The numbers.
I feel thankful that when I was 13, if I got one like on a photo that was enough. No one was counting and no one cared, we changed our pictures because we did a photoshoot with our best friend at the weekend during the sleepover. Im thankful that while I was growing up in my dorky, weird looking stage I didn’t feel the need to have my social media perfect and a place everyone enjoyed.
However even as a 22 year old adult I still sometimes feel the effects of social media and the numbers, the followers, the likes. We watch them grow and grow, or in some cases they don’t grow.
Ive had this blog for about 5years now but only started taking it seriously in the past two, I see how many people visit it each day, month, and all time. I refresh every day to check the activity on my blog and I set myself goals for my all-time views. I hit my goal that I set for the end of the year a few months ago and I couldn’t be happier with the amount of people that click on my blog/posts. It feels surreal. However I know in the back of my mind it essentially isn’t a lot.
Ive had my Instagram that links to this blog for over a year now and if anyone looked solely at my followers they could easily look down at me. However I work hard to post content that I enjoy and challenge myself to post new things that are interesting. I look at friends who have less photos than me but triple the followers and start to put myself down that ill never be good enough and ill never break through the goals on there that I want to break.
But that’s the thing, recently they’ve been quite a few articles calling out social media influences for their followers being fake. Now I have my Instagram set as there business feature as it benefits the way I use my page more, so I often get those generic emails on ‘how to boost my following’ and the price packages I can get for REAL followers and likes!!! They emphasis on the real... its not very convincing. But that’s the question;
When did all these social media sites and ways to express ourselves and share our art become about numbers? I see people who don’t post content they actually want to because it doesn’t fit with their ‘theme’ and their ‘theme’ is what gets them followers. But why have followers if you cant post what you want to?
Yes I would love a bigger following, wouldn’t we all? I feel I work hard for my socials and this blog and sometimes I do get deflated when I see the same selfie, different wall get 3x the attention ive yet to get on a carefully curated post. But it wont stop me from posting what I like, what I enjoy and what I want.
I am just thankful that growing up I could post stupid videos on youtube and 20 views felt like 1,000 to me and one like on my profile picture meant the world. Because no one was getting more than 5. Lets be honest.
However even as a 22 year old adult I still sometimes feel the effects of social media and the numbers, the followers, the likes. We watch them grow and grow, or in some cases they don’t grow.
Ive had this blog for about 5years now but only started taking it seriously in the past two, I see how many people visit it each day, month, and all time. I refresh every day to check the activity on my blog and I set myself goals for my all-time views. I hit my goal that I set for the end of the year a few months ago and I couldn’t be happier with the amount of people that click on my blog/posts. It feels surreal. However I know in the back of my mind it essentially isn’t a lot.
Ive had my Instagram that links to this blog for over a year now and if anyone looked solely at my followers they could easily look down at me. However I work hard to post content that I enjoy and challenge myself to post new things that are interesting. I look at friends who have less photos than me but triple the followers and start to put myself down that ill never be good enough and ill never break through the goals on there that I want to break.
But that’s the thing, recently they’ve been quite a few articles calling out social media influences for their followers being fake. Now I have my Instagram set as there business feature as it benefits the way I use my page more, so I often get those generic emails on ‘how to boost my following’ and the price packages I can get for REAL followers and likes!!! They emphasis on the real... its not very convincing. But that’s the question;
When did all these social media sites and ways to express ourselves and share our art become about numbers? I see people who don’t post content they actually want to because it doesn’t fit with their ‘theme’ and their ‘theme’ is what gets them followers. But why have followers if you cant post what you want to?
Yes I would love a bigger following, wouldn’t we all? I feel I work hard for my socials and this blog and sometimes I do get deflated when I see the same selfie, different wall get 3x the attention ive yet to get on a carefully curated post. But it wont stop me from posting what I like, what I enjoy and what I want.
I am just thankful that growing up I could post stupid videos on youtube and 20 views felt like 1,000 to me and one like on my profile picture meant the world. Because no one was getting more than 5. Lets be honest.
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