Showing off on the social media is somewhat viral these days with negative and positive effects....
I think showing off is a part of everyone,social media only made it more prominent...
People have different ways of showing off and i think as long as there is a limit,a self caution,then its okay!
Dont forget that some people pay/have paid the price dearly for showing off on the social media......
So what is your take about showing off on the social media? What amounts to showing off?
Please do not derail this post down south!
I don't like it one bit! I hardly ever post anything on my social media pages because i've had experience with monitoring spirits whose job is to know everything happening in ur life and seeing how to destroy it! But to each his own!
ReplyDeleteTo each their own. It's not anybody's show off. I personally am too reserved. I love my quiet life
DeleteBuahahahaha
DeleteBeg me or I derail it
*tongue out
I think if you have a clear mind you won't feel anything if others show off because it's really none of our business if they encounter misfortunes as a result of showing off.
Experience is the best teacher.
Make dem ask toke, she go know
DeleteIts a free world and everyone will face the consequences both +ve and -ve so people can do whatever they want.
DeleteI personally don't like the show off on SM thingy and I think ppl should try as much as possible to chill and show little...
Like I said , its a free world.
Yes I show off. Sometimes I am wearing primark and I like that I worked for that money and bought good clothes at a bargain but what I show off is how I manage to wear 5$ and look 100$. Besides this, mr Patrick, we must all learn to allow people lead whatever lives they want to. We must be tolerant of one another. How is it your business Biko. That's how that busy body tolu ogunlesi called out ben Bruce for not replying anyone, it's his account and he can decide to use it to disseminate information or be a nuisance. That's his choice. We all have rights to exercise these choices so pls mind your business
DeleteMy dear u wear primark and u show off u must be really poor and sick at same time
DeleteAnon 2.34 would u rather she sleeps around,buys expensive clothes and shows off. Wearing primark is not being poor.it's a clear sign that you are not only comfortable in your own skin but that you are content.
DeletePrimary has some good quality stuff ooo. So it depends on if you have an eye for them
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ReplyDeleteShowing off on social media is an excessive display of personal self. This is against what they are designed for. As a celeb, it can be used to promote personality- social functions he or she is going or about himself or herself as a brand. In situations where it becomes habits to show off passionate kiss with partners, wad of notes, fleet of cars for no just cause I think everything is wrong with showing off.
DeleteThere are people who let us into their world showing their visit to motherless, giving to the needy, travelling outside the country on an invitation to give a speech at a seminar; these are by no means showing off. This is worthy of emulation and should be applauded.
Na you design social media wey you tell.us wetin dem no design am for? Hian
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ReplyDeleteI will just read comments...
So Patrick Obahiagbon can speak clear coherent English?
DeleteThis one must have really touched him oh. Lmao
My thoughts exactly @BonaParte. Never knew he could write in simple English . He is also a case of media show off.
DeleteI deleted all my social network handle since I noticed how monitoring spirits were following all my page...
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...I pity people that show off on social media...
Ndo!!..
I love privacy .
DeleteWetin I wan show off kwanu?
Same here oo Queen! I deleted my facebook account too coz of monitoring spirits Dem.........but am thinking of reopening it sha cos of,chizoba!
DeleteIt's just for oppression nothing more.
ReplyDeleteOppression that will make people unnecessarily envious and find ways to destroy ones happiness?
DeleteI'm not a fan o abeg.altho i am so tempted to mosttimes but i know the fake ass bitches around who will have sleepless nights bcos of a photo i put up.
To each his own.....
I think everyone is guilty
ReplyDeleteIf u don't use Facebook..u use Whasap...u use IG..u use twitter....even via blogs u see individuals showing off
But my take is...If you are popular..quit showing off.....u mean our "Yeyebrities" and co.
@Galore
My own is...
ReplyDeleteIf you turn your life to showbiz on social media, be ready for the showdown be it good or bad.
So many practical examples with the recent being.... T
The choice is yours
I don't see anything wrong with it personally.
ReplyDeleteI dont have problem with people showing off..Its their life,their time,their money,their show off.It shouldnt bother another person..some people are extroverts while some are introverts..I prefer loud people to quiet people..If u've got it pls flaunt it..No send anybody..Me i dey show off oh..I dont have it all but i'm contented with d little i have..
