other things via facebook. However, it irks me to see her young daughter dressed like a hooker, taking inappropriate photos, etc.
I am about to have a baby in 3 months. I already know that I will obviously post pictures, but I wouldn't be offended if someone used the Unbaby Me app to not see photos of my newborn. If you don't want to see it, it doesn't hurt me any. The pictures are there for me, my family, my friends, and others who WANT to see the photos. I would use Unbaby Me to shut down the babies I don't want to see doing stuff.
Babies aren't that fascinating, sorry. Cats on the interwebz, that's fascinating. I don't even like cats.
It's ridiculous. I'm not a mum, but I'm friends with a few, and the pictures of their smiling babies that appear in my feed only make me smile back. I mean, I'd rather see someone's kids than half naked pictures of some random chick I hardly know. I can understand not caring, but to specifically go out of the way to get their pictures out of your feed without deleting the parents.. this just seems so strangely deliberate.
Now, if you have a friend who obsessively posts about her baby and you don't like the congestion in your feed, it would probably be better to mark "Only show me important posts" under their friend settings.. I love cats as much as the next person but if someone is obsessively posting pictures of her baby, I'm pretty sure seeing a million and one pictures of cats instead isn't going to be any less annoying.
OH YES. So many of my facebook friends post photos of their ugly babies/nieces/nephews all too often.
There should also be an option to show kittens whenever someone uploads an instagram photo... because no, that photo of a hill/whatever cider or beer you're drinking/your dinner really isn't that interesting.
Yeah...because babies & kids are so much more annoying than some folk's updates like, "ooh, I just had cheese.", "Found a green things on my carpet.", "OMG! Did you see Christina Aguilera's panties?", "Whatever." "Don't judge me people, this is my facebook page and it's private for me!! Don't be going telling other peoples my business that i post on here", "Karma's a bitch, you skank!"
....all real, true posts I've read. I'd rather see a cute kid any day.
I'd use it if it actually worked, but unfortunately it doesn't. Someone I know tried it out and it was a flop. I don't particularly want kittens to pop up in the place of the baby pictures, either, I'd just rather they create an app that will filter out the baby pictures completely. Why replace it with something? Enough cat pics show up on my fb news feed as it is, I'm well supplied in them. If people want to post pics of their babies, that's totally fine with me. I just don't want to see them. I'm not interested. Even if I'm good friends with the parents OR even if I'm related to the parents. I don't particularly love looking at pics of my nieces and nephews, either. If other people want to look and think that's awesome, that's great too. That's why I'd like an app that filters the pics for me, so I don't have to see them but I can still remain friends with the parents without having to hide ALL of their posts from my news feed. I realize some people LIKE looking at baby pics from their friends and family, and like posting their own kids' baby pics. That's fine, it's just not for me. Maybe somebody will create an app somehow that actually works to filter out the pics like this. And hopefully when they do it, the app doesn't replace them with pics of something else. Although, I'd STILL use this app since it's the only game in town...if it worked. I'm sad it doesn't. :(
People complain about baby pictures, then these "women" post ten pictures of themselves in the same pose. Or they post ten statuses a day complaining and whining. I don't know why someone would rather see/read that crap than see a cute picture of a baby. You can just unfriend or unsubscribe from someone. Or just scroll over the picture?! It takes like .2 seconds. People are so lazy!
Honestly, I love seeing my friends' kids. It's awesome how most of them look just like my friends did when we were kids. A good friend of mine who recently passed away, her daughter could pass for her clone.
I do try to keep in mind that not everyone I'm friends with shares my child enthusiasm, so I try not to bombard them with constant pictures of my boy doing the same thing for 50 shots. But when he does something awesome or adorable, I share it. Fuck them if they don't appreciate it. And if they want to unbaby me, then that's just fine. I'd rather have them do that than to sit there and be totally annoyed with me.
@chronic_masticator@xanga - I really like how you love kids. and yours especially. that shines.
@plantinthewindow@xanga - D'awwww.
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