The Island

I am terrified to post on social media. Anytime I post something on my feed, I lose followers. There is something inside me that hates losing followers. 
Oh, but I know why I’m losing them.

I mean, I think I know, because I’ve been doing exactly what they're doing. I’ve been unfollowing and muting everyone. I’ve been feeling a sinful satisfaction doing it. 

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I hate that I hate losing followers and I hate that I love unfollowing people.

Oh, and I've always hated numbers. I hate that I'm talking about numbers. That, if you will, is social media in a nutshell. It’s playing with my lowest instincts, my morality and my sense of who I am.

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Look, I know what works. Here is my engagement formula:

1/ A photo of me looking happy in a nice outfit.
2/ An emotional post where I write too much and uncover something about my life. The more dramatic the better.
3/ A mother%#@king sunset.

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I think in my few years of social media, I must have posted seven thousand mother%#@king sunsets. I love sunsets. But I ca…