Social media superstars?

[Wildfisher]

That's what social media does well - instils a sense of self importance to people who lack the perspective to appreciate how insignificant their endeavours are in the greater context of real life.

Succinct and eloquently put Matt. 

[corsican dave]

i'd go along with that, too. it's pretty much all playing and has no greater meaning. i do my fair share of fish posting, primarily to let my wife know that i am genuinely out wasting my time fishing & not carrying on an illicit affair with some floozy. it also lets my climbing buddies know i'm not pushing up any daisies just yet

i do like sharing experiences & ideas with folks from across the globe & i genuinely enjoy seeing their photos and videos. i find it quite inspirational. hence the Carp Champions group. as we've said earlier, that could be better achieved through a forum, but Facebook, for instance, seems to be the main or only way a lot of people communicate nowadays. sadly we don't have many (any?) australian carp fishermen on WFF, despite my best efforts to invite them

[johnny boy]

primarily to let my wife know that i am genuinely out wasting my time fishing & not carrying on an illicit affair