Aug 20, 2022
I Wanna Break All The Rules
And so I Rant
I wanna break all the rules of social media
I’m so sick of the marketing, the SEO, the different types of posts for each platform in order to optimise your views and audience and I’m sick of the hashtags.
I don’t know what makes something go viral or not and I really don’t care.
I’m sick of all the attention seekers, the flaunters of their lives, good or bad, the look at what I’m gonna eat, photos and the mirror selfies.
I’m just done with it.
Why do I have to sell myself? Am I a commodity to be sold to not even the highest bidder?
I just don’t buy it. I’m sick of being told that I have to tell my story and be friends with people I don’t even know. Why can’t I just be me? Friendly doesn’t mean being friends. I can be friendly with everyone but everyone is not my friend, whether in real life or even online.
The word friend is thrown around so casually and cheaply these days. I wonder how many really know the true meaning of the word?
Social media is stressful, it takes so much of our time. I could be doing better things than worrying about how many likes, shares and comments I’m getting on my next post.
It all feels so desperate. It feels like that kid in school that just couldn’t be herself, the kid that didn’t fit in yet so desperately wanted to. So they did everything they could to be accepted, liked and to become one of the popular kids.
They just wanted someone to remember their name.
But I’ve never been that way. I like to be myself no matter what that means. I don’t have to stand out. I can blend in. I can be a wall with ears, I can be a door with a handle, I can be the black niqabi non basketball playing version of Koruko.
Being ‘visible’ doesn’t make you any more important than someone who is ‘not visible’.
It’s so sad that in this world it seems that no one wants to know you until you’re known.
The system is designed to suck us in and use us like robotic zombies. Regurgitating the same things and competing with fervor for that number one spot on Google’s first page. Its a cycle of mental slavery. Yes, it can be highly profitable and that’s what gets us stuck. You put in the effort, you gamble the odds, because there is a chance that you will make it. Of course there is. But so many don’t. So many don’t make it even after putting in so much work. They patiently persevere for that ‘one day’ to come.
No success comes overnight.
There is no magic formula either. You can follow all their rules and still not make it.
You can become a social media junkie slave and still not get anywhere.
But I think I’m gonna hang on to Twitter for a little bit. I need something to check the news once in a while.
The Niqabi Diaries is a podcast dedicated to sharing the stories of the Muslim women who have experience wearing the face veil.
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