I have Facebook, a lot of people do, and it’s a great way to communicate with friends and family. Recently, I began to see people post things like, “Hey check me out on Snapchat” or “Hey check me out on Twitter.” So I added people, and it was great.

Then, I started seeing things in people’s feeds saying “Hey, check out my most recent Instagram post.” I figured, why not? I’ll check your Instagram post. That was until it got excessive.

I follow you on all of your social media outlets because you posted your username on each one, so why do you continue to advertise yourself daily? I don’t think there is anyone who doesn’t follow you everywhere if you post your username that often.

Because I follow you on all of your social media, I’ve probably seen your Instagram photo or I will soon. Why do you feel the need to post on your Snapchat story “peep IG” or “like my recent” every time you post a new picture? There are people who don’t check Instagram very often, and they’re probably not going to check just because you sent them there through Snapchat.

In Instagram’s most recent update, they included the new feature of Instagram stories. People have started to post “like my recent” and “check my account” on these stories. This is in effort to get people to like their pictures, similar to what they’ve been doing on Snapchat.

What annoys me about this is that I already check Instagram, so chances are I am going to see your picture. Maybe I’ve already seen it. I don’t need a reminder. I don’t need you to remind me to check your picture through your story because I am already in the app and I’m already looking at my feed. I am following you, therefore I am going to see your picture. You don’t need to remind me to go look for it.

Here’s a fun one; because likes and follows have become so important to people, I have started to receive texts and private messages asking me to go like something or check someone’s Facebook status. I don’t want to be asked or demanded to go like your stuff. If I want to like it, I will go find it, and I will like it. If you tell me to go like your stuff, when I am clearly following you and I will probably see it, I’m probably not going to like it when I do see it.

What is the point of texting someone “Hey, we’re great friends, you’re a great person, go like my Instagram post.”

My response to that is “Hey, we are no longer friends because you only like me because I follow you on Instagram.”

I do not expect everyone to like my pictures because that is an unreasonable expectation; that every single person who follows me, all 551, are going to like my picture. On average, I receive 120 likes per Instagram picture. Do I care that over 400 people aren’t liking my photos? I don’t. That’s 400 plus people who probably don’t check their Instagram, probably don’t see my picture. I’m not going to go text every single one of them individually and say “hey, you didn’t like my picture. What gives?”

I post pictures for my own memory because I get to go and look back and read through my own stuff. I understand that some people seek attention and need those likes, because if they don’t get those likes it’s the end of the world. Is it really though? Can you just deal with the fact that maybe someone didn’t see your picture or maybe someone doesn’t care? So you and so-and-so were hanging out. You didn’t invite me, so why do I need to like your picture?

The point is, nobody wants to see you advertising your other social media on the social media that we follow. I probably follow it all, so I don’t need to see your advertising. If I don’t follow it all, it’s probably because you advertise it so much. Making that connection now? Yeah, thought so.