The length at which people go just to trend on social media is crazy, they do this to the extent that it consumes them and would stop at nothing to ensure that they get those likes and engagement to seek validation from strangers.
No doubt social media has affected many people especially ladies who can do anything for social media media. One time someone said you better lose your dignity and home training so that you can make good money because social media money is the new oil money for jobless Nigerian youth.
Then I begin to wonder, must we expose our bodies and partake in demeaning activities just to make money online I mean there are influencers who do not lie or expose their bodies and are making it online.
Take for instance, there is a Nigerian lady called hair tutorial on Facebook who post lifestyle content, one concerning her family I.e her husband and two kids, people respect her because of how she carries herself and she has grown overtime to over 10million followers.
There is also another married lady who wears only a slacked pant and bra on Facebook, claiming to be creating content with her body and it's no one's business, even with all the exposure she is still below 2million followers.
I watched a movie on YouTube titled "clout" by the actress Bolaji Ogunmola and Femi Jacob's, the movie is all about a couple who had made it big on social media but we're losing momentum, brands began dropping deals with them and could no longer afford the expensive lifestyle. The man was calm with the whole situation but the wife was so intense with how to get them back on track and be the latest trending couple.
She told various lies just to show to the public, fake crying, fake kidnap, fake family issue, fake divorce and all. This became too much and in the end they had issues with the marriage and all the wahala and got divorced in reality.
As we can see from the movie, the lady was too obsessed with seeking social media validation that she forgot that it could affect her marital relationship. Social media influencers become so addicted to gaining likes, followers that they forget to be real and drop their morals, creating a brand built on lies would never end well espec3on social media where your business is everyone else's business.
The digital age has greatly affected people that they lose their morality and discipline, people go to extreme lengths to find relevance in the digital world. Just like one lady on social media posting pictures she took in front of a mansion and claiming it was hers, at first people were happy for her but later the truth came out that she was not the owner, she claimed she only exploited that to gain popularity on social media.
In conclusion, when one gains the visibility on social media, they also lose a part of themselves and with their loved ones. Too much lies can bring about distrust and disability in a ones personal life.
Note:images were gotten from the movie
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