A few weeks ago a friend on Facebook shared an app that showed "People you should unfriend now" and clicking on it took me to a list of all of my Facebook friends who Liked the band Nickelback.
Now, it gave me a chuckle and it was obviously meant to be tongue-in-cheek but it got me to thinking a little deeper. Why do people look down upon other's choices of entertainment? We all have our own passions and guilty pleasures. We're all geeks for something. And yes, you can even be a geek for sports. So why is one person's entertainment any geekier, lamer, or even trashier than anyone else's?
As a lifelong fan of pro wrestling, I have a lot of experience in dealing with the snobiness of others. For the majority of my existence on social media, I posted little or nothing about my favorite form of entertainment. I just didn't want to deal with the potential negative reactions. I also feared what any potential employers might think and Heaven forbid a woman I might be interested in find out about my dirty little secret.
Recently, I finally came to a realization: why am I hiding a part of myself from social media because someone else might be a judgmental jerk. They're the one with the problem, not me.
So I encourage all of you to Like whatever you want and post about it freely. But use the filter in your brain at the same time; no one wants to see 10 posts about the same subject come through their feed in 10 minutes. Other than that one little tip, please feel free to be you online.
The realization I made has also lead to what's become my social media marketing slogan:
Be Real. Be Yourself. Be Human.
Now I haven't trademarked that yet so you're all on the honor system here.
In closing, it's ok to Like Nickelback.
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