12.07.2025
Instagram and social medias
Ever since instagram appeared it became my go-to platform everytime I wanted to post something. It was new and poplular when I was in middle school, it was the place to be. Pretty much the sace thing with facebook when it launched, now I guess instagram is what facebook used to be, the place where everyone is.
Only now I'm realising it is not a platform suited for me. I don't like posting pictures, I'd rather write a full paragraph talking about the latest thing I had in mind. Showing picture of where i live what I'm doing or just my face feels too personal and private for some reasons. Sometimes i do it but I always end up archiving them. The only thing I really like posting on intagram is the musics i'm into lately, that i keep in my highlights. I'm much more confortable with writting, I find it easier to choose what I want to share or not that way.
Actually I think don't like social medias the way they are now. I've heard Mina Lee in one of her YT videos saying that most of her non influencers friends stop posting completly because it felt pointless to post anything as a non influencer. The thing is, yes, social medias are made for influencers nowadays and I thnk that's the reason I also stopped posting. Even those with private accounts, only posting for friends and familly, are putting a shit tons of efforts into their posts. Finding a good light source, posing like lifestyle influencers, making sure it always looks aesthetic. It feels like if you're not going to at least pretend you're an influencer, then what's the point of posting whatever you want to post? I remember when we used to post just to share thoughts and interest, now we post to expose our life in a very romanticised and aesthetic way. But I admit I might be biased since as I said, I din't like posting pictures (not if that means exposing too much of my private life at least.). That's also why I like Blogs and personal websites more, everthing feels more genuine and intentional there. As we are scrolling through endless pictures and videos of aesthetic appartments, grocery shopping hauls and morning routines, we are inevitably tempted to feel like our lives aren't intersting enough. Whereas back in the days, I was watching a girl on talking about that time she cried over syrup on yt, reading a love letter she wrote for Legoslas' father or just showing around her favorite place near her house. And instead of scrolling on the perfect in appearence life of people, I was reading amateur poetry and journal entries on blogs.
I miss the time where internet belonged to "normal" people (we're not here to shame influencers), when going on the internet felt like an adventure instead of being sold a lifestyle by people who use their own life as advertisement.
Anyway, that's what's been on my mind today. Whoever you are, I hope you're okay.
See ya.