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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
Tom May

'Dread, anxiety... but also hope': Here's how creatives really feel about social media in 2025

A woman taking a photo of a painting.

You know how, on Facebook, some people don't put 'Single' or 'In a relationship' but 'It's complicated'? Well in 2025, that feels like a good way to describe our relationship with social media too.

If you're a creative professional, I'm betting your relationship with these platforms has grown pretty complicated in recent years. You know you need them. You probably hate that you need them. And you've definitely spent more hours than you'd care to admit wondering why that post didn't get more likes.

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