Do you have everything? Star of social networks tells his hell and decides to give up his likes and followers – hoylosangeles

In social networks Essena O’Neill was for three years a queen. Everyday delighted his fans with photographs in which he was seen posing clothes, bikinis and projecting a lifestyle that was nothing short of idyllic.

All this until a few days ago when he decided that his life in electronic networks had gone too far and decided to end what had made him a true addiction, in which “likes” and “followers” were drug consumed eagerly.

For three years, this young Australian model of 18 years, was dedicated, day and night to build an artificial life in social networks. The effort paid off. Until the day he decided to turn his life had gotten more than half a million followers on Instagram; more than 250,000 fans in their YouTube and Tumblr, and an average of 60,000 visits snapchat your account.

“The image he had built, was completely unrealistic,” says O’Neill in a video that is in its http://www.letsbegamechangers.com/ page in which he confesses to his followers the truth about their photographs and the things he did during that time to get followers.

“It was all false. For example, the picture you take to pose in bikini, I had to make more than 100 shots to show completely flat stomach, “says O’Neill through tears. “That day had hardly eaten, and I was shouting at my little sister to continue taking pictures, until I had one that I liked.”

The results of that popularity did not wait. In Los Angeles was showered modeling contracts and monthly checks Youtube received as payment to the high traffic that generated videos.

But in exchange for the likes anxiously expected, O’Neill began to experience a hell. His hobby became an addiction that took hunger, sleep, friendships, and in the end, their joy of life.

Realizing what had become his life, O’Neill decided take a radical turn to his presence in networks. The first thing he did was to change the title of your page and baptize in the name of THE NETWORKS ARE NOT REAL. After you delete more than 2000 images and then began to rewrite the feet of photographs, explaining the actual circumstances in which the photographs were taken.

In one of the photos, which is seen in a dress striped, O’Neill said he was paid $ 400 to pose with that outfit. “At that time I had about 150 thousand followers, but he knew that half a million, could receive up to $ 2,000 for each post you make. There is nothing wrong with accepting money from big brands, but I think one should tell his followers. This photo was nothing important, it is unethical to have done so (Though not know it at the time). My point now is to tell everyone that SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE NOT REAL. Beware of the people promoting things , ask yourself what is the intention behind each photo. “

” I created these images in order to accept me. Social networks allow me to make money fooling people. I created an image of myself that was great perfection, but it was artificial, “he said recently. “Today I want to let others know that there is life beyond the social networks.”