Some social media trends become outright annoying. When they become overused, they make social media seem less genuine, and maybe even fake. These trends might also make people feel pressured or simply make them tired of seeing the same thing over and over again. Whatever the reason, here are 12 social media trends that people might be happy to see the last of.
The Perfect Morning Routine Posts
Morning routines and perfect breakfasts, many of them overly elaborate (with elaborate breakfasts, fancy skincare products, magazine-ready workspaces, etc.), are among some of the most irritating content.
Capturing a fantasy of a morning (probably shot by a professional) brings extra pressure for followers to keep up with content that bears no resemblance to their reality and takes place only in someone’s dreams.
Overuse of #Blessed
Sure, gratitude is great. But these constant ‘#blessed’ posts (a hashtag often used on social media to pay homage to good fortune) come off more as bragging.
This hashtag is used for everything from promotions, vacations and even material purchases. But it sometimes feels less about appreciation and more about showing off.
Fake “Life Hack” Videos
Watch too many ‘life hack’ videos, those time-and money-saving tips that endlessly come up on YouTube, and you might start to lose your patience. Most of us could use a way to work smarter, but a good portion of the advice in these clips is overly complicated or completely pointless.
Some are just click-bait. Rather than teaching you how to do something more easily, you spend an extra minute or two scrolling so you can learn to do it more awkwardly.
The Perfect Couple Goals Posts
Although it’s nice to see people in love, seeing constant ‘couple goals’ feel staged. The idea that there’s a certain kind of couple who always seem happy and complement one another, and who you should emulate by buying their relationship course, can appear unreal.
It sets up relationships as something that should be aspirational at all times. You can’t help but feel that it isn’t real love.
Constant Selling from Influencers
Besides posting to show off their actual lifestyle, many influencers are also trying to sell you something – skincare, workout regimes, the crème-de-la-crème of sneakers.
There’s nothing wrong with supporting the creators you enjoy. But with each post turning into a sales pitch, it can feel like a sales job weaving its way through your feed. People want to follow someone relatable not a marketing campaign.
Fitness Transformations with Extreme Edits
When body-transformation series are accompanied by healthy messages, they can motivate change. However, they can make it harder to feel motivated when the images are super-edited.
And, when the change doesn’t reflect a realistic timeline, this can really make people feel discouraged. A lot of people are exposed to these images & don’t know that filters and angles are often part of the transformation. This can make fitness goals seem even more impossible.
Cryptic Emotional Posts
Vague emotional posts like teasing about something bad happening without providing details c,an come across as attention-seeking since friends can only read into the ‘what’ without the ‘why’.
Posts that begin with ‘I can’t believe this happened …,’ without going on to explain, can leave a trail of shock or anxiety from friends who are left confused or concerned. It’s a new type of socializing that can feel less about sharing and more about comment-fishing or fishing for sympathy.
“Like and Share” Giveaways
Giveaways can be enjoyable – but ‘like and share’ requests fill up feeds and many are unsuitable posts prepped for virality, offering little to people who ‘like’, ‘follow’, ‘comment’ or ‘share’. And some look suspiciously like scams or even when prizes are genuine, leave people feeling like they’ve wasted their time.
Extreme Filters on Every Photo
Filters can be fun but are now being used to such an extreme that they begin to distort the reality of the scene they are capturing. Photos that look nothing like the real world can create unrealistic expectations. With extreme filters on nearly every image, it can feel harder to see real people or places behind the accounts. This makes social media less relatable.
Fake “Authenticity” Posts
More and more influencers are posting ‘real’ and ‘authentic’ moments but so many of those posts still look contrived. When you share a photo that looks entirely ‘authentic’ but still has impeccable lighting and editing, it just doesn’t feel real. And followers can see right through it.
Endless Travel Highlights
Endless feeds of exotic places can actually grow tiresome, especially when so many people are working hard to make it to the next day.
A steady stream of posts from all over the world can also give social media a skewed feel. It can make social media seem like a place of unrealistic lifestyles that are hard for regular people to relate to.
Political Rants with No Real Message
Social media is an arena in which people share ideas, but long political rants without substance often feel like empty noise.
These posts can be divisive, sparking arguments for views instead of healthy discussion. Without real insight, they often just add to the clutter, making followers feel like they’re scrolling through endless debates rather than engaging content.
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