Ranting on how people on social network can hurt your feelings..lol

United States
August 8, 2012 1:49am CST
Hi there, I currently use an Instagram for Photo Sharing App to keep in touch with friends and like photos. Instagram as I heard is one of those photo sharing social networks. Anyway ever since I started instagram on phone app, i got so hyped up with it. Taking pictures and posting photos and following people. It took awhile to gain followers. Eventually I also have random followers. So far, I noticed that the trend is now Instagram rather than facebook to share things. But ever since I got like 160 followers, it went down. My number of followers fluctuate as I post photos or likes on certain peoples pages, I think. So far I had some few friends I know as well as my concern is the cousins I did follow. They did follow me at some point then so far like 7 cousins unfollowed me along with some friends that did follow me, they also did unfollow me. Sometimes I feel the photos I post or things I share may not be interesting even if it was decent photos. I also am jealous of certain cousins following each other cousins on the instagram. It seems I'm the one being unfollowed at or something. I also I'm trying to limit photo posting too much as well. I just hope to gain my unfollowers back and gain more followers back but I don't know. I don't know why I'm concern about followers, unfollowers, etc, online prescense of friends or cousins. I also hate that there's such as deny, block, delete, unfollow, reject even if they are your cousins or friends in IRL on the social networking world. I am and I still secretly get depressed about how cousins are unfollowing me on instagram as well as bit of people of I know from school or actual friends unfollowing me. But mostly I wanted to keep in touch with cousins and family. I am still happy I still get some followers...But I'm almost in the verge of planning to make another new instagram or cooling off from it. I already changed username and my photo and name. I changed my email address that is not associated with facebook on instagram. I am so upset about how cousins are unfollowing me on instagram or whatever. I also tried to follow a guy cousin of mine on instagram. However, he follows all my other cousins especially my other cousin who is also related to him but rarely met at family reunion. Hoever, he doesn't let me follow him but her and other cousins and he has rejected my request to follow him on instagram. I felt left out. Also I feel he doesn't like me even if I'm related to him. But sharing all this petty feelings of social network and why cousins are ignoring me and why they unfollow me, I won't be able to share that with them. They won't understand and may tell my brother. Cuz my brother did know once of my random rant post of instagram and why people are not following me blah blah blah even if I hid the post from him. He knew about it because some people told him about it. I also twas wondering if people post their instagram pics and connect through facebook to upload them, and I click like on the actual instagram and facebook, is that annoying? saying like if I see the same photo that was on instagram and also shown on the facebook, does it make sense for me to like twice? I know someone that did that but then i dunno. I hope someone understands my feelings. I just wanted to vent. I just don't know why I'm worried of about being likeable on social networks as well as outside of computer. I did try to fit in on family reunion but I also felt I wanted to feel fit in with all my cousins. Anyway oh well. It sucks I'm just a boring person that they perceive me as. And at same time I am trying my best to look for a job because I have nothing to offer. I just feel left out that they are working and I'm not and don't have a job yet. I feel other cousins with other cousins are more better off than sticking with me. I feel like I'm wasting my feelings over nonsense social networks and gaining popularity among cousins or something. Feel free to share and input. Thanks.
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@TeamCholent (2832)
• United States
8 Aug 12
I am a strong believer that Social networks have turned some good people into idiots and careless freaks. Don't take their actions to heart as I am sure they just trying to abuse their power they might have. Being liked on Social networks is a natural thing, who doesn't like being popular? Move forward and don't focus on the negative but rather the positive.
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• United States
9 Aug 12
Hey there! thanks for your tip and message reply! hope you are doing well. I know social networks probably made some good people be picky on certain people especially if they were friends from high school or in person. Actually I may be nuts but I've been writing off a notepad on certain names of people who I wanted to add as a friend on facebook or myspace that have denied me, deleted me, ignore me. I don't know, sometimes i feel whatever i'm sharing is too boring for certain people or especially some of my cousins. I feel some of my cousins are more likeable or popular than me amongst each other. I do love them but at times I'm jealous just like how i had the family reunion. Also an example of one of my guy cousins that have instagram, he and another cousin of mine follows each other but he doesn't not follow me. I'm sad about that and he doesn't allow me to follow him on instagram as he has rejected me 2. He has other cousins and also those other cousins i did follow. Some of them followed me back, but then as time goes on on photo posting or liking their photos or photos of others in general or whatever it is, i did get unfollowed by a couple of cousins that did use to follow me. It's like whatever I'm sharing is not their type or maybe something. But they haven't unfollowed other cousins yet. Also i'm jealous of a female cousin of mine...she's able to have added or follow them and they follow her. I don't know why i want to be like and popular in social networks.. Same thing in person, I want to be liked but it never happens.. Sometimes I think, nothing is ever good for me when it comes to what i like.. And I hope to get a job someday.. I'm job searching... I feel left out and nothing to offer. they all have jobs but I don't. I just hope all is well. It will take awhile for me to move forward with some thoughts of being likeable on social networks and outside of social networks.. I'll try be positive.
@riyauro (6421)
• India
8 Aug 12
I feel sorry for you that your friends are unfollowing and this is disturbing you. I have a solution for you, do not take it to heart. Why do you want to have them follow you? it is there choice. But you do not have to take it to heart, if these simple things breaks you apart then I have to say you are not human being. Do not let anyone break you apart or hurt your feeling. You alone will suffer while others will be enjoying life to the fullest. You don't need them, they don't feed you then think of them so much. I have being through it and I am a strong human being to stand without being affected to what other do. I am here in India all alone. All my family is in Fiji. One of my came to India for holiday and they did not even tell me. They did not visit me or call me. I saw their pictures on facebook. And I grew up at their house. Can you imagine this. They had a happy time here in India and went back. I know now, those who don't care about me, they will get same from me. I don't need them. please be strong in life. have a good day
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• United States
9 Aug 12
Hi there! thanks for your input. I know that's what internet or social networks do that they can tend to hurt feelings of others if taken too seriously. It sucks that even on in person friend, there can be fake ones or the ones that just ignore you and be picky. Same with internet, ugh..lol. Do you use instagram? lol. Now to think of it, I really don't know. Unfollow and delete are different in usage of instagram and facebook. I still follow them (ie. twitter). But yeah, I dunno sometimes feels up and down about it. the reason I want to gain followers or them to follow me on such networks is like them adding me as their friend. I also hate losing followers at the same time. I use instagram also to keep in touch with cousins and share photos. I just feel left out out of my cousins because they are following each other and I feel I'm the only cousin being unfollowed by other cousins. I hope you are doing well. thanks for sharing your scenario. Sorry to hear about that family of yours never came to visit you. Are you friends with them on facebook? I'll just pray and hope all is well.