[quote Drunkenmonkey]@DrSbaitso erm no! You were the one who said and I quote 'we get lots of people boasting about how they never boast well it clearly isn't making them happy'
To which I responded that I AM happy and I don't boast. My point was in direct response to your outrageous claim that people who don't boast aren't happy.
Why would I boast on Mumsnet? What would be the point? Noone on here knows who I am, I name change regularly, what kind of social kick would I get out of boasting on here?
I could sit here and tell you that I own a £5m mansion and a Ferrari (I don't before you accuse me of boasting) but what would be the point?
The reason many dislike posts like this on social media is because it appears fake and self centred. In real life you don't really see it. You learn social etiquette from a young age and if you met someone for a drink and they started some monologue about themselves and how successful and amazing they are most people would be put off by that.
I wouldn't dislike a person for making a post like that, I wouldn't not hire them or say anything negative to them, but I would inwardly cringe and I really dislike that aspect of social media, and I am perfectly entitled to that opinion.
I'm also not alone in thinking, many people are now starting to turn away from social media because this addiction to 'likes' and needing approval isn't actually particularly healthy.
We were never designed to be social animals at that kind of scale and it comes with huge drawbacks for peoples mental health too.[/quote]
Oh do me a lemon. When I mention people who boast about not boasting, and you respond by boasting about how you don't boast, you haven't disproved my point just because I mentioned the act first. You've corroborated it.
Why would you boast on Mumsnet? I guess for the same reason anyone does on their medium of choice. Makes more sense on a career website, tbh. For whatever reason, this makes you feel superior to those who do it while owning it openly and not being anonymous.
You think it is fake and insincere. Sometimes, I'm sure it is, but fakeness and insincerity are not inherent to the act. That's moralistic nonsense. Some people are effusive and like being seen. You don't have to like them, but they aren't your inferiors for it.
If social media is negatively impacting your mental health, come off it or tailor your feeds. It's not up to other people to meet your personal subjective standards on the "right" way to use it. I actually post more when I'm happy and stable, so there.
Tbh, when I see someone who isn't content to use social media as they prefer and just mute anyone who is apparently doing it "wrong" - who has to make moralistic and self righteous judgements about it - it makes me think they're jealous of those who use it different, to positive reception. It's not a moral issue and yet they're so angry that justice, as they see it, fails to be served.