Rethinking the use of Social Media
A couple of days ago, I was scrolling through Instagram Reels. Reels content isn’t as good as Tiktok, but it keeps getting better throughout the time. From what I just watched, I can guess that Reels videos consist of highly viral videos, like nationwide viral. And the reels that have been liked by the accounts we follow.
As I scroll through, I noticed that Reels videos can be grouped into these categories. At least these are the videos that came to my reels.
- Traveling videos. Including cafes.
- Success quotes
- Relationship quotes or videos.
- Podcast snippets.
I got political videos on Youtube Shorts, but not in IG Reels.
I just thought that how shallow it is.
I just read good books the day before, and when I switch to Social Media. I found a huge gap between the books and social media content. So, I think we need to read more good books to realize that, how trivial social media content is.
But What about the good content?
Sure, there are numerous good content creators. Good for them. But for most of the content. For the most trending ones. I don’t think it’s worth our time to consume them. Going near social media is to look at a news portal.
I used to look at trending articles on detik.com. And unsurprisingly some of the news are unworthy to read.
So do we need to delete all social media?
So, for most of us. I think we don’t need social media. Except if you have something, you have some goals to achieve that can be helped by your presence in social media.
For example, if you have a product. You need to introduce them from social media. That is worth having a social media account. You want to build your brand as a Professional. I think it’s good to write on LinkedIn and Medium. And for Instagram, I don’t know. Sure some influencers got big on Instagram who is also tech professionals. But I think, for my condition. It’s more worth the time to write more on Linkedin and Medium.
My consideration in writing for Medium and Linkedin is should I post regularly? But what content? I haven’t mastered anything. The middle way is to have two kinds of posts. The post that I just want to write. Just want to share like this one. And the writings that are linked to my goals. For example, if my goal is to get hired as a Data Analyst. I will post my portfolios as well.
That’s it. I hope this can help you rethink your Social Media Use.
