Social Media Sh...ift
Clickbait and other deceit - the hazards of modern social media. I'm ready for genuine interaction, depth, and advertising free content.
It’s Time
I recently opened my Facebook feed to a sponsored post about “NAME’s fatal error ruins career”…clickbait. I scrolled past to have it reappear a few screens later. What?
A quick reset of settings - please don’t show me more of this and then two more of the same appeared. I closed the App feeling spammed and wondering how many would be tempted to follow the link to read about this celebrity’s fatal mistake.
I did a little research in writing this article and found a news post stating they were ‘dismayed’ at photoshopped images supporting a fabricated public arrest that went viral. Imagine the impact this act has on an individual’s mental well-being.
Why the move from Social Media?
Social media favours the ‘quick flick’. A quick read or catchy image - and there is nothing wrong with that. Yet often I’m left wanting more substance, to immerse myself in content that resonates with my interests and aligns with my choice to not focus on others’ misery from a place of judgment.
Where is awakened media?
If you are of my generation, you may remember the horror felt when Princess Diana’s death after she was persued by paparazzi was relayed - when for a moment the world stopped. It was at a time when I enjoyed reading womens’ magazines - the physical version of ‘celebrity news’ we see online - and my financial contribution to this social illness could not be denied.
Whether the content is accurate or not seems irrelevant and the impact of the ‘place on a pedestal and then knock them down’ paradox to the targeted individual inconsequential. Of course, underneath the lies sits advertising and sales. And I had contributed to this.
I chose then and I choose now not to participate.
It’s no secret social media content is manipulated by algorithms that favour the ‘players’. As social media users, we can also find ourself excluded from our accounts for posts that are deemed inappropriate, or from advertising because seemingly inoffensive phrases don’t meet some unknown criteria. On the other hand, content that seems blatantly inappropriate or hurtful is repeatedly shown.
It is all very confusing.
Connection
So where are the relationships? Where is the connection? Have we all fallen into the the haze of filtered ‘reality’? I can assure you, no one’s life is perfect. The perfect family, the perfect home, the perfect friendships. And how can we find the ‘real’ people, those we resonate with when social media algorithms direct us away from them?
Who wants feeds interwoven with many suggestions about who to follow and very few posts from those we choose to connect with? Check your friends and groups you ‘follow’. In my media they aren’t gone, but many of their posts simply no longer appear in my feed. Clearly our choices aren’t honoured and our newsfeed content is manipulated.
I don’t want to be sucked down the vortex of clickbait, sales funnels, deceit, cheap outrage or culture wars and feel you too, are looking for integrity.
Here’s a little self observation. The more I seek meaningful connection on Social Media that is designed to offer snippets of virtual reality, the more time I spend searching, losing chunks of time, of living, and creating further disconnection from the present.
So this is my invitation to you - let’s create an online conversation in a platform that places the writer and you, the reader, first.
Please share! I want to know your thoughts, have deep and meaningful discussions on the metaphysical, where daily insights and messages received in the healer workspace can be shared with those who are open to receiving these gifts from Source. I also know that being human in the physical and melding the deep inner knowing of the non-physical can create an emotional roller coaster. When we experience the shift from sleeping in the 3D to awakening to the 5th Dimension it can be extremely confusing and frightening at stages.
I want you to know you are not alone.
Let’s get Real
This is my promise to you:
Love is Divine will always be an open-hearted space for connection and discussion, honouring all opinions because I understand that as energy, we are each reflected in the other. It also is a space that holds healthy boundaries - yours and mine. We may not always agree, but we can certainly discuss difference in a ‘curious, not furious’ way.
What we focus on we direct energy towards, creating a vibration that attracts the same and so we want to be careful what we allow ourselves to think about. Yet, as humans we often crave understanding. Our task is to use the knowledge we seek to move away from fear, the scourge of the 3rd Dimension.
With this in mind Love is Divine will offer weekly articles that
honour the physical and divine aspects of every sentient being - you matter!
hold space for respectful and genuine heart-led discussion
offer regular strategies and tips to create balance between mind, body, and spirit
share our ever growing understanding of our inifinite selves
and regularly invite you to contribute your thoughts, share what you are listening to, viewing or reading - and participate even if it is only a click of the ‘heart’ button to show you find the content relatable.
How it Works
When a post is written here, you’ll be notified by email, in Facebook and Instagram. I love and appreciate the support so many of you give in these two platforms, however, I long for more meaningful connection and the flexibility to have it! You are invited to join me in this space and will notice that less and less content appears on the other two platforms over time.
In the near future I will also offer paid subscriptions for more content as I share ever deeper exploration into the metaphysical.
Free subscribers can continue to expect an article or two a week to honour our infinite connection without a price tag. Choose ‘no pledge’ to subscribe for free.
** Note: Lakeside Kinesiology is changing! You will soon find my Facebook and Instagram Accounts under @Michelle Cowles - Spiritual Healer.
We are here to support one another. Let’s bless what we no longer need, learn to accept every part of ourselves, and fearlessly move forward with honesty and integrity.
Your energy matters
Michelle x
Michelle Cowles
Spiritual Healer
Brilliant blog , thank you.