The Internet is Changing, and The Popularity Contest is On

                People are getting more and more fake. They keep acting like they live in their own world all the time. People on the internet are getting more successful at making good social media accounts, and some of the older ways of doing things are getting outdated.

               People used to be more relaxed about doing things on the internet. Their mild-mannered comments would circulate from place to place casually. They would look at only who they really like to look at. The world was very calm.

               Now, people on the internet are starting to be more active with the things that they’re doing. The comments they’re making are getting more advanced. The lingo they use has taken more of a social stance. The things people say are becoming more complicated.

               People on social media will be talking about all kinds of stuff together. The conversation won’t just be “you look great,” or “nice way of being.” People will be talking about stuff like “I would dress like that if I could. You look like you’re a movie star.” They’re taking things into account more and more from their own passions and interests and expressing them on a deeper level.

               They aren’t too picky about who they’re choosing to mess with either. They’ll take on anyone and everyone if they can. But it’s leaving some people untouched as the trend moves towards more popular people in general. The biggest social media accounts, not even the best ones, are the ones who have the most active and engaged audience.

               It’s like people are just going towards where the trend is, and they’re leaving all kinds of ambitious people to keep trying things out on their own. The most troll part of it is that the most engaged people on the internet in the modern era aren’t who you’d expect it to be at all. The best commenters come straight out of the trendiest accounts. It’s like everyone’s following the leader, but they don’t have a solid vote on who’s in charge.

               If people were nervous when the internet first started to take off on social media, that would explain a lot of things. The way that some accounts would get a lot of likes because of their social circles being very large. It just made sense the way everything was working. People would speak their mind and be viewed with equality on the internet.

               There is a stark difference between then and now. Now, popularity in the real world is becoming less and less feasible on social media as a way to connect with people. People are drifting off into their own spheres, and leaving people behind as they explore new things on the internet.

               Things are becoming less personable. They’re becoming more automated. The artificiality of the internet is becoming more superficial and attractive. The organic composition of people’s interactions together has less relevance to a world full of new types of accounts and new types of interactions.

               This also leads the way for people to have fake social media accounts taking up the space that real people should be occupying. If you get a good enough demeanor, you can attract a large enough audience base strictly by adhering to trends. People will catch on and think you’re great. There’s a lack of transparency even, because old social media accounts used to be easy to detect the fakeness of. They’d be obviously manufactured by third parties. Now, it’s nearly impossible to tell if someone is real. They’ll even have really deep conversations with you, but end up not existing in real life.