I have a love-hate relationship with social media. It sucked me in. I feel this constant need for the approval from others. No one favorited or retweeted my tweet? No one liked my Facebook or Instagram post? I must be a loser.
What a horrible mindset to live in.
There's this Twitter account called Arkansas Confessions, where a U of A student can send in "anonymous" confessions. Usually it's just guys who are too nervous to talk to a girl in person.
For example:
"To the girl who just came in the Hotz laundry room... Please come back and give me your number."
That was from a few days ago.
This account is stupid. But entertaining. Sometimes people confess hilarious things. But mostly, I think it's messing with people's emotions. I know I'm not the only one who secretly wants to be posted about on there.
Here's a confession:
Sometimes I'll see a random guy look at me on campus and I'll actually think "I wonder if he'll post about me..." and of course it never happens. But you know what? I'm glad. I don't want to attract guys who use social media to flirt. Maybe that's a way to set guys apart nowadays.
But on with the show.
I'll list social networks from least obsessed to most obsessed.
5. Vine
I rarely ever post on it. I mostly just get on at night before bed and laugh really hard at the things people post.
4. Facebook
Let's be honest. I only keep my account because of my photography page and to look at blogs people share.
3. SnapChat
I think I just use this to make people laugh. And when I don't succeed, I feel stupid.
2. Twitter
In the past year or so, I've had this constant obsession with wanting more followers. More favorites and retweets. I only posted things I thought people would like. And when they didn't, I'd delete the post. How. Ridiculous. I am judging myself right now.
1. Instagram
I am a photographer. I LOVE photos. So naturally, this is my most used network. I'm so attached to it. I follow all of this awesome accounts and strive to be like them. Why? Why can't I just be myself? And why do I care how many likes I get?? I swear, this generation is the worst. If I don't get at least 40 likes, I feel like I failed. I'm laughing right now. I don't even feel the need to explain further.
So how have I started to fix this problem of being a typical 21st century kid? Well...
5. Vine
I don't get on every night before bed. Sleep is better than getting sucked into an hour of Vines anyway.
4. Facebook
Basically just hid people from my newsfeed that made me mad/annoyed/etc. I don't have a huge obsession with Facebook anymore.
3. SnapChat
Simple. Deleted the app.
2. Twitter
Despite how many followers I had, I decided to delete it and start over with a new one. It's private, so I have to accept follower requests. And I won't be following oodles of people anymore, which will make it harder to use it when I'm bored because there won't be a bunch of posts to read. I'm hoping that my addiction to popularity will go away. If not, Twitter will be gone for good.
1. Instagram
Oh, Lordy. I don't even know. I'm just going to have to pray about that one and not post for a while.
Not really sure where I'm going with this. I just think that our generation is awful. We could change how we look at life if we wanted to. It's just a matter of realizing how messed up and dependent on each other's approval we are.
This is my intervention. If you have a problem like me, then fix it. I dare you.
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