New-age Narcissus...or the only way to be heard?

Thanks to social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, everyone is given a platform to have their voices heard. While useful for celebrities to interact directly with the public, and helpful for news outlets trying to spread information as fast as possible, social media creates a very unique experience for the singular, average user.

As I said before, social media lets people have their voices heard, but when everyone is speaking at the same time, nobody stands out. Some interesting things result from this issue, and some odd behavior can be seen: for example, in order to stay fresh and relevant, many users advertise their various media fronts underneath each post.

Wasn't that CRAZY?? XD XD

Like and favorite! Follow me on #insta and @twitter, hit the snap.

Branding yourself has become a regular occurrence, because if any person wants to one day hit social media stardom, e.g. the vine legends and massive Facebook pages, you need a catchphrase, a following and a regular output of posts. Kickstarters and Gofundmes are being made to support the social media tunnel dream. Twitch and YouTube channels are begging for sponsorships and partnerships to make it big like Pewdiepie. People are making t-shirts and repeating their silly sayings ad nauseam to hopefully start a trend...which leads to another example of odd behavior: self-quoting.

"Don't ever stop doing more because you can always do more." - Me

Everyone loves adages, right? Plus, that's how so many people are remembered - or at least listed on Brainy Quote. By self-quoting regularly, maybe someone will finally snap their fingers and say, "Hey, that's pretty good," but in the meantime it appears more as if the person is trying to grant themselves acclaim without providing any real thought or context to it.

So what does any of this mean? Some feel that self-promotion (in the form of advertising social media fronts) to constantly be witnessed is narcissistic, as it clearly has a strong focus on the self and an apparent desperation for attention...yet how else can anyone be noticed in the mainstream media? Is it an egoistic obsession to bombard viewers with me, me, me, or is that the only way to be discovered and go viral?