Commenting on old pictures/blog entries

[Namárië]

Recently, I have been getting a lot of comments on old pictures of me from one person on facebook. I'm talking, like two years old. Some of them I'm not even tagged in, but I had left a comment in (saying, wow, I look ugly in this pic, haha). We're not friends on facebook, FTR, but she did add me yesterday. The request is still sitting in my inbox because I am not going to friend her.

Today she commented on a couple of old blog entries. One from February, and another from March.

Maybe it's just me, but I usually stick to things from the past 2-3 days to comment on. Is commenting on old stuff totally normal, rude, or just weird? (I know she's really odd, so I kind of expect that sort of behavior.)

[bah12]

I don't think there's a set time limit on when to stop posting comments on people's FB entries...so, I don't think it's rude.   
To me, it's a little weird, because I don't spend that much time digging in peoples' profiles to find the really old stuff.  Knowing someone was searching through everything I've ever posted or update I've made, would just weird me out.  But again, it's not rude.  That stuff is public and you did give them access, so them doing so is not totally unrealistic or uncalled for.

Saying that "you look ugly in that picture" is rude.

[Namárië]

It's rude for me to say I look ugly in a picture where I look awful?  

These a friend's pictures of me; so I didn't give her access, she just dug around looking for them, I guess.

(edited to fix spelling  )

[Hushabye]

It's rude for me to say I look ugly in a picture where I look awful?  

No, it would be rude for *her* to say you looked ugly one of the photos.

And I don't think there's a statute of limitations on when someone can comment on a post or a photo.  I've had friends go back and dig up some older ones just to say something like "Look how young we looked!"

[bah12]

It's rude for me to say I look ugly in a picture where I look awful?  

These a friend's pictures of me, so I didn't give her access, she just dig around looking for them, I guess.

No, I thought your friend made those comments...you can say whatever you want about yourself

[Surianne]

I love it when folks comment on my older blog posts--it's good to know that new people are finding my blog and enjoying it enough to read the older entries.  So I can't fathom why that would be rude.

I also don't really understand the photos thing, to be honest--didn't you put them up there to be shared?  I often browse the photo albums of new friends.

[Namárië]

Sorry, bah, I'll make my OP more clear. 

Surianne, they are not my pictures, they are pictures of me... a friend's pictures. And my friend is friends with this person on facebook, not me.

I suppose it was helpful, her comments reminded me that I have a blog, lol!

[Surianne]

Is she saying something unkind about you in the photos?  If not I think I'm still missing what's rude about it.  I've gone to, say, my friend Jolene's photo album and posted "Wow, Jolene, you and Therese look awesome in those costumes" or something similar.  Or I've posted on a friend's wall "Hey, I saw the photo of you parasailing in Dave's album, that looks so cool!  When did you go?"  Would you consider these to be rude if the photos were from a few years ago, and if so, why?

If you don't like comments on your blog I think you can also turn off the comments feature on most blogs. 

[Namárië]

I don't think it is rude. It is just something I have never personally encountered before, so I was wondering if there was some unspoken internet etiquette about it. 

[Surianne]

Ah cool, in that case: no, I don't think there is    Curious to see what everyone else will say though.

[siamesecat2965]

I don't think it is rude. It is just something I have never personally encountered before, so I was wondering if there was some unspoken internet etiquette about it. 

I don't think there's any hard and fast rule; I know I've commented on people's photos on FB that may be older, and have been posted a while ago, but they are new to me, as I've perhaps just added them as a friend.  So no, I don't think there's anything wrong with commenting on something that's not recent.  And as far as blogs; some of my HS classmates have them, and I've gone through and checked them out, VERY interesting, one is a published author, and the other is an artist - jewelry, etc. and has blogged and shown pictures of things she's created.  While I've never commented on the blogs, I find it interesting to see what they've been up to all these years!  But again, if I did comment on something older, it would be because its something I'M seeing for the first time.

[TootsNYC]

Sorry, bah, I'll make my OP more clear.  

Surianne, they are not my pictures, they are pictures of me... a friend's pictures. And my friend is friends with this person on facebook, not me.

I suppose it was helpful, her comments reminded me that I have a blog, lol!

I don't think that's rude, or even weird.

I know when I first become "friends" w/ someone on Facebook, I will often look through all the stuff on their pages. Just to see what's up with them.

Or, if they add a picture to the album, I might look through the rest.

It's up there because those people want them to be available to anyone who comes along later.

[Amava]

I think it's fine, especially with pictures. Blog entries that are completely outdated, maybe a little weird to comment on. But not rude or anything.

Pictures are there for memories and it's nice to share these memories with people who haven't seen them before. I like it when people comment on my pictures, old or new.

[Rohanna]

I've said this a few times on here but I think it won't hurt to repeat it:

If you don't want/like people seeing photos, change your privacy settings so they can't see it. For every one person that comments, there are probably 20 that don't...

[Shoo]

I don't see anything at all wrong with it.  When I add a new friend, I always look through their page to see what's going on in their life.  I love looking at their pictures, and it wouldn't occur to me to check the date the pics were downloaded.  

There is no deadline regarding what people can look at on someone's FB page or blog.  If there were, nobody's blog would have an archive.  And if something you've written long ago inspires a comment from someone new to your blog, what's wrong with that?