Food Culture & Social Media

This blog post is directed at how we are using social media to constantly share what we're eating. Whether it's a Pinterest board about what food we want to make, and Instagram image of our most recent meal or even a Tumblr gif about food, sometimes we share too much.

When it comes to social media, I'm pretty sure we all have that one friend who posts everything. Now, we all have the power to unfollow or block that person but then we might hurt their feelings, so we never do and we get bombarded with posts.  These post may not bother most of us, but I think it's time that we exam how much food we stereotypically are putting on our own social media. 

I once found this picture that jokingly explains which social media you should use to do what. 

But seriously, doesn't that sum it up? If you aren't guilty of using social media that way, then I bet you know someone who is. Personally, that picture is pretty accurate of my social media usage about two-thirds of the time. The other third of the time I spend on social media is actually researching and trying to learn more about my field or network.

Next time you sit down to have a fancy dinner, or your favorite meal, maybe you should think twice before bombarding your followers with pictures. Especially if you're a regular to food pictures. My rule is that the meal has to be extra special and something I would want to remember, not just any ol' meal.