A couple of weeks ago my aunt asked me a question out of the blue, she asked “bakit hindi mo nililike mga pictures ko sa facebook?” which translates to “why haven’t you liked my pictures on facebook yet?”  I was baffled, because she’s not only asking me why I haven’t liked her photos but also obsessing over how many likes she’s got on her photos. I was so close to actually telling her that she’s not supposed to dwell on how many people liked her photos on that social media.

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           That said incident made me think on how not only teenagers but also adults obsess over how much attention they receive on their post, selfie or video they publish on the internet. It’s not healthy. The wonderful platform that these geniuses created is now being used to measure how beautiful or how famous a person is. 

Come to think of this. Just because person A has more likes on her selfie that she posted and you have less amount of likes doesn’t mean she’s prettier, maybe your Instagram friends have more important things to do in life than scroll through Instagram  and double tap pictures, right? Just because you have 200 facebook friends and she has 4567 thousand doesn’t mean you’re all alone, I bet you, she doesn’t even know ¾ of those people, at least you know in yourself that these 200 people are the earthlings you care enough about to read their random facebook update. 

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         Social Media is a fantastic place (bloody fantastic) to be who you are. You can post a video on youtube showing your awesome singing skills, post your oh-so-deep poem on tumblr and share your creative picture on Instagram. But so many people are using the platform to gain attention and measure their self-worth. 

    Think about this, if a person doesn’t like who you are or judges you in the internet, then ditch them. Don’t change the way you look or the way you tweet or the way you interact with others for that one person to like you. Because she doesn’t even know who you truly are yet, it’s just a part of your whole persona! And if that person judges you immediately then she doesn’t deserve to know the whole awesomeness that is you!

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A couple of weeks ago my aunt asked me a question out of the blue, she asked “why haven’t you liked my pictures on facebook yet?” now thinking about it , I should have definitely told her she’s beautiful and the likes she gets  will never ever measure that. 

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