How often have you been asked whether you have seen the Barbie movie yet or are on Threads in the past few weeks?
These are the types of questions which drive people to keep up to date with what’s happening around them. If they don’t, they feel they could be “missing out” or won’t be able to keep up in a conversation – a common fear stoked by many entertainment TV presenters who like to warn their viewers that they will miss the juiciest gossip of the day at their peril.
The trends we see on social media can overwhelm users, to a point where we might need to step back and ask ourselves whether we are keeping ourselves updated because we really want to, or is it plain FOMO?
FOMO in a nutshell
Fear-of-missing-out, or simply FOMO, is an anxiety or insecurity that one might be missing out on “exciting” things that everyone else is doing or seeing.
FOMO is becoming…
