DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPEEEE!!!! I'M WORN OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA!!!

Reading this, you will and may call me an oxymoron. And if you do you would hit the nail right in the head!!! I am an artist and yes!! I am the most super duper oxymoron person I know. Like, I love it and hate it alllll at the same damn time!! If this is your first time reading a Speak On It, then let me digress a bit and fill you in. Here on this blog, (the only blog I do of my feelings on my site! - now take that!!) I do not sugar coat anything at alllll!!!! I spit what I feel, see and hear wholeheartedly in my honesty with no damn filter!!! So here we goooo!!!

I am worn out, tired, over it, throw my hands up, exasperated and overwhelmed with all the many many social media outlets that we have access to on the world wide web!!! Yes I am apart of a plethora of these childless and motherless sites!!! Yes I like many really got deep into the program with “My Space!!! I had tried Black Planet, but I am not a huge fan of it, back then or now. I have opened and closed an account three times!!! There has been years in between that I have had an account on Black Planet. Black Planet was a site that was a mix of booty call online come get it, stalkers, crazy, borderline mad hatters and a handful of people that really just wanted to meet other “black people” and pen-pal, get to know, possibly hook up and date have a few conversations. Buuuuut for me I seemed to attract the crazies, so I can't get into it. Now I do know a sleuth of those who love the site. I don't, and no diss to Black Planet, but #imgood #ireallydontneedthatshyt #youcanhaveit #dontworkforme. Was that enough hash tagging????

I am on Twitter, About Me, Stage 32, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more! Not including the three websites I write on and my business' are on. Of course having a Google account pays! I am all over the www!!! But I see no end in sight for all this social overrated over hyped live and die for social media. People seem to do the silliest shyt, post everything of where they go and do for everyone to see. If I worked for the government I could find anyone by looking on Facebook!!! Now don't get it twisted! I have gotten caught up in the hype of telling the world via Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google and a host more where I was!!!! Where I was at and what movie I was soon to watch, where I was eating, who I was visiting and allll of that!!! I stopped that BS! Ohhhh was that tooo direct for you? Well I stopped and for those who do it , do you and have fun doing it.

But I will tell you this, I seem to have (not only just me) those who tie up my time-lines with insistent zealous post. Some positive, and then within a matter of minutes (it seems to me) that same person will come back on angry; telling the world how mad they are and what had just happened! Okaaaay!!! Then the next day this same person is posting how much they love God! Confusing to me??? I mean how do you post like people tweet and flood my time-lines all day everyday with where you eat, cursed out, who died, who needs prayer, who is sick, your vacation, your birthday, car accidents, food, children, drinks, cars, stores, family and friends. Who you cursed out, who you married, who you loved, and where you are on your way to!!! Dammit!!! It s just like TMI on TMZ! Videos of all sorts; funny, good, bad, toxic, racism, hate, abuse and much more are captured and placed on social media and get shared with millions and millions of views!!! With a genre and plethora of various comments of what the viewer just witnessed. I mean the stuff you read and see on Twitter and Facebook pulls my damn wig back!!! Let me not forget about those who mope, whine and are depressed and are always tweeting and Facebook posting of their sadness, lonesomeness and break-ups!!! I am tired oh oh oh so tired.....Do we really want to know your family business??? IJS....

Now I do not want to make light of those who are in need of prayer, family is sick, or they may be in the hospital or sick themselves. Someone dies...I understand posting and can feel the pain and hurt what they are experiencing!! But that is what I am telling you!!! I have over 4,700 “friends” on Facebook! I follow 369 people on Instagram, I follow 369 people on my business Twitter account. My writings and work are overall numero uno! On my personal Twitter I follow 300 people. Now with that alone of just those three sites not including the others I am affiliated with. I also get the news, magazines, gossip and TV and network stations.. So I am not ever out of the loop from the “real world” and the world of those I have befriended and followed. The highs!!! The lows!!! The sadness, world news, gossip, good news and the beat and post go onnnn and onnnnnnnnn! I am desensitized and overwhelmed!!!!

How can I grieve, be aghast? Happy, sad and angry in just a matter of seconds???? Why do we have to know everywhere you are and what you are doing alllll the damn time???? Is anything private anymore??? Do we feel the need to compete for the most attention??? And this media sloring... celebrities, rappers, singers, over all entertainers that seem to stay on the blogs and the www everyday!!!! Lies, bullshyt and video tapes!! It has seriously taken a course in a direction that have many of us in debt to these social media climates. We can follow our favorite entertainer who is just like “us” and tell “us” where they are at and what they are doing!!

