People who watch all of your Instagram Stories- Part 2

But never like your posts are the fakest

How You Can Use Social Media In A Way That Serves You.

In life, you will realize that not everyone who supports you actually does. Some pretend to support you, but yet only stick around to see when you might misstep and fall.

Hence, not everyone who says that they care for you actually does.

If you want to read the Part 1 version it is below:

Here is the reality: Why do some people watch your Instagram stories but never like your posts?

Reason 1:

Type A person:

They are not the type of person who likes posts. You are just someone that they rarely know or think about.

Pretty harmless if you ask me.

Type B person:

Then there are those who know you to a certain degree, actively watches all your Instagram stories but doesn’t like anyone of your post because subconsciously they envy you and your life. These are the people we are talking about.

That is the truth. They do not want to see you win. But they do want to stick around to see you might fall, at least that would make them feel better about themselves and their lives.

I am sure we all can think of someone like this.

You want to be careful with that kind of friend. Personally, I do not let that get to me.

Reason 2:

Some people are just bored and only like watching Instagram stories to kill time, and otherwise prefer to be unseen.

Type C:

These are usually introverts.

The people that you see are always on their phones, pretending to look busy and have a life when in fact they would be better off lifting their heads and talking to people.

Social media has changed the way we live life

In the past people interacted in person, and things were done on a face-to-face level. With the creation of social media, it brings about a twofold effect.

• On one hand, you get to stay in touch with people many years after you both have lost touch and may even be physically thousands of miles apart.
• On the other hand, it creates a level of comparison in which we feel we could never measure up to the people within the screens.

It really depends on how you view social media and how you use it.

One of the things I found really helpful is to :

• Realise that you are doing your best for your life.
• You are comparing the “you now” against the “old you” and there is progress.
• Not get sucked into just living off the screen that you forget to live in the real world. I use the reels and the videos on the screen to emulate the good and positive in my own life and that has been tremendously positive. This is as opposed to just mindless scrolling of people's stories who live seemingly better lives than me.

Choose how you use social media wisely.

Why is this important?

It reflects who you are as a person as it projects how you want the world to perceive you, so create your narrative wisely.

At the end of the day, if all you seek for is likes and validation, I think is a very shallow mindset. Instead, if you use social media to project the narrative that you want to tell the world of your life and leverage it to influence other people positively, it can be a very powerful tool.

The great thing about social media is:

• You get to create the narrative for your life, hence you have a voice to be heard.
• You get to document what matters to you years after they pass for your walk down “memory lane”.
• You can leverage it for business opportunities, networking and acquiring knowledge and entertainment.

Yes, people who watch all your stories but never like your posts are the fakest

But these days they don’t really matter so much if you do not let it.

Conclusion

Life is so much more than likes or views or even fame. These all fade away over time. (This is not to say you shouldn’t push for getting views, likes and followings if you are building your own personal brand and company, it's important to get these). Rather I am addressing those who live to receive likes and views for validation.

As you know not everyone will clap when you win. For me, I’d rather focus on something more substantial and building those relationships for the long term. I learnt to choose not to let those who do not clap when I win bother me so much nowadays.

Let me know how you respond to those who do not clap when you win.

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