Is social media getting boring?

Social Media Feels... Boring

Not to sound like a total boomer, but is social media getting kind of boring to anyone else?

Lately, everything online feels like a copy of a copy.

Every hook sounds familiar. Editing styles blur into one another. A funny joke goes viral, and suddenly you scroll three times and see 10 versions of it.

Then someone adds a slightly new twist—and boom, that gets copied again.

It’s starting to feel like social media is made up of three things:

1. Videos with white borders and stock subtitles,

2. People hopping on trends even if they have nothing to say,

3. And a small percentage of genuinely funny, weird, or original stuff.

   
   

The Problem Isn’t the Content—It’s the Soul

Here’s the weird part: most of it isn’t even bad content.

Technically, it's well-made. The hooks work. The captions are right. It’s "good" by algorithmic standards.

But there’s something missing: soul.

Creating content now feels like presenting the same fruit over and over to the algorithm gods, just hoping they'll accept your offering this time.

And I get it I'm not here to shame creators who follow trends. We all want to be seen. Sometimes, you have to play the game.

But I do miss the chaos that old social media used to have. I miss the weirdness. The originality. The messy creativity. Back when people weren’t trying to win at content they were just having fun with it.

It’s Not That People Aren’t Funny Anymore

There are so many funny, brilliant creators out there. But they often get buried beneath rage bait, recycled jokes, or content made to check off a trend checklist.

And I’ll be honest sometimes I wonder: Should I just do the trending thing even if I don’t care about it?

Because videos I spend two minutes making often perform better than the ones I put hours into.

But no.

I'm choosing to stay original.

To keep this platform as a creative outlet.

A Message for the Fellow Bored and Burnt Out Creators

But if you're bored of social media, let me tell you: It's not just a you problem.

Pick up your camera. Make something stupid. Make something cringy. Make something you. Make a Brain rot video. Make something for the chaos.

It doesn't have to go viral. It doesn't have to be perfect. Even 30 views means dozens of people saw it. That’s not nothing.

So here’s my new motto: I solemnly swear to post whatever, whenever, wherever I want.

I'm going to experiment. Get weird. Try styles that don’t “perform.” Because at the end of the day,

I’d rather make something real than another carbon copy.