Does social media make us overshare?
Bridget thinks she sometimes shares too much on social media,
so she’s decided to go on a TMI haitus.
Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are great! They allow us to follow our favourite celebs, keep up to date with current events, and they let us say things we wouldn’t normally say in real life. Sometimes, we even overshare.
Our oversharing can sometimes lead to strangers thinking that it’s okay for them to ask deeply personal questions. Questions that would often be reserved for those in our “inner circle” have somehow become okay for strangers to ask us, because it seems like we’ve broken down the fourth wall.
Celebrities often bear the brunt of the freedom that social media has given us. It’s become okay for people to ask celebs deeply personal questions or say really mean things, as a feature on Jimmy Kimmel’s show called “Celebrities Reading Mean Tweets” has shown us.
Some celebs have even gone self-imposed hiatuses because
they either felt they were sharing too much of themselves online or they’d just
had enough of the Twitter trolls.
“Girls” star Lena Dunham quit tweeting in her own personal capacity earlier this year, saying that people on Twitter were just too mean. Her PR team does her all her tweeting now.
South African singer and actress, Nandi Mngoma revealed this week that she was taking her own self-imposed Instagram hiatus because, well, she just needed a break.
Remember that period in 2013 when it seemed like Justin Beiber was getting himself into trouble every single week? It got really bad during May, and the “What Do You Mean” hitmaker proclaimed that he was done with Twitter, for good. Luckily for Beliebers all over the world, that only lasted one week.
