FOLLOW NATION
So I used to be at the forefront of this movement I call follow nation.
The rules are simple.
If someone you know but aren't super close to, or you are relatively close to, but doesn't seem cool enough and/or doesn't have many likes on their posts, follows you on instagram... don't follow them back.
If someone you sorta/kinda know/ have seen around and seems like they would like to be your friend because you're oh so cool (just don't let anyone know you're aware of that), follows you on instagram, don't follow them back
Basically if someone you have had any form of interaction *cough* significant interaction with (at least to them) follows you on instagram and they have
a. less followers than people they are following
b. less than 11 likes or more on their pictures
c. less than 100 posts
d. more than 1000 posts
e. interesting pictures but not really
or f. all of the above... DO NOT feel inclined to follow back.
- someone you just met and who's evidently trying to get connected
-someone you have or have had a relationship with and you secretly don't like them **double points if you were following them and unfollowed them and it was never addressed that you didn't like them
-people you don't know but are obviously real people
-a co-worker
-someone you don't particularly know but see sometimes locally
- someone you have hung out with but "you just don't give a shit man, you don't want to see their posts anymore" ...
Okay, are ya'll getting my point here?
This shit is ridiculous. Seriously.
I've been going through this recent condition called "growing up" and it's really strange but I've begun to desire truly nourishing and enriching relationships. Realizing how seemingly retarded it was to weigh the number of those who were following me on instagram and those who I was following I had to ask myself how much these people really meant to me. Are their lives important? I mean, I'm sure you're thinking.. "aleichia, it's not that serious. It's just social media." Well if that's the case why does it hurt you so much to not follow back? Literally I had friends, or people who I would consider friends, liking all my shit and I didn't have the decency to keep them on my feed because sure you're important... but just not THAT important.
It's really immature when you think about it. Also, it confirms the theory that western civilizationers (I made that word up) are extremely insecure due to our bizarre societal standards and we increasingly want to feel like the "cool guy". If we treated our social media like everyday interaction I just might walk right past, ignoring the existence of, half the people I know ! Maybe I'm getting old. Or maybe this is just a phase and I will soon come to my senses and realize that likes and follows ARE more important than people's lives! Who knows.
All I know is that right now I don't want a fucking fan base. I want friends and real relationships that I can nourish. So there.
Tune in next time when I discuss how I now think that posting pictures of food, creating a false internet presence, and documenting things I was present at but didn't really experience is STUPID AS HELL! Don't miss it folks!
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