Annoyed with the World of Social Media

 

Social media is taking over the world. People do things now not for the benefit of their lives but to show it on either facebook, or twitter, or instagram.  I am part of the social media wave but i do not do things to rub in peoples faces. I think that's what the world is coming too. It's not so much about the contribution i am making to the world but "hey look at this guys. don't you wish you were me." I can't deal with it, but at the same time i don't know if i would be able to pull myself out of the media circle. It's funny because as i vent about the internet craze i am doing so on a blog that is part of this. hypocritical of me? absolutely but still something i needed to get off my chest. Before people took pictures for memories, now people take pictures for facebook defaults. I am someone who doesn't usually take a lot of pictures because i am out living those memories and i feel most of the photos are staged anyway. I mean if you're out somewhere having a great time why would you stop the great time and grab everyone you're with and pose for a photo. Why not just keep having a good time and relive the moment with fun stories you tell your kids. I mean if it really is that great of a time you will remember it.

Also check ins have to go. I don't care that you are getting dinner at this restaurant, i don't care that you are going to gym for the third time today. Why do you need to share it with everyone? It's insulting to my facebook page, although i am guilty of the annoying check in as well. Hash tags are getting worse. What started out as a way to link hot topics has turned into someone who hash tags everything they are putting in the picture default or the tweet. It's frustrating and annoying, there should be a law only two hash tags at most for every post on any media outlet. It frustrates me to the point where  i want to delete certain people, but i don't for fear people will take offense to it and assume i don't like them. No it's not that i don't like you, it's just that i don't like you enough to put up with everything you are putting up on these sites. I mean if people blocked me or didn't follow me i really wouldn't care, you see one thing i learned a while back is not to live your life to other peoples standards live it your own. You can't make everyone happy, you need to make yourself happy first. Trying to impress people with your pictures whether you want to admit it or not is awful and again i have done this too i just think we need to move on past this drawn out high school reunion media phase and get into making a difference in the world. I could be way off base but this is just how i feel.

#annoying!!!