why i decided to stop Hatin'

I’ve decided I’m going to stop being a “Social Media People Hater.” That means I’m going to stop hating on what people post and write on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Once upon a time I loved hating what people did on Facebook (read here, here and here). I was a Hater with a capital H. I even hate read people on the web for whatever unhealthy reason (like why is every single photo of you making a funny face? Why do you hashtag #every #single #word? Why are you always telling lies?). Unfortunately it has taken me a very long time to realize this: When I’m upset or annoyed with someone’s social media feed will my being annoyed stop that person from being annoying? No. Will my being annoyed affect that person in a way I hope it would (like as in make them feel ashamed of their posts)? No. That person will just go about his or her day constantly complaining about their life, update every hour on their activities and whereabouts, post a million photos of themselves in front of a mirror, write annoying motivational quotes and try to speak of politics when they don’t know what they are talking about. So, while these people are doing this—and having a great time doing it—I am sitting in front of my computer annoyed and having to control myself from writing rude comments. Well my friends, those days are over. Why give someone on the Internet of all places the power to annoy me? Also, it was kind of sobering when I realized that most of my complaints about people on the web were about people who complained all the time and that was the very thing I was doing except in real life. Anyway, as it turns out you can easily hide people from your newsfeed… now if it were only that easy to get rid of people we found annoying in real life…




People probably complain about me on Facebook….. Nah, who am I kidding. I’m sure everyone finds my posts about food and feet/shoe photos profound.