Oh no. No, no, no.
A mum’s post about her son’s birthday has gone viral for all the wrong reasons – after she complained about the fact that photos featuring him didn’t get as many likes as ones with the rest of the family.
Blogger Katie Bower has since deleted the Instagram post, although many eagle-eyed social media users had already screen grabbed it.
She began the post by talking about how she was thankful for her son, who is “one of the most helpful and sweet hearted little boys”, and praising his “sweet-hearted nature” and “unique personality”.
And then things took a turn.
Omg this Instagram mommy blogger is celebrating her sons bday by writing about how out of all her kids, he “statistically” performs the worse on her Instagram. And she’s worried one day it will ruin his self esteem 👀💀 pic.twitter.com/QpFfJwDOab
— Stephanie McNeal (@stephemcneal) November 19, 2018
She continued:
“Guys, I am gonna be perfectly honest. Instagram never liked my Munchkin and it killed me inside. His photos never got as many likes, never got comments.
“From a statistical point of view, he wasn’t as popular with everyone out there. Maybe part of that was the pictures just never hit the algorithm right.
“Part might be because he was ‘the baby’ for a very short amount of time before LJ came along…and then Max and then Ella. And people like babies.
“I saw all that because I want to believe that it wasn’t him, that it was on me. My insufficiency caused this statistic deficit because obviously my Munch should get ALL the love and squinty eyes are totally adorable.
“I truly KNOW that my Munch deserves alllllll the likes…whether or not a stranger gives it to them.
“And on his sixth birthday, I am thankful that I know that: that no matter what other people think of me or my kids or my marriage or my house or my life or my everything…that they are 10000000x better in real life than any tiny picture could hold. “
She ended the post by saying that she had shared her feeling as “I know one day he will see the numbers and have to learn that his value is not in online approval.”
Oh. My. God. What in the hell??
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 19, 2018
I got nothing. I'm just sitting here with my mouth hanging open.
— Mama Mack (@MelisssaMcAtee) November 19, 2018
I don't allow little Johnny to push my side-hustle shipping pies nationwide because the engagement just isn't there: A memoir
— Matt the brat (@Karna6e) November 19, 2018
First of all, no, one day he will not “need to see the numbers”—this person is horrible.
Also someone needs to show her the social media episode of #BlackMirror stat. It is literally the world she imagines herself in today.
— Elle Bee Are (@elle_bee_are) November 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/_brittanyv/status/1064576665005654016
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Speaking to the Huffington Poster, Bowers explained that she had only mentioned ht numbers as she was saying what she was thankful for.
She explained:
“Weston was the reason we got on Instagram (we did birth updates!) and at that time, it was my first real public social media platform.
“I did find myself caring about the approval and ‘likes.’ Over the past six years I have found that my worth is not in those numbers and I’m thankful for that personal growth.”
