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Why Celebrities Aren’t Worth Your Follow
The psychological reason you should unfollow all celebrities on social media.
It’s 2019, and we are obsessed with celebrities more than ever. If we’re not reading magazines about their lurid lives, we’re following them on Instagram, dissecting their song lyrics, or convincing ourselves we really did see them out grocery shopping.
This fixation isn’t new: status hierarchies go back to our hunter-gatherer days, when it was always a good idea to keep your eye on who was on top. You could look to them to emulate their successes, and just be aware of the social situation.
I couldn’t find a single celebrity or influencer account which consistently posted a realistic or even achievable lifestyle.
But although our obsession is old, our 24/7 access to celebrities’ lives is relatively recent. Beyond tabloid magazines and celebrity interviews, the advent of social media has given us more than a glimpse, but rather a full-blown view into celebrities. More than ever before, we feel we truly know every glamorous, gilded facet of the celebrity lifestyle. And that’s dangerous.
The reason we’re so obsessed with them is because we want to be like them…
