I have started to hate instagram not because how influencers
flex their life like they have it all. I can never understand how they can keep
up with the façade and I don’t want to get to it now. I hate it because at
times it just makes me feel claustrophobic. I hate it how Instagram has turned
so intrusive and manipulative. Stastically also, Instagram scores worst when it
comes to mental well being.
The moment I decide to forgive someone and move on with
things, Instagram algorithm will come up with all the post telling me how I
should carry on with the rage. When I try keeping up with the affirmation that
I am healthy enough, next moment I will come across a post which tells how PCOS
can lead to infertility. Do you see any alignment here? I know you have
rigorously invaded my mind but can you atleast keep up with the synchronisation
of my thoughts? I know my mind, my secrets has been mapped in zeroes and ones
but can you not juxtapose my thoughts? It’s unsettling.
A distorted idea of what’s going on in my mind or how my
life is in general is just right there on all the apps; Instagram, Facebook,
and YouTube. My YouTube feed will tell you my attempts on learning to meditate.
My Instagram will reflect me in the least subtle way. It will tell how badly I
need a therapy. I have lost the count how many times Instagram has made me
consider that I have depression. And let’s not even talk about the political
opinions skewed by biases right there; like it’s meant to radicalize us. No
ways it has been tentative in dealing with the right wing extremists.
The glitches of Instagram lapse though can sometimes feel
like a triumph, okay you don’t know me completely but at the same time it is
unsettling. I don’t know which opinion I am supposed to be polarized to because apparently
everyone has an opinion and every second person is an influencer. Everytime I
come across a self-indulgent, pointless, biased opinion, I can’t help but
ruminate about it. And also a possibility to consider it. The point I am
making here is there is already an invasion which you cant fight for but at the
same time putting contradictory opinions, thoughts, facts forth can just leave
you in trenches. I absolutely hate thinking that I am being ‘watched’ and
‘shaped’ by algorithms.
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