Social Media Influencers

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By: Elizabeth Merenda

Due to the development of technology, young impressionable minds admire many social media influencers. These people have large followings, consisting of mostly adolescents looking up to these individuals who appear to have the perfect life. These figures portray their lives as being spectacular as they often travel to glamorous places and make a lot of money. These people set unrealistic expectations. This dolled-up content causes people to be sad when they compare themselves to those who edit their lives as a profession.

One of these social media influencers is Jay Alvarrez. He has upwards of five million followers on instagram alone. He posts footage of going on countless trips and surrounding himself with stick-skinny girls. He uploads videos of parties with his friends, being with models, and going on beautiful adventures all over the world. Through his content he seems to have the ideal life, which no one has. Everyone has issues in their life and he is concealing these common flaws from his viewers.

Individuals are growing up idealizing these people who put videos and pictures on social media which only portray a small increment of their lives. People should not want their life to be similar to a social media influencer because the life they portray is not real. Perfection does not exist.