Why your social media likes shouldn’t be tied with your self worth

Self-worth is the way or how much you value yourself. Self-worth is not and should never be affected by what others think of you or how you are perceived. It should not be affected by your accomplishments, it’s how you value yourself at your core, your bare form. However, this is often easy to forget and can lead to us mistaking our self-worth for what our worth is determined by others. In today’s social media dominated world, “like” is an everyday word in our vocabulary. Now, someone’s value is dictated by the likes on their posts on social media. A person with fewer “likes” on their post inherently means they are less popular, less loved than the person with a huge amount of “likes” on their posts. These kinds of petty things do take a toll on how people perceive themselves. People keep wondering why more people are not liking their posts, they keep comparing themselves to others.

This is inherently harmful! 

This is not to say that likes, and engagement is not important for people who use social media to market themselves for careers or have a business. Writers, bloggers, brands, influencers or advertisers all need likes and engagement to earn profit from it.

But instead, there are impressionable teenagers, especially those who seek approval as the person they portray themselves to be on social media, to feel loved and wanted. This takes away from their experience of finding gratification by being a good human being in the real world. The people that are truly the most important ones in your life will always appreciate you, and that will not be affected by how many followers or likes you have on your social media posts. Your social media posts do not make you who you are or decide your worth. They are only a part of what you allow other people to see. This distinction needs to be made. 

At the end of the day, no one is going to remember you for the number of likes you receive or the number of followers you have. Your value does not decrease or change based on someone’s inability or ability to see your worth.