Putting the social back in “social media”

I’ll admit it. I use Instagram professionally. I’m a photographic artist so a social media network that’s designed to share just photographs sounds like it’s too good to be true. I don’t have to deal with uninteresting status updates, games, pokes or any other unpleasantries. The downside of Instagram for me is the amount of spammy comments – especially now my “followers” on Instagram are growing steadily I get the occasional passer-by to indulge in some shameless self-promotion. My first reaction was – How dare they do that on a profile that’s intended to promote me. And that’s exactly the problem with social media. It’s not that social. It’s all about me, me, me. We’re all connected, but no one is really connecting anymore.

The same kind of happens on Facebook. I choose quality over quantity when putting together my friends list. Because who really has over a 1000 Friends? That’s more a collection of acquaintances you’ve met once in your life. “Collect them all”. And even with my sho…