#HumbleBragSharing Your Accomplishments

Within Social Media

A Growing #Trend

Humble Bragging

• With a plethora of social media platforms such as– Four Square– Twitter– Facebook– InstagramIt has become easier now,more than ever, to sharewith our friends ourachievements and everydaydoings

What is it?

• Humble bragging:

• According to #TheDailyBeast, a humble brag is: a feigned attempt at humility that’s really just an excuse to brag. It’s made obnoxiously easy by social networking, and it thrives in an age where narcissism is the norm

• Can be easy to miss nowadays, for this is one of the reasons social platforms exist

• Humble bragging as always been around, even before social media

• Self promotion is sometimes necessary when we are feeling down (without even realizing it)

The Reason Behind It?

I found this #humblebrag on my newsfeed while I was doing this project! And from one

of my favorite musicians (Bethany Cosentino)

• Humble bragging sounds very negative, not always the case• Social media is the platform for carving out a niche and

personal territory

Maroon 5 Frontman Takes the Cake for the #humblebrag

Bragging Vs. Patting Yourself on the Back

• Difference between bragging with passion and authenticity and sounding self-absorbed

• Show, don’t tell• Let social proof do the heavy lifting• Look before you leap• Manage your message• Make conversation 2-way• Make it personal

– Lots of times we forget humans are behind twitter handles and Facebook pictures

• Critics have related humble bragging (or sharing things on social media) to depressive symptoms in young teens

• Teens are already very insecure, “target group”• Those who are already “toiling” with depression are

more likely to feel effects• Social media allows them to spend their time viewing

others’ lives, comparing their clothes/friend amount/activities to their peers

• Viewing peers’ status updates, photos of happy-looking people having great times (especially if viewer was not invited)

• Creates skewed view of life: no real way to see facial expressions or real body language

• Viewed as a “popularity contest” for some kids

• “Also, it’s common among some teens to post snotty or judgmental messages on the Facebook walls of people they don’t like, said Gaby Navarro, 18, a senior from Grayslake, Ill.” – source: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/03/28/doctors-warn-about-facebook-depression-in-teens/

…Not Always Bad

• “humble bragging” may be the future of self promotion

• Some companies are beginning to use Unrabble, an app that has prospective employees deconstruct their resumes into achievements (called “brags”) and back them up by their own social media references (such as LinkedIn or Facebook)

• Makes it easier for employers to find and validate prospects’ achievements