I totally understand that I’m not young and even this ol’ 46-year-old is on Instagram. It’s not that I want to be, per se. In fact, my skewed opinion is that it’s an app mostly used by women. I’m wrong, of course. All the stats I found show that more males use it than females. That doesn’t make me want to use it any more than I already do. It just seems like a chore to keep up with it. Like Betty White said about Facebook, it seems like a waste of time.
She’s not wrong but also there are a lot of good things about Instagram. Mostly that people can use it to make money. Business. That’s the only redeeming quality of Instagram, I’ll fight you about that.
Every once in a while I’ll post something about my dog or about triathlons but then I think to myself, does anyone really care? Maybe Gen Z does but I’m Gen X and I just can’t make myself care. I’ve tried forcing it. I’ve tried a routine. Nope, I just don’t care. Maybe it’s part of my “behind the scenes” type personality– I don’t love being in the spotlight and what is social media if not an attempt at attention? Not that that’s a bad thing, it’s just what most of social media is.
So of course I want you to follow me– @TheBenWilder. You’ll get to see pictures of my dogs, my books, wildlife in 3 or 4 pictures spaced out over the course of 10 weeks. Lucky you! If you actually want to help me in some way, not just stroke my ego, consider making a tiny donation to my blog site so I can keep posting daily. Then, and only then, I know you really care. 🤪
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