Cornish social media agency are dropping the filter

A Cornish social media agency is taking a stand against the quest for perfection online, by vowing to ‘drop the filter’ on their own images.

The team at Oh So Social, a social media agency based in Penryn, have seen first-hand the effects social media can have on an individual’s mental health, with the heavily edited and filtered images posted across Instagram and Facebook, for example, impacting on users’ self-esteem and overall mental wellbeing.

An advocate for raising awareness of the importance of mental health, Oh So Social Director Katherine George has taken the step to protect the Oh So Social team from the mental toll of working daily in social media, with the hope that others will follow suit.

Katherine said: “It’s no secret that I have experienced my own challenges with mental health, and I am vocal about raising awareness of the impact of social media on our mental health across my own channels. So, I thought it was about time we practiced what we preach!”

“As a team, we’re pledging to drop the filter and will no longer be editing images for all of our new team photos and any headshots used across our website, social media, and externally, such as for event publicity.”

The team also share tips and methods to manage the impact social media and working from home can have on mental health through a series of free training videos through sister company Oh So Savvy.

Oh So Social are international, multi award-winning social media marketing experts, offering the best social media management, training, advice and strategy services to businesses and individuals across the UK and internationally. Sister company Oh So Savvy is designed to help anyone, anywhere to access expert social media advice and training to help their businesses succeed online.