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Humans are creatures of habit, but what happens when those habits actually harm us?
A few weeks back Facebook had a whistleblower step up and share some of these patterns and habits that seem to be recurring in young teens social media usage. The patterns and habits of going from a healthy eating recipe post, to a fad diet sales page happens within minutes of connecting with content.
When I was young this was a marketing tactic I started to notice on my personal Instagram page. I started following health and fitness accounts to get more ideas of workouts for the gym, it started out very innocently. A few before and after posts, a few workout videos and next thing I know I'm on my instagram explore page and I see all of these graphics “Skinny is better than…..” WTF?
I didn't want to be marketed by these types of ads, luckily at the time I was at JMU and my sorority was openly talking about eating disorders, it happened to be our philanthropy. I saw how much it can impact people.
This was actually one of the reasons why I waited/hesitated with starting Meraki Media Management. I didn't want to be known to work with a platform that could harm children, adults, everyone. So much so that I really contemplated it. I told myself when I was creating my first course I would share these negative thoughts that I had while I was using social media. I wanted people to know, they aren't alone, and they don't have to stand for this type of content!
How do you feel about this recent publicity around Facebook and instagram? Please know that this account is a safe place. We do not stand hate here, if you hate you will be blocked, take that hate elsewhere!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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By Caitlin Durning: Personal Development Coach
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Humans are creatures of habit, but what happens when those habits actually harm us?
A few weeks back Facebook had a whistleblower step up and share some of these patterns and habits that seem to be recurring in young teens social media usage. The patterns and habits of going from a healthy eating recipe post, to a fad diet sales page happens within minutes of connecting with content.
When I was young this was a marketing tactic I started to notice on my personal Instagram page. I started following health and fitness accounts to get more ideas of workouts for the gym, it started out very innocently. A few before and after posts, a few workout videos and next thing I know I'm on my instagram explore page and I see all of these graphics “Skinny is better than…..” WTF?
I didn't want to be marketed by these types of ads, luckily at the time I was at JMU and my sorority was openly talking about eating disorders, it happened to be our philanthropy. I saw how much it can impact people.
This was actually one of the reasons why I waited/hesitated with starting Meraki Media Management. I didn't want to be known to work with a platform that could harm children, adults, everyone. So much so that I really contemplated it. I told myself when I was creating my first course I would share these negative thoughts that I had while I was using social media. I wanted people to know, they aren't alone, and they don't have to stand for this type of content!
How do you feel about this recent publicity around Facebook and instagram? Please know that this account is a safe place. We do not stand hate here, if you hate you will be blocked, take that hate elsewhere!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices