Are You Stroking Your Ego (or Something Else) on Social Media?

Social media has truly changed over the years. What first started out as a way for friends to socialize and share moments and pictures online has turned into something drastically different where people are merely stroking your ego rather than properly leveraging their platforms. Some say it’s good, while others say it’s bad. Your mileage may vary depending on how you use each platform and consume the content.

For the sake of this article, I’m going to generically use the term “social media” rather than speak about each platform separately, as my viewpoints are basically the same across the board. But let’s dive a little deeper and understand if you’re stroking your ego on social media (or something else).

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Stroking Your Ego

These days it seems like social media users are using various platforms to stroke their own ego — perhaps you’re stroking your ego too? They post things they are doing, such as fancy vacations or expensive meals. They post their newest whip. They post their new watch purchase. And even post a picture of their home. The question becomes, “For what purpose?” Other than stroking your ego? What’s the purpose? What’s the “why” for doing it?

Is the goal of many to post these things to keep up with the Jones’? Are they trying to impress everyone on their materialistic possessions? Do they feel their “online status” means something in the real world? Heck, some people fake every aspect of their social media content by stealing other people’s photos or by going to snap a photo of something which they don’t personally own and making it come off as if it’s theirs.

People are living fake materialistic lives online. Whether they are trying to impress the opposite sex or their followers, their actions are deliberate and methodically planned. Why was there such a change? When did it even take place? Social media has turned into one big dick-measuring contest of who can flaunt the most things showing off a lavish (even if it’s fake) lifestyle.

You’re stroking your ego — that’s all there is to it. But wait… there’s more.

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Nothing makes me laugh more than some of these women on social media. Sorry ladies, but you’re the worst offenders of this.

Women put photos up on their social media as if they were applying for a strip club or looking to appear on a “casting couch.” Or better yet, it’s just an advertisement for their OnlyFans account. You’re stroking your ego to make it look like you’re the baddest chick out there, and all eyes should be on you.

Dudes get off on these chicks and “like” every photo or video they post as if they are some sort of celebrity. What’s even worse is the fact that you can have a chick who has no true value to share on her social media, yet when she posts images of her tits and ass, you see her engagement blow up like she’s a Kardashian. It’s laughable.

What do these women expect to get from their images? Are they so insecure about their life that they need validation of their worth by basically posting nude photos on social media? If you are a fitness competitor, I understand some of the photos posted, but random everyday chicks are posting images saying, “Check out my new hat,” and it’s a partial shot of a hat with a full shot of their chest. You know what you’re doing — stroking your ego and hoping guys stroke one out themselves so that they’ll engage with you more.

Then, if you want to kick things up a notch, you’ll see something like this posted…

A chick in the morning will post an image with a biblical quote or some type of religious post and then four hours later post a photo of her holding her boobs with nothing else on. So… explain to me how religious you are again?

Many of these women post about how they are treated like objects and how unfair it is to have men think of them only because of their bodies and how they look. Well, what do you expect people to think of you when you’re basically whoring yourself on your social media platforms? Maybe try having some class, and men will respect you a little more and not think of you simply as a piece of ass (pardon the term, but it is what it is)?

Personally (and I can only speak for myself), I have all but stopped posting personal things on my social media platforms. Part of the reason is that I use them more now as marketing and advertising for my business, but also because the people who are “friends” or who “like” or who “follow me” I don’t even really know.

So, why would I want to put my whole life out there under the microscope for anyone and everyone to see? Social media is like a reality television show these days.

My life and my family are private. I don’t need everyone across the globe to be all up in my life. My friends and family know what I’m up to in my personal life, I don’t need complete strangers stalking my every move — that’s just weird.

And if you’re a female posting “risqué” photos and have a bunch of people you don’t know following you, that’s actually quite scary when you think about it. You don’t know these people, yet they know everything about you and become obsessed. So obsessed that you open up the possibility that they’re going to find out where you live, and before you know it, you have a stalker. If that doesn’t sound like fun, stop stroking your ego online.

My content on social media platforms is put out there to help people. If you follow me, you know just about every day I post a new piece of content that I wrote for my followers to engage with and learn from. I want to help people on these platforms. My goal isn’t to impress you (except maybe with my quality content). I’m not flashing my cars, home, watches, etc. Could I? Sure. But I’d rather provide value and help people.

In the end, to each his or her own. If you want to be stroking your ego online, go ahead. But that ship will eventually sail because you’re a dime a dozen. Social media has changed a lot and, in my opinion, not for the better when it comes to personal (not business) accounts. All of those posts of you stroking your ego may come back to bite you in the butt.

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