Love-Hate Relationship
I have such mixed feelings about social media. I can’t decide whether I love it or hate it.
As a writer, it can be very helpful in getting your work out to the world, touching people’s lives in places you never dreamed you could reach.
But as a writer, the biggest downfall is that now publishers require you to have this huge following before they’ll even consider looking at your work.
As a natural born stalker, I love being able to see what’s going on in everyone’s lives. I mostly enjoy seeing people having fun traveling, being with their families, celebrating holidays and life in general.
As a natural born stalker, I sometimes hate seeing people having so much fun while I may be recuperating from an illness or feeling particularly lonely, missing my family, or just plain feeling sorry for myself.
And don’t get me started on stalking people from my past. That rarely ends well, although it starts out as fun.
As a shopper, it has proven to be rather positive. I’ve seen some very unique items in my feed that I have successfully purchased as gifts. And if not from the direct ad sponsor, then I’ve Googled the item and purchased something similar or maybe even the same item cheaper elsewhere.
As a shopper, I can’t stand seeing all these ads constantly filling my feed screaming, “Buy me! Buy me!”
As a neurotic, I’m surprised at how my social media always knows what I’m sick with and posts all these informative ads or article links where I sometimes actually learn a thing or two.
As a neurotic, I absolutely hate how my social media always knows what I’m sick with and constantly reminds me by showing me all these scary ads or article links. It’s impossible to escape what’s ailing me even for a minute since it’s depicted in every two posts on my feed.
Is this the true definition of a love-hate relationship?
Tell me how you feel.