My last post…..clickbait?😨😱
My goodness! I had to delete some vulgar comments on my Papsmear post. So I figured it’s best to address the hate comments on here:
1. Was it clickbait? Yep.
2. Was my goal to get views and likes? I mean…. Yeah?? Isn’t that the point of social media to gain an AUDIENCE?
3. “The clickbait is dangerous and misleading” I can tell you what’s more dangerous and misleading: if someone just looked at the caption and decided “ok this stranger on lemon8 said not to schedule a papsmear so I’m not going to”. THATS a problem. My caption isn’t the problem here.
4. The reason this was clickbait is to GAIN audience. Women’s health is not talked about enough. My mom suffered and passed from breast cancer, my sister had pre cervical cancer at 19, my aunts have ovarian. A lot of women are nervous to get a papsmear- which is normal. My goal is to bring light and answer any questions that some may have!
5. If you’re upset that this was clickbait- social media may not be for you. Perhaps, look into Pinterest or something if you’re upset with creators trying to reach an audience.
6. For those who have hateful comments about how terrible it was for me to post this, thanks for boosting the content and spreading awareness to other women!
I’m not apologizing for having 70k people click the photo and read why papsmears are important. Lol. Thank you to all the women who commented their stories ❤️ #papsmear #womenshealth
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This is social media anyone can post whatever they want. I don't care if it is the food they had eaten that day or they are trying to sell products and are not very social. Clickbait or not people need to grow up this isn't high school we are adults not children.