My GF went to put a picture of my niece online and I was like 'okay cool' and then a little part of me was like "hmmmmmmm". So I took a second to think why I felt like this was not a good thing to do.
I care about this little human person, I want them to have the best life possible. Will putting a picture of them online, with me in it also, do anything towards that end?
There are obvious immediate risks to it, irrational they may be statistically speaking. But I have no idea what society will be like when they're old enough to make a choice for them selves in the interests of their own privacy. I would be taking that choice away from her. That could potentially be a very very bad thing for her.
Plus I literally have zero right to do this. Which made me think...neither does my sister really. And fuck, pretty much everyone else I know does this without a thought.
I don't touch social media so this sort of thing doesn't really come in to my thinking usually but damn.
I mean it's a good idea to be upfront if you have kids, so you don't have to spring that on someone down the line. Though they could do that without posting a photo, I suppose.
Yeah I’ve seen plenty of people with kids say they have kids in their profile or use pictures to show that w/o posting the child’s photo.