Why Do People Impose Their Hair Ideas On Other People?

Social media has blown up since the rise of social network giants such as Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitter. With the rise in social media, there has also been a rise in trolling. Trolling means "making deliberately offensive or provocative online posts with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them" (Webster). I am not just going to talk about trolls, who are usually people who are “annoying” and actually do not want to see the blogger/vlogger progress. I want to address hair bullies or people who try to discredit, humiliate, or provoke an emotional response from someone with respect to that person's hair because they feel they know more, and they may actually have beneficial information, but

Does this person impose their hair ideas on other people?

There is good advice, which is appreciated but there is also imposition, which is very different. Good advice could be, for example, "I think another camera may work better for your project." Imposing is different and more likely to irritate the person, for example, "You need to co-wash your hair instead of shampoo."

The problem with this statement is that if you are not a doctor, a close friend, or even acquainted with the person besides being a subscriber to the channel or blog, then chances are they are not going to take your "advice" seriously. Also, refrain from saying words like "need" to bloggers/vloggers because it implies that you know better than they do and if you are on their video and watching their tips for hair growth, then chances are, you don't know more than them. Even if you do and you are a dermatologist, you can come off as arrogant by saying "I'm a doctor, you should do this." If you are an expert on the subject, then you should definitely voice your opinion by saying "Just a suggestion, you should not spray your scalp with product A directly because..."

2. A hair bully arguing with a person (the actual