{"id":4427,"date":"2018-02-17T17:45:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T17:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socialpanic.org\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2018-02-17T17:45:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T17:45:05","slug":"society-now-requires-us-to-be-liked-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/2018\/02\/17\/society-now-requires-us-to-be-liked-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Society now requires us to be liked on social media?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not only is a “strong social media presence” now a prerequisite for many, if not most, jobs, but companies have begun to look at your number of followers as both a measure of monetary value and a career determiner. And according to TIME.com, employers actually consider people without Facebook suspicious. “If you boycott Instagram, you’re cutting yourself off from a lot of opportunities,” said Emily. “I started posting more selfies, despite being self conscious about it, because honestly\u2014you get so many more ‘likes’ when you post a selfie. And you get so many more followers.”
\nEven Karimi admitted her social media absence is holding her back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: “,,Why don\u2019t I look like her?”,, How Instagram is ruining our self esteem<\/a>
\nMany of us notice that popular social media personalities we\u00a0 are recommended to follow appear to be mostly young and attractive. I went looking for commentary on that subject and ran into the above item.
\nUsing social media presence and likes would appear to be a new form of potentially illegal job discrimination, particularly when it becomes a de facto proxy to preferentially hire young, healthy, good looking people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not only is a “strong social media presence” now a prerequisite for many, if not most, jobs, but companies have begun to look at your number of followers as both a measure of monetary value and a career determiner. And according to TIME.com, employers actually consider people without Facebook suspicious. “If you boycott Instagram, you’re cutting yourself off from a lot of opportunities,” said Emily. “I started posting more selfies, despite being self conscious about it, because honestly\u2014you get so…<\/p>\n

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