Wednesday, August 4, 2021

dear diary: social media is designed to be hostile

8. dear diary social media is designed to be hostile

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It doesn't matter if you're creating or consuming content, social media is designed to become hostile after a while. Lately, I've been consuming less and less content on social media platforms (and, of course, I keep creating because that's my job) and it's because I don't really connect with a lot of people anymore. I find issues with fashion influencers telling you what you should wear and how you need to stop wearing certain things because "they're not trendy or fashionable anymore" (and it pisses me of even more because 9 out 10 of them don't even know what a proper trend is), I don't even pay attention to those who dance on Tiktok or to those influencers whose only talent is showcase their bodies, it really does not resonate with me at all. 

And then I started to see a lot of people who feel very bothered by social media, by the "unattainable" standards it sets. Personally, I've never been frustrated by said reasons... I see people buying really expensive stuff, going to really fancy restaurants, travelling, being super pretty... It doesn't really bother me because I know where I stand and I know my financial limitations; however, after analysing things, I see that it promotes an unhealthy and hostile environment. As spectators, people can become frustrated with their own reality and, as creators, I get frustrated when I see the reach some people can get and how they use their platform for the shallowest of things, I get frustrated because my numbers don't grow and I can't get better payment for a job that I'm really good at (sometimes better than tons of famous influencers). 

At first, social media makes you feel connected and happy and you create content (or consume it) enthusiastically... The moment that bubble bursts, you start feeling strange, like you're not good enough, like you need to do more. Social media is designed to be hostile like that because, no matter on which side of the spectrum you stand, it makes you go back to it and keep investing your time there (one way or another). It's up to each and every single one of us to start healing the relationship we have with the Internet and work on the feelings it makes us get... At least that's what I'll try to do.


// No importa si estás creando o consumiendo contenido, las redes sociales están diseñadas para volverse hostiles después de un tiempo. Últimamente he estado consumiendo menos y menos contenido que sale de plataformas sociales (y, por supuesto, sigo creando porque ése es mi trabajo) y es porque realmente ya no conecto con muchísima gente. Tengo problemas con los influencers de moda que te dicen lo que deberías usar y cómo necesitas dejar de usar ciertas prendas porque "ya no están en tendencia o de moda" (y me enoja más porque 9 de cada 10 de ellos ni saben qué es una tendencia en forma), ni siquiera les pongo atención a los que bailan en Tiktok o a esos influencers cuyo único talento es mostrar sus cuerpos, realmente no resuenan para nada conmigo.

Y luego empecé a notar a mucha gente afectada por redes sociales, por esos estándares "inalcanzables" que pone. Personalmente, yo nunca me he sentido frustrado por esas razones... Veo gente comprando cosas muy caras, yendo a restaurantes elegantes, viajando, siendo súper bonita... Realmente no me molesta porque sé dónde estoy parado y mis limitaciones económicas; sin embargo, después de analizar cosas, veo que sí promueve un ambiente poco saludable y hostil. Como espectadores, las personas pueden sentirse frustradas con su propia realidad y, como creadores, yo me siento frustrado cuando veo el alcance que algunas personas tienen y cómo usan su plataforma para cosas frívolas y vacías, me frustro porque mis números no creen y no puedo hacer que me paguen mejor por un trabajo en el que soy muy bueno (a veces mucho mejor que aquellos influencers famosos).

Al inicio, las redes sociales te hacen sentir conectado y feliz porque creas contenido (o lo consumes) con entusiasmo... En cuanto esa burbuja explota, te empiezas a sentir raro, como si no fueras lo suficientemente bueno, como si necesitaras hacer más. Las redes sociales están diseñadas para ser hostiles porque, sin importar en qué lado del espectro te encuentres, te hace volver a ellas y continuar invirtiendo tu tiempo ahí (en una forma o en otra). Está en cada uno de nosotros empezar a sanar esa relación que tenemos con el internet y trabajar en esos sentimientos que nos da, o al menos eso es lo que yo intentaré hacer.

Love always,
Henry.

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