I was never that big into social media, mostly because I just see it as something really exhausting trying to maintain.  I check my Instagram feed pretty much daily, but I very rarely post because I never have think, “oh this is a great picture that everyone would want to see!” I also see how annoying everyone else is with their social media posts that I am so afraid of becoming remotely like that. I also see how negatively it can effect people when they really don’t have a filter.  Also, my dad works for Comcast and whenever they’re hiring new employees, the first thing they check is the potential employee’s social media, if there is anything remotely questionable (racist/sexist/drugs) they are automatically ruled as unhireable, and it’s likely that you won’t be told that it was because of something you posted four years ago, so all of this has left a bad taste in my mouth about social media. However, I still check my social media so that I can keep up with the latest drama and see what other people are posting.

In the article about “Terms and Conditions”, it made a good point about people posting for approval or satisfaction from others.  Even as bad as it sounded with people posting about funerals just to get more likes or more of a reaction from their followers, I still found it to be very true.  When someone that I followed posted a picture of himself crying after his great grandma died, I just kind of sat back and was so confused on why someone would ever feel the need to post a picture of themselves crying. But this is also similar to how people constantly post way too much about their relationships or breakups.  It’s just a way for people to get more likes on their posts, and they can feel better about themselves because they got a fake “oh my goodness I’m so sorry” or “y’all are couple goals!!!” comment on their posts.