Robyn Roste, Systems & Funnels

Tips for Spreading the Love on Social Media

Spreading the love on social media. We could all use more love, couldn’t we?

spread the love on social media

This year, I’m resolving to do less of the mindless scroll and more adding goodness to the social landscape. Care to join me? Here are eight ideas for spreading the love on social media. They’re not invasive, they’re not difficult, and they’re not rocket science. But sometimes they’re tough to remember.

If we let it, social media can make us feel horrible. We all know it but still allow people’s picture-perfect feeds to get us down. It’s why we’re so focused (borderline obsessed?) on authenticity and honesty—we understand what we see on social media feeds isn’t reality, but it’s difficult to stop comparing.

I wrote about four ways to overcome social media comparison over on Faith Strong Today if you’re interested in changing your self-talk but need a bit of a push.

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8 Tips for Spreading the Love on Social Media

spreading the love on social media be generous with your likes

1. Be generous with your likes

This is something I’m trying to do more of. What does it cost me to “like” someone’s status or post? Not much. But what can it add to someone else’s day? Maybe a lot. I don’t go through and “like” everything I see, but if something makes me pause, think, or smile, I make sure to (at least) like it.

spreading the love on social media leave kind genuine comments

2. Leave kind, genuine comments

One of the communities I’m in started practicing this and I realized how encouraging it is to receive comments on social media posts. So much more than I thought. Now that I’m aware I make sure to leave comments as often as I can, and as nice as I can.

spreading the love on social media tell someone something nice

3. Tell someone something nice

This launches from my last point. Doesn’t it feel good when someone notices something you’re working hard on and compliments you? Or tells you you’re doing a great job? I have decided to be more intentional about doing this for others. When I notice something awesome, mention it. And now that I’m trying to notice what others are doing I’m seeing a lot more to mention! I love how it helps me keep my eyes on others rather than on myself.

spreading the love on social media try to make someone laugh

Here’s a great tip.

4. Try to make someone laugh

Yes I do mean post hilarious memes, GIFs, and videos. Why not? Maybe even post an epic Throwback Thursday photo and make someone smile. Who says we need to be serious all the time? Life is serious enough.

spreading the love on social media post something beautiful

5. Post something beautiful

Along the lines of posting something fun, what about posting something beautiful? An amazing landscape, a cute animal, or a stunning piece of art…think about what would bring joy or awe to someone else’s day and add it to your feed.

spreading the love on social media post something encouraging

6. Post something encouraging

In my new and improved approach to social media I’ve started asking what would be helpful and uplifting to the people who I’m connected with on social media. When I approach my posting strategy from this viewpoint I find I have a lot to say—and I find in trying to be encouraging it’s filling me up as well. How cool!

spreading the love on social media highlight someone you look up to

7. Highlight someone you look up to

If someone is doing a great job why not give them a shout out? A friend of mine is doing this on her Instagram feed and I’m finding it so awesome. If someone has helped you out in you life or career why WOULDN’T you honour them in this way? Love this so much.

spreading the love on social media follow people who inspire you

8. Follow people who inspire you

One of the best ways I’ve found to stay positive on social media is by following people with the same agenda—following those already spreading the love on social media and inspiring me to do the same. Why not fill your feed with the change you want to see?


These are my top tips for spreading the love on social media but I’ve love to hear your ideas. Let me know in the comments…or on social media.

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Spreading the love on social media. We could all use more love, couldn't we? This year, I'm resolving to do less of the mindless scroll and more of the adding goodness to the social landscape. Care to join me? Here are eight ideas for spreading the love on social media. They're not invasive, they're not difficult, and they're not rocket science. But sometimes they're tough to remember.
This year, I'm resolving to do less mindless scrolling and more spreading the love on social media. Care to join me? Here are eight ideas.

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