A degree of narcissism is a powerful force that drives social media.
Creative people such as photographers, musicians, artists, performers and writers are naturally drawn to the medium.
You can scroll through your Facebook or Twitter feed any day to find someone stating an opinion as though it’s a fact.
Attaching qualifying phrases such as “I think,” “I believe” or “I feel,” while appropriate, does not allow social media writers to portray themselves as authoritative.
They feel that they’ve had a revelation, they believe that they now possess an insight that will have universal appeal, and they are inclined to share it across their social media network as quickly as possible.
It’s at this point that they need to stop and think and do a reality check.
When a person makes a general statement, portraying it as a solution for the masses, they ultimately fail their audience.
“There is no such thing as a new idea,” Mark Twain famously said. “It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope.”
