Why Some People Refuse to Participate on Social Media
The psychology of people who don’t need likes to feel alive
We’ve all seen them. People who have social media profiles that are very light on details, and which feature only a generic avatar where their profile photograph is supposed to be.
We may wonder: Are these people Luddites who don’t believe in engaging wholeheartedly with technology and social media? Do they just not have the know-how to snap and post a selfie? Why don’t they just get with the times already?
Turns out, people who sit out social media participation may understand the technology just fine. Whether or not they choose to engage with it might be due more to their personalities.
The pros and cons of social media and online interaction
Many people who use social media jumped into it wholeheartedly. During the last twenty years, it has become more normalized for people to share personal details like photographs, travel diaries, and thoughts online, as well as to like, emphasize, or share other peoples’ thoughts.
Recent statistics show that over 1 million selfies are taken on Instagram every single day, while approximately 93 million selfies are “uploaded to Snapchat daily.”
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