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  1. Amita says

    Loved this post Kelly! You’re absolutely right, these apps are a little dangerous for our mental health and we shouldn’t focus on them. It really does say a lot about people who care more about their social media following than their real life friendships. Anyways, we just have to spread some positivity around us! ❤️

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    • Kelly Prince-Wright says

      Thank you!! All about that keeping that positivity. It’s hard to resist staying on apps like these, and I’m definitely trying to work on focusing on what I’m doing instead. 🙂

  2. London Beauty Queen says

    I genuinely don’t understand why anyone would use these apps – or really care tbh. Your feed is as personal as your underwear drawer, with everyone being there (or not) for a reason. I don’t think anyone should take it personally; it’s not like they’re saying they hate you, just that your pics are not for them. I’ve unfollowed close friends, blogger pals and even family because their content is just not interesting to me. Why be guilted into spamming up your feeds when it’s hard enough to see what’s there already? People take it too personally and it’s really quite silly to be doing so when there are far more important things to focus on… Like creating content your actual followers want to see.

    • Kelly Prince-Wright says

      I think it’s one of those curiosity things that got me to download it in the first place. There’s definitely plenty to be said about it not being personal at all and to not care. I’ve had a lot of bloggers feedback that it doesn’t matter to them. And that’s great! But there’s also an element that it might sting a bit if certain people in your life have left your Instasphere. xox

  3. Jasmin Charlotte says

    It’s a weird one, I don’t love one way interactions on social. I don’t use the apps but maybe like once a quarter I tend to go through all the people I follow and unfollow anyone that’s inactive or who has stopped following me! It bothers me more on twitter tbh, especially when it’s people who you’ve been friends with for years! x

    • Kelly Prince-Wright says

      It’s absolutely a weird one, isn’t it? I’m the same, so I do like to get rid of accounts that aren’t active anymore or ones that I’m not loving. I think what gets me more is when it’s people you’re quite close to where it comes as a surprise/stings the most. I haven’t ever really checked Twitter to see… and I think it’s probably good if I keep it that way! xox (ps was good to see you briefly last night! x)

  4. Rachel Phipps says

    People who follow to try and get me to follow them, then unfollow drive me around the bend! I’ve never used one of these apps for Instagram (I think I did it for Twitter years ago!) but sometimes I spot them – this morning the same fitness guru has followed me again for about the 6th time – tempted to block him!

    But anyway, this was a really great piece (and thanks for giving me a load of new blogs to check out too!) Curiously, one of the ways my OCD manifests I can’t follow more than 999 people on a social app before it stresses me out so I occasionally cull. I never remove friends, but I sometimes just take out bloggers I don’t know that are not adding anything to my life.

    • Kelly Prince-Wright says

      Thanks Rachel! I agree, I do like to keep my following low, so that I can stay up to date with everyone I really want to see, so it’s an interesting way to also look at it. 🙂