Help, I’m an #Egomaniac!

As promised, here’s the blog about the Egomaniac hashtag game we played last night.

Truth be told, I got the idea from a NY Times op-ed piece I read about happiness. The author wrote:

Today, each of us can build a personal little fan base, thanks to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the like. We can broadcast the details of our lives to friends and strangers in an astonishingly efficient way. That’s good for staying in touch with friends, but it also puts a minor form of fame-seeking within each person’s reach. And several studies show that it can make us unhappy.

We each become little egomaniacs tweeting and posting about our lives and caring more about our own content than about anything else. So I had an idea…

Read an article claiming social media makes egomaniacs of us all. We should play a hashtag game tonight called #egomaniac. Do your worst!

— Xian Satirist (@TheXianSatirist) August 4, 2014

From there it seemed everyone had an opinion about egomaniacs 😉

I tweet not because i have something to say, but because i have something you need to hear. #Egomaniac

— Xian Satirist (@TheXianSatirist) August 4, 2014

How will you all know how humble I am if I don't tweet about it constantly? #Egomaniac

— Stumbling Blockhead (@StmblngBlockhed) August 4, 2014

My food & my clothes ought to matter to you. Hang on – I'll share a pic… #Egomaniac

— Xian Satirist (@TheXianSatirist) August 4, 2014

My tweets are gems–real diamonds in the rough. #egomaniac

— Tamster Too (@chattytamster) August 4, 2014

All your subtweets are about me. #egomaniac

— ArnoldSchwarzeburger (@ArnoldSBurger) August 4, 2014

Everyone cares what I had for dinner #egomaniac

— Neutral Christian (@NeutralAnon) August 4, 2014

I mean, I would RT, but I have to keep my followers entertained and…..well, you understand. #Egomaniac

— Luke Sheppard (@lukeshredpard) August 4, 2014

You don't have to be bored any more. I logged back in to Twitter. #Egomaniac

— Xian Satirist (@TheXianSatirist) August 4, 2014

Now that I have 500+ followers I don't need you. #egomaniac

— JimR87 (@ImJimR87) August 4, 2014

I am so humble I don't have an ego 😐 #Egomaniac

— Church Husher (@churchhusher) August 4, 2014

I get upset when great hashtags get started before I get on Twitter. #Egomaniac

— Brad Gilbert (@_Brad_Gilbert_) August 4, 2014

I get upset when other people besides me start great hashtags 😉 #Egomaniac @_Brad_Gilbert_

— Xian Satirist (@TheXianSatirist) August 4, 2014

I check my notifications even when I don't have any new ones, just to reread how awesome people think my tweets are. #egomaniac

— 1st Class Christian (@1stclassXian) August 4, 2014

I'm so humbled that you folks finally came up with a hashtag dedicated to me. #Egomaniac

— Snooty Seminarian (@SSeminarian) August 4, 2014

No, I'm not going to follow the other contributing authors of the twitter organization I'm in! #egomaniac

— Seminary Guy (@2Seminarian) August 4, 2014

I make taking a break from Twitter a big deal, as if Twitter itself will shut down because of my absence. #egomaniac … #BackRowBlackout!

— Back Row Baptist (@BackRowBaptist) August 4, 2014

I keep waiting for @backrowbaptist to retire so I can lead the Twitter Anons… #egomaniac

— Xian Satirist (@TheXianSatirist) August 4, 2014

Read my blog. Please. #egomaniac

— The Fake Evans (@TheFakeEvans) August 4, 2014

And we’ll close with…

I'm not an #egomaniac, I just have a narcissistic personality disorder. It's kind of an all-me-syndrome, but with less government funding.

— ♖Parson Peeves™♖ (@ParsonPeeves) August 4, 2014

There were many more – too many to recount. But there’s a little ego monster in us all that cares about faves and retweets. We all want our voices to be heard. The problem comes when that little ego monster becomes the driving force in our lives. As the author of the op-ed piece pointed out, pursuing that doesn’t actually bring happiness, but brings unhappiness. So enjoy your time on social media, but remember:

IT’S JUST TWITTER. 😉

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