It's conference / summer party season again… Conferences = PARTY INVITES. What happens when you get left out? What happens when all the moms in town have a pool party and you are the only one not invited? What happens when everyone is seemingly more cool than you?
FOMO, the fear of being overlooked or forgotten, seems to be increasing due to social media use. Now it's easier than ever to see, online, in a very public way, that we have been skipped over on events or parties. Lovely, now our social anxiety of being 'not cool enough' is broadcast online for all to see!
Somehow social media has either turned into high school or Hollywood. Or both. The phenomenon has even inspired an infographic.
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Do You Have FOMO? (Fear Of Missing Out) at MomCrunch
As BlogHer12 approaches, more and more people are starting to feel left out in some way – they can't attend, aren't speaking, or didn't get the invites to the big parties. Do you have it?
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It could happen to anyone these days. I prefer just doing the things I like with the people whose company I enjoy. When it comes to seeing an event posted on a social networking site, what's wrong with inviting yourself? Just go do what ya like! 🙂
salut christina
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