{"id":168838,"date":"2018-04-18T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/singapore\/?p=168838"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:09:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T05:09:46","slug":"why-influencer-quit-instagram-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/singapore\/why-influencer-quit-instagram-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Real talk: Why this influencer with 15,000 followers quit Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cHey guys, it\u2019s me again, Hubab Hood: your number one influencer in Singapore.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, this was Hubab Hood\u2019s tongue-in-cheek greeting. These days we call him Hubab <em>Who?<\/em>: our own little in joke about his sudden retirement from <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/singapore\/hc4sg-instagram-worthy-places-in-singapore-unique-hidden-insta-worthy-locations-for-ootds-and-landscape-shots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a brief background on this former &#8216;star&#8217;. Hubab Hood rose to minimal &#8211; his words, not ours &#8211;\u00a0fame when he played a starring role on MunahHirziOfficial. And while he left the comedy channel early on, he\u2019s stayed in the spotlight. Just before he deactivated his Instagram account, his following was a solid 15,000: and they were real..<\/p>\n<p>His \u2018retirement\u2019 from Instagram came as a shock to us all. The photo-sharing app seemed synonymous with his identity. Rarely did a day go by without him posting a selfie, photos and Instagram stories documenting his proudly \u2018bougie\u2019 lifestyle of bubbles, luxe holidays and exclusive parties, or live videos. Curious, we pulled him into a no-holds-barred chat to find out why he made such a dramatic life change&#8230;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168840\" style=\"width: 930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-168840 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-instagram.jpg\" alt=\"Why influencer Hubab Hood quit Instagram \" width=\"930\" height=\"727\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-instagram.jpg 930w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-instagram.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-instagram.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 930px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 930\/727;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just one of many Instagram posts of Hubab letting us in on his fabulous life&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Could you introduce yourself for those who somehow don\u2019t know you yet?<\/h3>\n<p>Hi I\u2019m Hubab. I\u2019m a fallen <em>quote<\/em> influencer <em>unquote<\/em>. <\/p>\n<h3>How did you get so &#8216;famous&#8217;?<\/h3>\n<p>I started out doing videos with my friends on Youtube. They were parodies, and random videos. People began watching them and they gave us challenges to do. Once we started doing them, our viewership steadily grew, and eventually blew up. But from the get go, I knew I wanted to get out of there. I quickly realised that I don\u2019t like being put in front of people\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168841\" style=\"width: 930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-168841 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-social-media.jpg\" alt=\"Why Hubab Hood quit Instagram \" width=\"930\" height=\"740\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-social-media.jpg 930w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-social-media.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-social-media.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 930px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 930\/740;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to be in the spotlight\u201d &#8211; Hubab Hood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Hang on, could you repeat that? <em>You<\/em> don\u2019t want to be put in front of people? (For the uninitiated, Hubab is the equivalent of the class clown at work despite being a manager.)<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, I know it shocks you that I shun the spotlight. It\u2019s just that I\u2019ve always liked making people laugh. I think I somehow fell into \u201cfame\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When I joined Instagram, my account blew up instantly. Everything was fun and I was young so naturally I kept going at it. My former position as a producer at ENews! Asia also significantly grew my following as I was constantly posting about celebrities. <\/p>\n<h3>And then what changed?<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019m 30 and married now. I look back at my time on Instagram and realise that I was posting things I didn\u2019t care about just to please others.<\/p>\n<p>I would challenge myself to see if a recent post could up the likes on a previous one. I would check impressions and see how far I could go. I was just playing along to the \u2018being an influencer\u2019 thing, but I\u2019m not one. And I\u2019ve never actually been one. I didn\u2019t influence anything. People only watched my videos or posts because they were funny. <\/p>\n<h3>When did you decide you had enough?