Any advice on growing your social media following in your late 20s?

[Good Gao]

I am sure that the sane people on here who are in touch with the current generation know the amount of social proof a good Instagram account with 1k+ followers and a lot of likes on photos offers. I am making this thread assuming we don't get that guy that comes in and says "but social media is fer losers and attention wh0res!", likely some old dude in his 40s not in touch with reality.

While a high school or college kid will have an easy time getting friends and followers due to being in that community setting, I am trying to figure this out as a guy in his late 20s.

I don't want phony followers that you get through scammy ads online and all that. I was wondering how you can grow your social life and then get legit social media followers along the way.

 

[Serenity]

I'm not going to be that guy, but I'm probably not going to be the guy that tells you what you want to hear either.

Followers and likes on social media does not give you social proof to make you popular in reality. Getting popular, followed and liked in reality gives you likes and followers on social media. Basically if you're a great guy with a lot of fun to offer you'll gain your followers.

So many guys think they can just hustle themselves to being popular on social media and from that be considered great guys in reality. But it works the other way around, which is exactly why followers and likes on social media is such good social proof.

So my answer is: be a likeable person in reality, the rest will come from that.

 

[EyeBRollin]

Social media hurts you more than it helps you in getting laid.

 

[AlexKaiser]

Okay so here's the thing: Having a following "just because" is dumb, and like EyeBRollin said, will hurt you in the long run.

However, developing a following because of your talent and content, would work in your favor. Take for example, if you produce music.

The thing is, you have to produce something in order to have a meaningful following, lest you become just an attention ***** or a like addict. Take for example people who make meme pages on facebook or become writers on niche sites and complain about stopping because the likes and comments have dried up.

However making a twitter and wanting it to blow up and have girls DMing you or asking for your snapchat? You'd be better off doing something else with your time, since twitter time invested has little payoff unless you make things that people want to see and will draw them to you.

That, and the internet can preserve any idiotic or embarassing **** you say forever.

 

[homie]

I am sure that the sane people on here who are in touch with the current generation know the amount of social proof a good Instagram account with 1k+ followers and a lot of likes on photos offers.

What are you talking about lol?
It's nothing. I knew a guy who had a profile in social networl with 1k+ friends, posted photos all the time etc. and he didn't have a gf for years (no ons either).
You think girls be like "oh that guy has a an instagram with ton of followers, oh i want kids from him"? Never saw that irl.
People who are followed by many online usually do some arts, post something great or have a related business
I'm 23 yo and and internet dweller, been there from the beginning of social networks lol. Can't say for 16-year-olds though. Maybe it has some weight among them.
OK @Grewd nailed it.
It's the other way around

I was wondering how you can grow your social life and then get legit social media followers along the way.

Well, get acquaintances in real life and THEN they will add you online.

 

[backseatjuan]

There is this thing now, live youtube streams. You play some video games and stream it live on youtube. People like that get subscribers, like 300k and more. Then you got the donation thing going on the stream, people donate you money. You can easily raise 500 bucks and more per stream, some people raise 2k bucks per stream. Then you branch off your youtube and have other social media accounts, like FB and others.

Here is an example of a stream.

You even have russian mafia streaming, though not live now. They raise more than 2 grand bucks per stream.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErYNylQlYYX3piVQocJlWQ

 

[Good Gao]

I'm not going to be that guy, but I'm probably not going to be the guy that tells you what you want to hear either.

Followers and likes on social media does not give you social proof to make you popular in reality. Getting popular, followed and liked in reality gives you likes and followers on social media. Basically if you're a great guy with a lot of fun to offer you'll gain your followers.

So many guys think they can just hustle themselves to being popular on social media and from that be considered great guys in reality. But it works the other way around, which is exactly why followers and likes on social media is such good social proof.

So my answer is: be a likeable person in reality, the rest will come from that.

Okay, lets talk about the bold then, lets see if you actually know something or are simply spitting out motivational garbage to get cheap likes on here.

 

[Serenity]

Okay, lets talk about the bold then, lets see if you actually know something or are simply spitting out motivational garbage to get cheap likes on here.

Haha, thanks for calling it motivational. I wouldn't say it's motivational though. If I wanted to be motivational I'd tell him how to get cheap likes on social media, instead I told him to go the hard way and build a real reputation. That's hardly motivating, but it is the better way.

I don't give a fvck about likes, I'm just sharing my thoughts. Sometimes it's a hit and sometimes a miss. I'm not making anyone tap the like button on my posts, people just do when I've got a point. So do I when I think someone else has a good point.

 

[bigneil]

They have a version of Facebook for professionals. It's called LinkedIn. LinkedIn is your new resume. You want to acquire skills and have colleagues endorse you for those skills, ideally ones who are highly skilled in those areas themselves. Then jobs will find you.

 

[wifehunter]

Don't!

Use the time to improve yourself, and your game.

Meet women, and interact with them, where they're at!

Tinder, facebook, etc. are just another layer of BS / female power to break through. Why bother, unless you're looking for a skank?

 

[Good Gao]

Haha, thanks for calling it motivational. I wouldn't say it's motivational though. If I wanted to be motivational I'd tell him how to get cheap likes on social media, instead I told him to go the hard way and build a real reputation. That's hardly motivating, but it is the better way.

I don't give a fvck about likes, I'm just sharing my thoughts. Sometimes it's a hit and sometimes a miss. I'm not making anyone tap the like button on my posts, people just do when I've got a point. So do I when I think someone else has a good point.

Would you look at that folks, he STILL didn't say any method or procedure to get more social media following, what a phony.

 

[Serenity]

Would you look at that folks, he STILL didn't say any method or procedure to get more social media following, what a phony.

I did. It's called building a reputation, there's no simple procedure for that. Other than getting out and talking to people. You're free to not follow my advice (or anyone else's), stay in your basement and make sh!t up for attention on social media. You don't have to be d!ck about it though.

Your lack of appreciation says a lot about you. Even if you did manage to gain popularity online, that social proof would quickly fade as they see what a douchebag you are.

 

[Good Gao]

Don't!

Use the time to improve yourself, and your game.

Meet women, and interact with them, where they're at!

Tinder, facebook, etc. are just another layer of BS / female power to break through. Why bother, unless you're looking for a skank?

dude you're 43, get lost

 

[wifehunter]

dude you're 43, get lost

Dude, they own you.

You will be their b!tch.

 

[resilient]

Why bother, unless you're looking for a skank?

Lol. Old school ad. Has flip phone. Wait. Heroin??

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