Woman in China threatens to ditch fiancé for oversharing personal life on WeChat reigniting debate on social media addiction
- Man posts over 10 times a day, images of cats, leaves, flowers, noodles
- Fiancée says stop, claims he is not focusing on job, real life, or her
A woman in China has told her fiance she will leave him if he does not stop his obsession with sharing every little detail of their lives on social media, sparking a public debate about online addiction.
A man, surnamed Chen, who lives in Zhejiang province in eastern China, puts more than 10 posts a day on the Moments of WeChat, the most popular social media app in China, according to a report by Hangzhou Radio.
He thinks a beautiful flower he saw on the street or a bowl of noodles he found delicious is worth being posted on the platform to share with his contacts.
One day in November last year, he posted more than 10 items on WeChat, including an image of a lazy cat to “demonstrate my spiritual status today”, a picture of leaves falling on the ground with the caption “one would easily feel sad and dismal in autumn” and a post to recommend trying a dish called wine preserved crab.
Chen said he enjoys replying to people’s comments about his online posts because it enhances his communication with others.
He often shares photos of his girlfriend, whom he has been dating for three years, but she does not like it and frequently asks him to delete them.