<\/h3>\n<p>There were two moments. The first time, I was in an Uber and looking through my feed. Without realising it, I was scrolling non stop, and when I thought about it, I couldn\u2019t remember what I\u2019d been looking at for the past five minutes. <\/p>\n<p>The second time, I was on the train. I looked around me and most people were on their phones, double tapping away on photos that obviously don\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>I snapped. I didn\u2019t know why I was doing this. If I can\u2019t remember what I\u2019d be looking at for five minutes, what\u2019s the point? There was no passion, or emotion attached to it. You\u2019re just scrolling endlessly, and mindlessly, with zero purpose. What\u2019s the point of giving likes to people for stuff you don\u2019t even remember? You\u2019re just feeding other people\u2019s desire to be popular. <\/p>\n<p>I feel like I\u2019ve been scarred by it.<\/p>\n<h3>What scarred you?<\/h3>\n<p>Nothing happened. But I did have haters. <\/p>\n<h3>Tell me about them.<\/h3>\n<p>I had one who would create multiple accounts just to spam all my pictures \u2013 even the personal ones with family, friends and colleagues. He\u2019d comment \u2018fat slut\u2019 or something about me being ugly. I found it hilarious, and entertaining. I honestly wasn\u2019t hurt by it. But it\u2019s not a nice feeling to load Instagram and see twenty insults on pictures you\u2019ve taken with your family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168844\" style=\"width: 929px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-168844 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-influencer-quit-social-media.jpg\" alt=\"Why influencer Hubab Hood quit Instagram\" width=\"929\" height=\"846\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-influencer-quit-social-media.jpg 929w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-influencer-quit-social-media.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-influencer-quit-social-media.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 929px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 929\/846;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hubab makes a stir wherever he goes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>And then there\u2019s an obsession in pretending you\u2019ve got the perfect life&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Exactly. People take ages to find the right filter and go the extra mile to manipulate their facial features or body. I\u2019ve done it before\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>&#8230;we\u2019ve all done it before.<\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019ve all done it before. I have no shame. A picture is just a picture. People want validation and they want to be recognised. <\/p>\n<p>But more than that, scrolling endlessly through your feed is a nasty habit. It may have started out as a way for people to look at nice pictures. But now, it\u2019s just something people do when they\u2019re bored or restless. Back in the 90s, people would spin pens around their fingers when they were bored. Instagram is the new pen spinning. You\u2019re bored, you have nothing to do. So you swipe and scroll.<\/p>\n<h3>Is there anything you miss about it?<\/h3>\n<p>Nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Don\u2019t you miss being clued in on in your friends\u2019 lives?<\/h3>\n<p>Nope. Being free of social media actually helps me connect with people more now. I have genuine curiosity about people\u2019s lives. I ask more questions and engage more. Without the distraction of Instagram, I read more, I touch more. I feel more present.<\/p>\n<h3>How do you feel after switching off from social media?<\/h3>\n<p>Relieved. Free. Like I don\u2019t owe anyone anything. I don\u2019t owe you a like. I don\u2019t owe you a view.<\/p>\n<h3>Is this the first time you\u2019ve deactivated your social media?<\/h3>\n<p>Nope, the first one I took down was Twitter. I had 10k followers but I took it down because it became too much to handle. I deleted it without a second thought.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168845\" style=\"width: 926px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-168845 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-instagram-and-social-media.jpg\" alt=\"Why influencer Hubab Hood quit Instagram \" width=\"926\" height=\"593\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-instagram-and-social-media.jpg 926w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-instagram-and-social-media.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/why-hubab-hood-quit-instagram-and-social-media.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 926px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 926\/593;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He may be off Instagram, but he\u2019s always the star of the show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Have you ever regretted leaving Instagram or Twitter?<\/h3>\n<p>Nope. I\u2019ve always found social media annoying. I was following people I don\u2019t give a s**t about (pardon my language).<\/p>\n<h3>How do we be more mindful when using social media?<\/h3>\n<p>Set rules. Allocate time to use it. Don\u2019t use it at lunch, dinner or during working hours. Use it as part of your down time after dinner. Scroll through it while you\u2019re chilling on the couch and not in your bedroom \u2013 that\u2019s a place of relaxation. Keep it to 10 minutes. <\/p>\n<p>Also, be mindful of who you follow. Plenty of young influencers these days advertise content with just their looks, with little thought to captions or actual content creation. Follow people who actually make you feel good, and have something important or positive to say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHey guys, it\u2019s me again, Hubab Hood: your number one influencer in Singapore.\u201d Once upon a time, this was Hubab Hood\u2019s tongue-in-cheek greeting. 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