ReplyDeleteIf e pain u,go and drink poison and die off.
Correct babe!!! @Chizoba
DeleteWetin concern me? Wat will be,will be...
Each one to his/her own abeg...
Hahahaha.
DeleteChizọbam
I have no problem with people expressing themselves whichever way they like.
ReplyDeleteWhere I have a problem is people crying hate and so on where what u revealed about urself starts being a weapon for people to attack u.
Choose what u air wisely. In all honesty, what u truly value, u gotta be cautious how u let people into it. Because whether u like it or not, it's human nature to want better! If u allow people know u have the key to their better* and they start striving to HAVE ur own or make u feel bad towards it so u will descend back to good (where they are), do not complain.
This is LIFE! Everybody cannot like u or truly be happy for u. Everyone should learn to deal with that hard truth. Afterall, it's not everybody u will also like or wish well.
Gbam!
Deleteits a tin of choice..if dem like make dem show dier destiny.. ko kan aiye
ReplyDeleteI live a very private life, I dnt show off on social media nd I dnt like pple showing me off either. Life is sweet that way.
ReplyDeletefor me I think showing off is not good but as the saying goes flaunt it if you have it
ReplyDelete#GODWIN™
I think it's better to keep these things off social media... Keep them guessing!!!!! Most People don't even know u personally but they know every stage of ur life & most of your moves. It makes one vulnerable to a lot of evils (not that we're praying for that), But Less is more... If you post all ur good and drama on social media, then do not get angry when you're judged cos the moment you put it out there, it becomes everybody's business.
ReplyDeleteThere should be a limited but most people do not know when to limit things. But Here comes another question of "HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?" . "too much" is relative to people.
In all of this,It's just safer to keep it off social media!
Stella, yes you can "show off" just a little not because you have the real intention of showing off but because you just feel like it at the moment, but when it becomes a regular thing then you loose it. Example, you moved into your home, nothing biggie about putting up a picture and saying thank God for everything and wanting people to help you thank God. But when you do stuffs like buy a new designer bag you upload, you buy some new expensive jeweries you upload, you travel out for the first time or every time you travel you take all sort of selfies and upload, your relationship is going on well at the moment you begin to talk about it on social media. Like grow up already. Who cares. Who does this things not happen to. Plsssssss. As much as I think you can show a little pls learn not to go overboard. All the initial "oh wow am happy for you" na lie most times. Private matters should be left private. Let people guess about your successes. That's more interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou are mixing it up in the beginning.
DeleteMaybe if we allowing Google to define showing off here, we might be able to differentiate things:
Meaning of showing off: boastfully display ones abilities or accomplishments.
Another meaning: one who acts pretentiously, often proudly parading themselves, possessions and accomplishments publicly.
Showing off to me is for d poor and middle class. U can't cover a star with one hand, likewise u can't cover wealth. People should feel it, see it and talk about it not you. So what's d show off? When u are successful, even a blind sees it, dia is no need to show off.
ReplyDeleteIs this really Patrick Obahiagbon or his account was hacked?...
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly.
DeleteShowing off is part of everyone's problem. If devil could show off when the sons of God gathered and devil himself was there. He showed off to God that he is walking to and fro.
ReplyDeleteSo showoff did not start with us today. started right in the days of Adam and Eve. they showed off God's goodness and lack the ability to withstand the devil.
Continue showing off when you know fake people are everywhere looking for who to rejoice on failure.
Im sure girls would close their accounts
ReplyDeleteSocial media sites were created for one reason only: helping us to be social with others and connecting on a level that we weren’t able to do so before.
ReplyDeleteSocial media platforms were given to us as something extra, to help take human interaction and communication to the next level.
It's part of everyone's life, whether we do it or not doesn't change anything and also doesn't add anything and it might in some case.
What is been shown off on social media depends on the people seeing it or the people it's been shown to. What one shows off could mean a whole lot of things, it could pass the right information to some people and the wrong ones to others.
