Last year I helped a kid get some free legal services & paid for him to get a new phone & when we finally met up he greeted me by saying, “Damn you’re really about that life, I thought it was just an Internet thing.” Because so many ppl have huge platforms, claim to do mutual aid
-yet they never actually help people. They help businesses & organizations, usually ones they founded/benefit from personally. So I was talking to a friend about how sad it was that the kid was used to being ghosted by ppl who offered to help him online &
-the friend was like, “I mean yeah, for most people our online presence is a character. I’m definitely not who I am online irk.” Uh. Ma’am. Madame. Missus. NOOOOOOOOOOOLMFAO I AM DEFINITELY THE SAME PERSON ON EARTH AS I AM ON THE INTERNET!!!!!! WTF?!
Anyways I’m not friends with her anymore & it’s still very weird to me that the Internet is being used as an excuse to be inauthentic as fuck by ppl who amass these huge fucking platforms. It’s bananas and I absolutely hate it.
A lot of ppl are way more interested in having “followers” than actually doing good. I remember when I actually had a large social media following & was still blogging professionally, I only wanted organic engagement so I started removing followers & ppl thought I was insane.
Nah. Not insane. I just don’t see the need for having followers just to have followers. I need followers who will open their purses & donate to individuals in need, and who will share links & shit. Not to like my posts. Tf? I like myself enough already lbvs.
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