Influencers Need To Review Their False Positivity But Do They Amend It?

I am sure so many of you have watched the most popular movie Titanic, a scene you probably remember when the ship is sinking, everyone is panicking, screaming, and crying, and the eight-member orchestra decides to continue playing music on the deck even till they go down with the ship.

Those brave souls who went down with the sinking Titanic, these Neros are not playing beautiful carols to calm everyone around them. Instead, they are demanding you to sit quietly as the ship sinks so they can continue playing and enjoying their music. How beautiful they deal with the situation knowing that they are going to die.

Now, come back to the next type of people who have been driven to acts of desperation, like sending DMs to strangers, especially influential ones, in the hopes of getting one lead. Individuals including influencers have begun gathering and sharing resources with prayers that may mean a better outcome for someone’s life. The positivity seekers, the happiness choosers, on the other hand, are posting about their luxurious life.

With the great blue tick comes great responsibility.

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If you have a blue tick on your social media profile, you have to be updated so you can engage with your customers and gain followers as well. With the great blue tick comes great responsibility. This is one thing that gave influencers mental rest for a few moments in their hectic day, filled with suffering and challenges.

Every individual has the right to make personal choices, I respect that, and will not judge it, of course. But when the individual is an influencer, with a capital ‘I’ rules change. Because chasing the race of likes affected lives.

Influencers, today, have replaced family, friends, school and even faith to a large extent. They have built their brands for the most part without relying on any ‘consumer product’ other than unfathomable content. The truth is like any miracle, it has its dark side.

So when an Influencer seeds an idea that paints desperation and altruism as people choosing to “be negative”, they are no longer making a personal choice relevant only to themselves. Because like any of us mere mortals, they can unfollow, restrict, or block the content and creators they’re not happy with. When they actively seek to shame anyone for their lived experience is where I draw the line.

People, who are glued to the social media world have been constantly drowning in what’s happening, perplexed by genuine efforts of help and real requests for resources, and the reality they want to escape from. Their favourite influencer has just made a connection between asking for and seeking help with the choice of being negative.

What’s the catch?

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We must not chase a false positivity that forces us to pretend or could hide what we are suffering, preventing us from getting the help and support you need. False positivity also produces stigma, at a time when we should all feel motivated to talk openly about our mental health.