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Hashtagging your child's name on social media- ok or not?

Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:09 pm
Posted by PBnJ
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Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:09 pm
Now that more people my age are having kids, I've noticed a trend on social media where people will post a pic or status about their child and then use a hashtag with the kid's first & middle name.

For example: Somebody loves mashed peas! #ashleymarie
or
Happy Fathers Day to the best husband! #elizabethann and I love you!

What's the point of this? It seems stupid and pointless (not to mention hashtags are searchable so you're opening up an opportunity to allow people to find your child that much easier).

Any OT parents on here brave enough to admit they do this and have good reason as to why?
Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:10 pm to
Hash tagging anything isn't ok
Posted by Big Floppy TDs
Where the beer flows like wine
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:10 pm to
frick I hate my generation
Posted by Breesus
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Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:10 pm to
quote:

What's the point of this? It seems stupid and pointless


You just described every single aspect of both Facebook and Twitter
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:10 pm to
It's not a hashtag.

It's a fricking pound sign.
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:10 pm to
These days, I wouldn't be surprised if their actual names included hashtags.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
88412 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:10 pm to
You seriously asking for the point of hashtags 95% of which are pointless?
Posted by cbi8
Nashville
Member since Mar 2012
6929 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:11 pm to
quote:

For example: Somebody loves mashed peas! #ashleymarie
or
Happy Fathers Day to the best husband! #elizabethann and I love you!


Immediately smashing that unfollow button if someone posts this
Posted by The Truth 34
Chavez Ravine
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:19 pm to
There is a girl I'm friends with that does this for both of her children. It's pretty awful.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61529 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:20 pm to
No, it's a hashtag.
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:22 pm to
It's stupid as hell. I'm facebook friends with someone who has a cutesy nickname for their kid and they hashtag it on every photo. It's annoying. Parents need to learn that no one outside the immediate family gives a shite about their dumb kids.
Posted by Shakita Bonita
5-0
Member since Dec 2015
1538 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:23 pm to
Anyone who hashtags things needs to be slapped.
Posted by elleshoo9
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2007
1859 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:25 pm to
I know two girls that have both created Instagram accounts for their babies. So they have an account for themselves and for their babies, and they log in and post from their babies' accounts as if the baby is posting. They are bat shite crazy attention seeking women
Posted by bbeck
Member since Dec 2011
15428 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:25 pm to
Social media is so frickin stupid.
Posted by ellishughtiger
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Member since Jul 2004
21182 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:26 pm to
In the case for the parents of Mike Brown or Treyvon it's okay. #justiceformikebrown
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
88412 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:27 pm to
It sure does seem to upset you even though you claim not to give a shite.

We have a 2 yo and have never done anything like that. A friend of my wife's does though. She uses a hashtag for pics of her new daughter. Can't say I've ever given it a second thought.
Posted by Grim
Member since Dec 2013
12489 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:27 pm to
I created instagram accounts for both of my children that I post pictures and videos of them on. I don't hashtag their names but I will use hashtags like OOD (outfit of the day) or #tagsforlikes (to get more likes and followers)
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
15405 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:29 pm to
Not okay
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135028 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:30 pm to
Posted by cbi8
Nashville
Member since Mar 2012
6929 posts
Posted on 6/19/16 at 7:30 pm to
quote:

I created instagram accounts for both of my children that I post pictures and videos of them on. I don't hashtag their names but I will use hashtags like OOD (outfit of the day) or #tagsforlikes (to get more likes and followers)



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