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Hey guys it's Olivia and I'm back with another video.
So if you watched my video "Types Of People On Instagram," you will know that I don't have a Snapchat.
Snapchat, if you send something to somebody it disappears after like, two seconds and if you add something to your story it disappears after 24 hours.
In this video we're gonna be talking about the stories aspect.
So Snapchat had always had stories and recently Facebook and Instagram have integrated stories into their platform.
Having a form of media that has a time limit, is tricking people into caring about you.
Because let's, let's pretend for example that I have Snapchat, okay.
If me and my group of friends are interested in this celebrity and they post on Snapchat frequently,
let's say that me and my friends talk about this person; talk about, "Oh, did you see their new Instagram picture?
Did you see what was on their Snapchat story?"
So it's like, you have to check into that celebrity every single day or else you might be left out of a certain conversation with your friends.
Like, has that ever happened to you? Like not just like, with social media, but anything in general?
Have your friends ever like, gone somewhere that you haven't gone or their talk -- or they watch a show that you don't watch,
then they're having a conversation and you're just there like, "Yeah I can't contribute because I don't know what you're talking about."
That's exactly the same thing. If I don't check into this person's story every single day then there's the potential that I might be left out of a conversation in the future.
And I understand maybe this person's like your favourite celebrity so you might check in on then every day anyways; but maybe not.
There are daily Vlog Channels that I watch and sometimes I don't get the opportunity to watch them every single day.
Because maybe I'm busy, maybe I'm out, maybe the wifi was down at my house; so I didn't get to watch their vlog even though I wanted to.
And so, if that vlog were to delete after 24 hours, then that would be terrible.
Like, I'm gonna use myself for an example, even though I don't think I'm anyone's favourite YouTuber, but I'm just gonna use myself for an example.
A lot of my videos are rants and so if it's a Monday and you're not in the mood to hear a rant, then you might not come to my YouTube Channel that day.
That doesn't mean that I'm not a YouTuber you like to watch, it just means like, oh I'm not in the mood to hear some ranting; because I do that a lot.
And so, let's say the next Monday you come to my channel and you're like, "Oh, I didn't watch her video last week, so I'm gonna watch this week's video and I'm gonna watch last week's video.
If my videos were to delete after 24 hours, then if you weren't in the mood to watch a video by me on a particular day,
but then later on you're like, "Oh yeah sure I want to watch on of her videos," but you can't because it's gone.
Like, I don't feel like there should be a time limit. Like it's, like you have this sort of obligation to do something even if you don't feel like doing it at the time,
but you have to, because if you don't then you can't do it later on.
And I don't like that, the person basically has no choice; they can't check in on it later because it's not gonna be there later.
And like, now that Instagram has stories and stuff, like it'll say, "Oh, this person posted their first story; check it out.
Oh this person posted a story for the first time in a long time; check it out."
And I'm like, honestly if we're friends and you are the type of person who I keep up with on a very regular basis, I'm not gonna check your story.
If I wanna know know what's happening in your life and we know each other personally, then I'm just gonna call you, or I'm gonna text you,
or I'm gonna see you at school, or just see you at another time, in person.
Like, I don't feel like I should miss out on a part of your life just because I don't feel like checking your profile every single day.
So by having something that's on a timely basis, it's -- like, people don't realize it, but you're being tricked into caring about somebody more than you actually do.
But anyways, that's just my opinion on the topic; you can comment down below and tell me what you think about it.
If you are somebody who uses Snapchat or Instagram stories or Facebook stories, that's cool; if you like that then go ahead, but it's just not really my thing.
The reason I use social media is for things to save; so that other people can look back on them later or I can look back on them later.
I love to look at my old Facebook posts, my old Instagram pictures, my old YouTube videos; it's a way to share something, but it's also a way to keep memories for yourself.
Because once something's on the internet, it's -- even if you 'delete' it, it's never really deleted.
So that's why I use social media.
But anyways, that's all for this week's video; I hope you enjoyed it. If you did; give it a thumbs up.
All my social media links will be down below in case you wanna follow me on there.
No, you will not see Snapchat and no I will not be uploading any Instagram stories, but I do have a lot of pictures so you can check them out.
Be sure to subscribe to my channel because I upload videos every Monday; you can click my face right here and you'll get a new video every single Monday.
And with that being said, I'll see you next Monday with a new video.