At parties, point your phone at others only after asking permission

For some people, a party is not complete until the photos reach Facebook, Instagram or a group chat. Lê Thị Nhung, 26, said she often photographs birthdays, meals and reunions, then posts the moments she considers happy and positive.

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Going to a party means meeting friends. Everyone dresses well and the atmosphere is cheerful, so it feels like a waste not to post good photos.

“Going to a party means meeting friends. Everyone dresses well and the atmosphere is cheerful, so it feels like a waste not to post good photos,” Nhung said. She sometimes returns home near midnight and reviews dozens of pictures before choosing moments in which everyone is smiling.

Trần Quốc Bảo, also 26, photographs gatherings with close friends who generally agree to the sharing. His group may go several months without sitting together, and old photos have become a way to recall past conversations and preserve the feeling that they are still in touch. He also sends the pictures to their common chat for everyone to see.

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If they are happy, positive moments, I don’t see a problem.

Nguyễn Thị Thu, 30, takes a different approach. When she attends a party with close friends, she chooses and edits a suitable picture, sends it to the group and waits for everyone’s approval before posting. But she once appeared in an album while talking, with her eyes closed and mouth open. When she asked the friend to remove it, the friend refused and joked, “Whoever posts the photo, on whose Facebook it appears, is the one who looks good.” Thu said the response left her uncomfortable.

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Whoever posts the photo, on whose Facebook it appears, is the one who looks good.