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[Fikri]

 

Hundreds of likes on an Instagram picture of a perfectly posed, blond woman in a bikini may lead some to believe that she is confident and has a perfect life. But behind the scenes, Essena O'Neill felt like a lost and lonely teenager.

 

That is what the social media personality wants her followers and the world of social media to know: What you see on social media isn't always true to life.

 

The Australian-born model, who has made a career from posting blissful photos of herself in the perfect outfit with the perfect backdrop, surprised her followers when she deactivated her social media accounts, except for Instagram and YouTube.

 

She deleted thousands of pictures and instead, edited her posts to reiterate her message, "Social media is an illusion." O'Neill left some pictures on the site but added her comments to describe how she really felt when the photo was being taken.

 

O'Neill, who recently turned 19 years old, said she wished someone had told her that she was worth more than just an Instagram photo.

 

source: http://edition.cnn.c...na-oneill-irpt/

[Romy]

If your sense of of self worth is based on how many people like your shit on Instagram or Facebook, you need professional help.

 

It's that simple.

[Frizzle]

Stop comparing your behind the scenes to other people's highlight reel.

[Required]

I'm glad that I'm not dependent of social media. I've always been a low profile guy when it comes to sharing your life via internet. I probably started being that way because, when I was younger, I had a really low self-steem. When I grew up I stopped feeling that way but I kept the low-profile attitude.

[MozzarellaSticks]

I feel bad for her. She's dropping something that was her life. That's got to be scary. What is she going to do now?

[Rocket]

a lot of people are saying this is a hoax just to get more "fame" her instagram followers has already doubled over the past week. And she made a webpage asking for money?

 

Puh-lease, she's just an attention whore.

[Frizzle]

Almost everything we do is for attention.

[Katya]

I lol'ed at those tags.
 

And most important, who's Essena O'Neill? She's the first human with problems in her life? Lol

Mass extinction, where are you?

[Swar]

"OMG, I had to take 100 photos to get the perfect one!"

 

e.e

[kadoatie]

If your sense of of self worth is based on how many people like your shit on Instagram or Facebook, you need professional help.

 

It's that simple.

 

So fucking true.  It's even worse when you're around people who constantly need to check their phones and get upset that they haven't received a text message lol

Edited by kadoatie, 05 November 2015 - 12:22 AM.

[Mishelle]

People really need to stop over analyzing social media. When people post all their dirty laundry on social media it's annoying and ratchet, and yet when they only post good things people complain that it's fake or makes them feel bad about their own lives. i love social media because I like being able to keep up with my friends and watch them slay at life.