Now if I am out hanging, I am just doing that! Hanging out and not reporting any and every damn thing I do. Noooow if I have a red carpet, fab dinner, great day or evening out! I will post after I leave. Maybe the next day is when I post it. I do not subscribe to the locator on my cell phone letting so many know exactly where the hell I am at!!! Those daze are O .V. E .R over!!!! I love when people share the wonderful memorable things on their profile. Weddings, births etc., etc., But it takes us five to ten minuets per social media to find out when a star, celebrity ie entertainer has died, went to jail, in the hospital, fell out, sighting and all that other garbage that comes with just being “human” yes celebrities and stars have issues and problems. But not like how social media platform blasts us out!!! Nooooo !! The information of these box office draws, reality stars and entertainers get their business blasted allll over the damn world in over thirty five languages!!! Talk about bad news and good news traveling fast!!! I can't right now!!! I really can't!! Are you still with me? Or are you made or nah?

I like so many people out of boredom check my IG, Twitter Facebook, and Google by phone when out and about. Why???? Aren't I out to have a good time?? Do you know how many people I have seen going on their phones and on their Facebook account??? Tooo many to recall! A whoooooole lot! I SMH at this because it is indeed so sad. I also have started breaking this habit down. When I am out and about I enjoy myself and I am NOT on my Facebook, Twitter account am I making any sense? Like you walk into a coffeehouse and you will see all genders, ages and ethnicity on Facebook, Some actually read email, news and other things buuuuutttt........

I hate it and love it at the same damn time I am telling you!!! I have to back off a lot from these social media outlets! I was never one to voice my depressions and angst on any media platform! Yes I have asked for prayer once for my daughter. But other than that I do not seek the attention of others pity. I promise I have not ever utilized my media platforms in such away. Because I am a writer and business owner (multi-talented entrepreneur) I feel there should be a certain look for myself and it should not come across NEEDY!! DEPRESSED and most of all people BITCHYN!!!! I do not want to hold court and try and pull in a pity party. Besides should anyone need to know my baby daddy cheated with my aunt and got her pregnant along with me??? And this is some of the crazy scrap I have read that people put out there!!! These dudes posting pics of their body and what is hanging below the belt! We have so many hash tags it is incredible! I love hash tagging (like I said I love and hate it at the same damn time) Women, or should I say young girls too; posting half naked pics on their Facebook and Instagram. We want followers too! We want likes!! We want attention.

A break, a break, a break. Most times if I go on Facebook is because I have received a push notification on my cell phone. (and why do I need the push notifications for any of these social sites??? You feel what I am saying?? Dammit!!!) I will then check it, and after scroll my news feed, and if it gets overwhelming with some mess, I quickly close the app! #icantrightnow #icantandwont #imnot

So much to pull in and the many vampires that are all over the world utilizing these apps for many reasons! I love what I do! Writing, promoting...I have to promote, and I also have to pay for some of my promotional material if I want it to go to next level. Seen, read, talked about, watched, tweeted, posted, shared. To make money!! Yes of course! But now we are not only being bombarded and overwhelmed with TMI we are also taking part in the overload!! Enough will never be enough. We have Vines, Tumblr, KiK, Snap Chat and ole reliable and never underrated YouTube!! You can find and upload anything there and you gotta love this!! You can get paid if your video gets so many hits!!!! Talk about social media cash cowing it!! But what will you do to get that money? How far will you go? What will you be able to record that just may “jump off”?? The next fight, the next cop shooting and innocent bystander? Maybe even a fight? I mean we all love fights don't we?? Don't we? We seem to look for all the crazy viral off the rip videos online. I love it...and I hate it.

I feel we are on the verge of some off the chain extreme overload soon “coming from another new techie near you!” The next biggest thing! We will all get on board, try it out, but stick to our faithful loyal social media outlet(s). If this next one is a real big hit and keeps our attention, well, eh, it'll do and we will play around. Download all these many “fun” apps on our tablets and phone. Get board and trash em soon.

Social media, she is indeed a super bytch in a red dress that sucks the living life out of all her captors! A pure seducing seductress some of us cannot get enough of! Are you hooked or nah?

Toy High