Honeybee's Buzz Bin

Awesome. You’ve just returned from vacation and had the BEST. TIME. EVER. And you
want everyone to experience your post-sojourn joy right along with you. What better way than to share your pictures with your friends? Share them online! WOO!

Share each and every one of the 557-thousand shots you snapped. Your friends won’t mind clicking through 37 attempts at getting a shot of the super-cool bathroom faucet in your hotel, right? Post. Them. All.

Or don’t.

This is one of the things that makes me want to pound my head into my desk. I love my friends. I love seeing them have a good time. I love looking at their pictures. But. And this is a BIG BUT … looking at four separate albums or 100 photos each, capturing every blurry second of every moment of your trip? UGH.

It’s not that your friends don’t like sharing in your joy. We do. But be judicious. Look through your pictures. Post some of them … the good ones. Sure, it’s easier to simply upload the entire album file, but consider who’s going to be looking at your photos. Post the best ones, and leave the others for yourself. People will enjoy checking out the great time you had without having to wade through each and every, well … less-than-exciting snap.

Oh! One more thing. If you post pictures of that great night out on the town or of the super-fun vacation with your friends? Don’t tag people in the shots. Let them do that themselves. There are reasons — good ones — that some folks simply don’t want to be tagged in pictures. You might not understand them, but it’s well within their rights.

So, enjoy your vacations. Have a great time out with your friends. Take LOADS of pictures. It’s fun! But you don’t have to share … EVERYTHING. Just a thought.