Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede, stirred outrage on social media after lamenting how people’s riches and success are now assessed by their social media posts.
Yvonne Jegede said that the internet had given prominence to beliefs that should not be formed, behaviors that people should not mimic, and people that are not supposed to be renowned in a post shared on her Facebook.
According to Yvonne Jegede, due of people’s erroneous perceptions about social media, it is assumed that if a person does not flaunt their wealth on social media, their lives are messed up.
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She wrote: The internet has given popularity to opinions that should be formed, to behaviours that shouldn’t be emulated, to people that should be famous.
The other day I posted something about a car and a new camera phone and I got a comment that got me thinking * Common sense is not so common nowadays. If you don’t post on social media they assume your life is messed up!
And that you don’t have anything. Your Wealth/ success is measured by what you post on social media these days! …..We live in a messed up society.
This generated reactions from netizens who attributed the new normal to Nigerian celebrities who often show off their achievements from buying cars to houses and many other material acquisitions.
queen_nekky wrote: They love to show off too much but they don’t believe people win silently messed up generation
official_ifyblinkz wrote: Fact but na una start am
oliviaglloww wrote: The same impression your colleagues created. You can’t blame commenters, y’all should set your priorities
lady.chisom wrote: Say no to social media pressure. Own your happiness!!!
