Kanye West continues to stand up against social media pressures, this time claiming the various platforms are leading people to “committing suicide due to not getting enough likes. West shared his thoughts on how society values follower counts on social media, “we should be able to participate in social media without having to show how many followers or likes we have,” he wrote on Twitter. “Just like how we can turn off the comments we should be able to turn off the display of followers. This has an intense negative impact on our self-worth.” Now he’s pushing back even harder on hiding likes and followers stating, “Having your amount of likes on display for the world to see and the judge is like showing how much money you have in the bank or having to write the size of your d..k on your t-shirt.”He continued by sharing how it affects mental health, “There are people who are committing suicide due to not getting enough likes,” tweeted West. “Seeking validation in the simulation. We need a live-streamed meeting with Jack Dorsey Kevin Systrom Mike Krieger Mark Zuckerberg and Evan Spiegal.” Check out Kanye’s new tweets regarding his stance on social media below. There are people who are committing suicide due to not getting enough likes. Seeking validation in the simulation. We need a live-streamed meeting with Jack Dorsey Kevin Systrom Mike Krieger Mark Zuckerberg and Evan Spiegal.
And people responded:
A: It's definitely what's wrong with the young people nowadays, social media has made them so antisocial that they don't even have a clue on what is going on in their lives.
B: big facts. social media has become a poison... like I know girls who flip out and delete photos if they don't get 200 or whatever likes on them, some ppl are just so caught up in "being validated" instead of focusing on stuff that really matters .. Kanye talking that real.
C: funny he says this but he's married into a family who bases their whole life off of likes and comments! His wife’s entire net-worth is funded by followers. kanye is a joke nearly everytime he speaks, let's see if the Kardashians disable the like feature if its ever introduced to hide your like count and comment count! , they won't because they do feed off the comments and likes!
D:Social media is in the same boat as fast food.