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Entertainment December 31, 2016
Tina Knowles and daughter BeyoncéTina Knowles just announced on Instagram that she would be taking a break from social media after accidentally liking a comment from a user criticizing Beyoncé’s “Dream Girls” co-star Jennifer Hudson.
She announced in a lengthy comment that her “children worried that I might accidentally touch something,” on the site, adding that “they always say I am not that great on social media.” And in that, I don’t think Knowles is alone.
More grandparents are online now than ever, with a survey from the Pew Research Center finding that 62 percent of online adults ages 65 and older now use Facebook, a 14-point increase from 2015. So a lot more of your older relatives are online now – but that doesn’t mean they know what they’re doing.
This is evident in Knowles’s mishap, as well as the daily snafus of other grandparents, such as my own grandma, who likes to spam Facebook pictures with comments such as, “GRANDMA LIKES THIS.”
In light of Knowles’ Instagram oops, ENTITY looks at seven of the funniest social media fails by parents/grandparents.
My own grandmother likes to post back to back comments, often using all caps. When I shared a snap of my new dog she didn’t miss an opportunity for a typical grandma moment, spamming Facebook with an unusual compliment.
I guess this woman has yet to master the group message. Though, as she notes, luckily she hadn’t started trash talking any of the other unlucky relatives attached to the chat!
It seems to be an ongoing trend to see older social media users reaching out to brand accounts for everything from small talk to everyday solutions, and in this case, a little bit of grief counseling.
Can you feed g the dogs
— Shelly Bernstein (@shellyb31) August 6, 2012
You know that thing where your friend isn’t answering your texts, but then you see them posting on Twitter? Perhaps that’s what this mother was dealing with when she tried to get her daughter to take the dog out… key word being “tried.”
This mom must not have been aware of autocorrect when she made this texting fail. It certainly makes a good argument for proofreading before hitting send.
Perhaps it can be hard for new adapters to adjust to all of the social media apps available these days. This woman certainly seemed a bit confused.
Somebody grandma is coming in clutch this year!! Ayee!!! pic.twitter.com/QGrx83nHLl
— Jamal Hinton (@kingjamal08) November 15, 2016
So this just happened pic.twitter.com/zqElkMd6zM
— Certo Nego (@RonaldDoee) November 25, 2016
This grandma became famous earlier this year after accidentally texting Jamal Hinton instead of one of her own grandchildren about Thanksgiving dinner. But the mistake worked out, as she held to her invite and actually had her new friend over for dinner, with him and pal Ronald documenting the events on Twitter.
Laugh out loud mishaps aside, at least they all tried? Anyway, with statistics proving that the number of older Americans using social media is only growing, it looks like we will have plenty of Twitter/Facebook/Instagram and text fails to look forward to.
