7 Social Media Trends that Need to be Stopped

It’s fair to say that social media isn’t a stress reliever for most. Scrolling through Instagram feeds can result in wanting to scratch our eyes out, Twitter arguments often have the effect of us slowly losing faith in humanity, and even logging onto Facebook is a mistake within itself. I’m sure we could spend more time naming our Internet Pet Peeves than the time it takes a girl to get ready for Prom, but for the sake of time and my personal mental well being, we will only skim the surface of a couple of the worst things people do on social media.

1. Anniversary Pictures: We get it. You and your high school honey have been dating approximately 2 months and 9 days. CONGRATULATIONS. Is the five paragraph essay spilling your love for them following a collage of microscopic pictures with them necessary? I’m pretty sure your followers could get through life without an updated timeline of your relationship every month.
2. Game Requests: Logging onto Facebook and seeing a notification, but soon realizing it’s just a game request to play Farmville can singlehandedly ruin your day. In all honesty who even has time to play these games, and if you did have time to play online games why would you waste it on Facebook when Webkinz is just a click away?
3. Over-edited Pictures: Yeah, insecurities suck, but it’s more than obvious when you see someone’s picture and their entire mouth is lightened due to their attempt to edit their teeth whiter. Next time just try a toothless smile or invest in photoshop!
4. Hashtags: I thought hashtags were a thing of the past but *cough* *cough* apparently there are people trying to make them trendy again! #StopHashtags2k16
5. GOALS: No matter how many pictures you retweet of couples doing strange yoga poses on the beach together or of young couples with their Ralph Lauren model look alike kids, these “perfect” couples aren’t going to resemble you and your significant other. If you did try however, it would result in a trip to the ER because the downward dog pose snapped your spine in half or you soon realized that the perfect looking kids were forced into modeling at a young age, therefore traumatizing them for the rest of their lives
6. The “candid” snapchat: Taking videos of others without them knowing until the very last second when they see you and burst out laughing was funny the first time it happened, in 2013…., but can we leave that one to rest now? Your snap story viewers don’t find it funny or appealing, and it’s basically just public humiliation for the other person. 🙂
7. #MCM #WCW: My question is when did describing men and women as candy turn into the biggest compliment ever? The constant pictures of the newly tattooed Justin Bieber flooding through twitter feeds every Monday along with Kendall Jenner’s headshots every Wednesday are becoming redundant. If anything, can we start glorifying celebrities who actually have contributed positively to society rather than bringing excessive attention to the ones only with the pretty faces?