I believe it depends on the people it's been shown to and how they process what is been shown to them
Whatever rocks your boat
ReplyDeleteAbi? Social media or not, some peeps naturally are show offs! To friends, colleagues, lovers, acquaintances etc. Social media is just a plus! Though, it has its upsides and downsides.
DeleteWhy can't I access my accnt????
ReplyDeleteThere should be a limit to everything..
ReplyDeleteI can't access it. Someone help pls.
*Randsumptuous smallchops*
Everyone has one way or the other showed off on social media...it's exciting tho.
ReplyDeleteBut too much of it is wat is bad
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ReplyDeleteStella i disagree, showing off is not in everybody.People that show off especially on social media are suffering from deep insecurities and need to show off to cover up. Some people prefer to be private, i am a very private person. I have a fairly good life, what i have achieved i can show if off, infact paste it on my head. It is only when people tell you , you will know. When i was in uni, it is only when lecturers mark my script they actually have to ask ither course mate who i was. I will score very high but you will never motice me doing over sabi in class. It was so bad a lecturer literally walked into the class and called my name just to know me. I believe if you are something you don't need to prove it, let people see it.
ReplyDeleteLol all I see is d name on the tweet
ReplyDelete..and it brought a lot of funny mems.....everybody shows off...just that some people don't know when to stop..one luv
The negative side is more than its positive. Showing off should be limited, not every other thing acquired. Its always good to surprise people or keep them guessing than showing off. There won't be excitement again. But the social media adduction won't just let people chill.
ReplyDeleteHallo dearie sdk, showing off on social media has pros and cons bcuz some personal detailed info is been put outhere for almost evryone to c, it is individual preference, but however evrything in this life is vanity !!!
ReplyDeletePeople will definitely answer the question in reference to Toke. How do people even live for social media? What amounts to showing off?
ReplyDeleteIn those days when we didn't have Internet the norm then was to snap loads of pictures and events and places you visit even the one time your parents took a trip to the UK in 1986 the pictures are kept in the family album.
And the norm then is that when a visitor comes to the house the first thing that they are served with drinks is the picture album so from that he could deduce that these are *been to*so.
And then when in the university you'd snap loads of pictures on campus with the bad ass jeans and your room mate's new hand bag she graciously learnt to you so that when you come home on hols you could flaunt those hard copy pictures to your friends at home. When they now ask for the clothes on your pics you'd tell them you didn't bring them home so your younger sister won't steal them. Even so anytime you make a new hairstyle in school also presents an opportunity for snapping pictures.
Even without the pictures. I remember an aunt (may her soul rest in peace ) that placed a long distance call on landlines to Italy to brag to her daughter in law that has never met her that as they were speaking that she is currently putting on tight jeans trousers. Remember that back then in the days wearing trousers was almost an abomination for women and girls and the first sign then to show that you *open eye* was to knack trousers so she just wanted her DIL to know say her MIL know what's up.
So in summary with these few points of mine. I hope I've been able to confuse and not to convince you that with or without social media
people will be who they are.
Sorry to burst ur bubble.....you are the only person dt made reference to her. People are a lot more humane dearie. You need help.
DeleteI don't have any problem with showing off so far it's not in excess.personally I don't do it,i don't like to blow my own horn,i like to live a private life,but everybody cannot be like me,variety is a spice of life,but if you must do it then be ready for its consequences
ReplyDeleteI think showing off is synonymous with people who have inferiority complex, My 2cent!
ReplyDeleteHmm
ReplyDeleteIt is not in everyone. Even those that indulge in it know there should be a limit to what they show off. Before social media, how have we been coping. Social media can either make or mar you. Those it has destroyed their lives know themselves. I have never seen where showing off has helped anybody . I strongly believe that those who show off have underlying complex issues which may bother more on insecurity, that is if they try and be sincere enough to themselves.
ReplyDeleteShowing off is a subjective phrase...
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to draw the line.
What is show-off?
Sometimes it depends largely on who your audience are:
To some people, using expensive weaves without even saying so, is show-off.
To some people without kids, excessive putting up of your baby's pictures. How they walked, crawled, went to the mall, is show off.
To some women unmarried, they'll say she's putting her hubby's pics too much.
