Performative Blogging

Photo from Unsplash Don’t worry, I am not going to expose anyone but myself here. A few weeks ago I saw a YouTube video: The Performative Epidemic (Invidious) by chon digital, that was about something I think everyone has heard about in one way or another. Basically, people that pretend to do or engage in a certain activity and post about it online. All with the hopes of getting engagement and make themselves known or internet famous, although sometimes they genuinely want to form connections with people but end up looking like attention-seekers anyway. I will be honest. I do like to be known and to have some fame. I am not going to pretend otherwise, but I have also tried my best to write about whatever I am feeling like writing, and to do so without worrying much about what is trending or popular. However, I’ve been very, very tempted lately, to go ahead and copy whatever is going on in the online circles around me. Seriously though, I look at what’s on the top of the Bubbles…