RANT: Streaming a Wedding via Facebook Live

Wow. That's fucked up. I'd be irate! I kicked Facebook last year and there isn't a day I regret it.

I don't have social media so this wouldn't bother me. I could care less about who takes pictures of what. As long as the don't get in the way of my pros

No wonder so many couples are having their officiant make an announcement that their wedding is unplugged.

It's sad, in a way. Feeling the need to capture the moment so much that you miss the moment completely. It is rude to everyone involved, but it is sad

That's horrible!

Wow. That's fucked up. And that is why I'm having an unplugged ceremony.

People are out of control with social media. I would be very annoyed and would kindly ask her to take it down if it were my wedding. Smh. Just wow!

I can see how some people would be upset, but I wouldn't care. I have a couple of friends who aren't coming and are going to be face timed in to the wedding. My only concern would be the "oh my god I wish you would've invited me". But, at that point it's too late anyway. I would, however, be upset if they block the photographers.

I think putting it on Facebook live crossed a line.

I disagree that guests sharing pictures from the day of the wedding steals the couple's thunder. Not every couple takes social media so seriously that they need to be the first to post about their wedding before anyone else can post about it and it must be done in a grand fashion. Personally, we weren't going to do a grand post, and I enjoyed seeing the congratulatory comments on our timelines from friends who couldn't be there and the pictures some of our guests posted. It broke the news without being over the top. And it's impossible to expect all your guests to not take a single picture when they are dressed up for a special event. Sure, you can request an unplugged ceremony so there won't be pro pics of your guests holding up their cell phone cameras during your ceremony and so there won't be ceremony pictures out there other than your pro pics, but you can't control what happens outside of that. If a guest takes a picture, it's their choice what they do with it.

Yeah, live streaming is in poor taste. Or maybe a great alternative for those who want to invite everyone they ever met to the wedding, but can't afford to host them properly.

Speaking of which, is there a privacy setting on FB where friend's tagged photos of me or any friend putting a photo on my timeline, has to be approved by me first?

I would be so upset if someone had done that at my wedding! Unless they had previous permission, that is royally effed up. It sounds like the person live streaming has a social media addiction and has lost touch with experiencing things in the moment. I haven't had a Facebook since 2012 (I also don't have a Snapchat or twitter) so I have no idea if anyone posted any photos or video on there, but we did have an unplugged ceremony so the likelihood was definitely diminished because of that.

@Natalie yes there is. Mine all have to be approved before they post to my wall or timeline or whatever they call it these days

That is horrible!