Even when you go on holidays in exotic places, even posting your master's certificate, even saying you have a 1st class, even speaking good grammar is show off.
As stella put her German numbers here. I'm sure some people think she's showing(dont doubt this oh)
So you see, sometimes, it's based on ur audience.
Who here hasn't done one good tin, bought one beautiful thing or achieved one nice thing and didn't feel tempted to take the picture and show friends?? Even 1 day? Sometimes it's born out of loneliness and human need for approval or people to somehow rate you, even if it's a bit. The other times, you may not even know people think you're showing off.
The only thing i'll say for drawing the line is:
-Are you posting that pic cos you wanna oppress people? Are you gloating?Ask yourself. Would you have put this thing if Miss A wasn't on your list?
-That sweet conversation with boo you feel so tempted to screen munch and show, sure it won't come back to bite you tomorrow?
When you have weighed, you will know whether you're going overboard.
BUT,
Cast away friends with inferiority complex and witch-minded friends. Cos even your waking up hail and hearty is show off to them. Move with/add people who have your likely mentality to your bbm. On your facebook and insta, don't amass friends who only came to monitor with beef and bash you. And you self, calm down.
I like you! :)
DeleteWell said..on point
Deletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Lord knws i love show off and since am the kind of person that dont give a fuck about what someone says i see no reason why i cant show off my own possession...
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
Showing off is a way of like for some individuals as they can't live without it. Personally, I don't like it. Reason being, I hate the attention it brings that's all. But watching or reading about what they show off is a form of relaxation for me. Winks
ReplyDeleteMost people dat show of are insecure and just trying too hard. . Who are u trying 2 impress? It's a poverty mentality and they don't know dat d people u are showing off to don't even care.. d wealthy ones don't show off cos to them its normal to have those things lol
ReplyDeleteSome runs girls even borrow to show off.. some marry their ancestors just 2 show off cars and designers and refused 2 show d wrinkled face behind d designer and abroad trips lol
ReplyDeleteSome even steal to show off.. I have a girl on my bbm dat used to be my friend.. she always displays pictures of cars yet u will see her trekking lol.. fake ass hoes
ReplyDeleteBut wait a minute! did this man post this simple english without his normal higga hugimorous crin kum cin kam? He is the king of social show off then!
ReplyDeleteBut wait a minute! did this man post this simple english without his normal higga hugimorous crin kum cin kam? He is the king of social show off then!
ReplyDeleteBut wait a minute! did this man post this simple english without his normal higga hugimorous crin kum cin kam? He is the king of social show off then!
ReplyDeleteSHOWING OFF..A very Big problem in our dear country nigeria... Facebook,twitter, instagram.. Social media has gradually taken over and nigerians now steal,borrow, purchase with debt etc in other to show off... Lord help our dear country
ReplyDeleteMay God truly help us,one of the major challenges we face in Nigeria is socal media show off,it has cost more harm than good,pple trying to impress,thereby indulging in some shady deals
DeleteWhen your arent a blogger ,you arent a superstar ,you are not a politician or a musician ,even musicians use their stage names ,you come to social media to post your family name and your pictures ,whatever you seek you find ,for me am on social media to have fun and get vital information ,and on this blog i have more than 100 friends that come here and we know each other wella ,we know each others blog id ,and i have introduced lots of people to this blog too ,so if you use your family lineage on the social media and you expect people not witchhunt you ,then you must be a joker.
ReplyDeleteWho hacked his act ?
ReplyDeleteits an individual thing.sometimes one's upbri ging and background determines it.
ReplyDeleteto be sincere, its a two way thing. firstly one should be comfortable with the contacts on one's social media platforms. I don't just add ppl because I want to. I add ppl I know. then second of all, less is more. I feel too much exposure is not good, fullstop.
ReplyDeleteShowing off has two sides, it all depend on the motive.
ReplyDeleteI don't have problem with people showing off, as long as its their personal stuff they are displaying. Personally, I don't do it. keeping my life/ business private works for me.
ReplyDeleteIf you say you don't show off but envy those that do., then you are surely the one with low self esteem. Don't look at someone else pictures with green eyes oo.
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