Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Ed Sheeran Quit Social Media So He Can Take A Break

Hey everyone, just to let you know that Ed Sheeran is quitting social media. He seems that he is taking a break, emails and all social media like Twitter. For a while.


So ask any teenager in America, calling it quits with social media is essentially social suicide. But when when you’re Ed Sheeran, disconnecting with your social accounts is probably the best thing you could do for yourself, especially when you’ve been living life in the public eye for so long. Lol, blame the rise of technology like computers for screwing up America and people watching TV or people playing video games at the same time.

Anyway, the British Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran has decided to break the news to all 5.5 million of his Instagram followers in a post.


Wow, sounds like a good move for Ed Sheeran. Especially when the internet needs to take time dominating the media industry by trying new things and adapt them. That way, people will agree that general public will support the internet like YouTube. Let’s continue.

Then, the Thinking Out Loud singer tweeted to his 16.1 million Twitter followers that he was “buggering off for awhile.” And reposted his Instagram photo in an attempt to reiterate his leave of absence. For such a high profile celebrity, his presence in the social media space is widely felt, and his fans are already feeling his absence.

He said, “I find myself seeing the world through a screen an not my eyes…” So it appears that Ed Sheeran is "buggering off" of social media, he told fans via Facebook Sunday because he has had a very busy the "last five years" and is taking the time out to see "everything [he] missed." Good choice, Ed Sheeran. That way, America will finally move away from copy and paste repeats like technology so America will finally go back to diversity like people playing video games. Let’s conitue.

Sites such as Facebook have been found to feed anxiety and elevate a person’s feeling of inadequacy, with a study commissioned by Anxiety UK concluding that pressure from technology makes people feel insecure and more overwhelmed.

Even worse, the site might even have the ability to make users just generally miserable, simply because the emotional investment with social media is so high.Researchers from the University of Michigan conducted a study and lead researcher, Ethan Kross, social psychologist at the University of Michigan to conclude, “On the surface, Facebook provides an invaluable resource for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection. But rather than enhance well-being, we found that Facebook use predicts the opposite result – it undermines it.”

Nicole Amesbury, a licensed therapist and the Head of Clinical Development at Talkspace (a platform that offers social media dependency therapy) agrees with this sentiment, especially when it comes to celebrities. “For some celebrities, participating in social media has an isolating effect. Even though they may be interacting with millions of fans, they can feel incredibly detached and lonely,” explains Amesbury. “It may feel like your image is a product to be bought and sold, which can be very dehumanizing.”

Whether it’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Snapchat, the increasing pressure to be your best self on these accounts has people crazed, so you can only imagine the pressure that celebrities with millions of followers must feel.

Although the Photograph hitmaker promises his social media hiatus won’t be permanent (he claims to be rejoining next Autumn), we hope it gives him the release and freedom he’s looking for. By disconnecting to such a large network, he won’t be under such a microscope, with every move, decision, and activity documented. Instead, he’ll be able to live freely for the time being, without being bombarded by all the inevitable stress factors that accompany social media.


Sounds like a good plan for him. Ed Sheeran did the right thing. This will make diversity like internet or people watching TV will slowly increasing its comeback performance. He's a very mature artist because some of his pop music are emotional and very respectful. This is why I prefer UK artists like him because UK singers like Ellie Goulding are not only mature but talented unlike US counterparts like Miley Cyrus. Some like Beyonce are label primates while UK pop stars like Adele are not. Therefore, I prefer UK artists like Jessie J. Let's not forget that UK pop girls like Charli XCX are hot.

Anyway, good luck, Ed Sheeran.

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