Hi Im Hannah and Im a Social Media-aholic

    Okay, I'll admit I spend way too much time on social media. I don't think many people realize the amount of thought that goes into posting for some people. When I first got an Instagram account, back in middle school, I would post many times a day and most of my posts were about One Direction. As I got into High School, I would still post a lot but my posts had more meaning. Over the past year or two social media has become a much more detailed process. Instead of posting every day I began post once every couple weeks. Because I was posting less, the pictures that I posted had to be much better and the captions had to say exactly what I wanted to convey. Ill admit even in the past week I have spent over an hour looking for a quote or song lyric that fit my picture perfectly. This can be a stressful process for me and my friends. Another thing that a lot of thought goes into is an Instagram Bio. Some of you never put any thought into social media and are wondering why on earth would someone care that much. Let me explain it to you. Social media is the way that you are viewed to your friends and your peers. Have you ever wondered why no one posts ugly photos of themselves or why no one ever posts about the bad days they have? Its because of the way they want you to see them. You want to post the best pictures with the best captions to convey exactly how you want to be seen. Believe it or not, Social media has a big affect on the people you attract and the friends you make. I am considered a very social person because I am always trying to make new friends and hang out with a lot people, so social media is important in many ways to me. A lot of the friends that I hang out with and take pictures with get kind of upset with me sometimes because of social media and it actually stresses me out deciding what pictures to post. Since I only post one every couple of weeks I just try to choose my favorite pictures but a lot of the time the best pictures will be with the same people. I end up making my friends think "Why didn't she post the pic I took with her?" and then they question our friendship and wonder if my other friends are more important to me when its really all about social media.

     I made a somewhat drastic change to my Instagram because I was afraid that people viewed me and my posts as annoying. So I went back and deleted all my old annoying One Direction posts and changed my Bio. A lot goes on when someone posts a photo. If its a cute photo then of course it is expected that ten of your friends comment on how cute you look. Its not really about the compliment, like the podcast said, its much more about the friendship. If you comment on someone's photo it means that you care enough to put in the effort to comment. I know that after reading this blog post it probably sounds like I obsessively focus on what to post on Instagram but most of this happens subconsciously for thousands of teenage girls. I have just put a lot of thought into why we do what we do so please don't think I'm a crazy Instagram addict. haha