Reasons Why Our Parents Shouldn’t Use Social Media

April 26, 2016

Written by:Salma Hanno

A few years ago, a technological revolution has taken place. No, that’s not when Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram and other social connecting sites took over our lives. It’s when the older generation- our parents and grandparents- joined these sites. Feeling we’re being monitored all the time irritates us. Here are some reasons why our parents shouldn’t be using social media:

WhatsApp

Ever since our parents started using WhatsApp, our phones’ galleries have become crammed with photos of flowers, babies, landscapes, good morning and good evening posts.
They get it wrong. WhatsApp was not created for sending weird posts every split of a second, nor creating plenty of groups where they share their children’s photos with their friends.

Facebook:

The older generation thinks Facebook is the place to share details of their daily lives with everyone: checking in the places they go to, posting photos of every wedding, engagement party, outing and family dinner they attend. We always receive friend requests from the best friend of our mother’s best friend. Chill out tantie; I don’t know you and will never accept you as a friend on Facebook!!

What makes it worse is when “sa7bet bent 3amet mama” tags you along with umpteenth other people in a post that says: “kol 3am wa antom be 5ayr”. You end up getting thousands of notifications from people commenting on the photo. You cannot untag yourself because mama will tell you: “3eeb el 3amalto da. Enta a7ragt tant E3temad w msh hateb3tlak 7aga tany!!” Yes mama, that was exactly my point 🙂

What’s more irritating is your mum sending friend requests to your friends without you knowing it. Hearing comments such as “Fostan 5otobet farida kan 7elw awy” is how you find out this happened!

Our parents think that politics should be discussed on Facebook. They even drag their political discussions into quarrels and fights with relatives and friends.

Instagram:

Photo collages and grids that are bordered with flowers are what you see on your parents’ accounts on Instagram. Never getting that you cannot zoom in on Instagram photos, your mum always ends up liking all the photos of the friends you’re stalking.