I struggle with social media. I talked about it recently, here and on my own blog.
It’s been over a year now that I’ve had trouble finding the motivation to keep on with the various social media platforms I use(d).
Social Media Tiredness
I’ve been struggling with being active on social media as a viewer.
After a few years, a part of me feels like it’s always the same. I often find myself scrolling through Instagram, simply double tapping a few photos that caught my attention for more than half a second, and then directly jumping to the next one.
There are still many photos that amaze me. At the same time, there are so many photos out there that it’s hard to truly enjoy everything. It takes too much time.
Social media has become to me the fast-food of photography. It has nothing to do with the quality of the photos, but rather the way we consume it. Like fast food, social media is made to be consumed quickly and it doesn’t encourage you to spend enough time to truly enjoy someone else’s photography.
(For enjoying others’ photography, I find meeting with them in the real world, exchanging prints and hanging them at home to be more effective.)
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