20 Historical Figures Who Would Be Nightmares in the Social Media Age

Considering it’s only been around for about .0001 percent of human history, it’s impressive how completely social media has taken over modern life. It’s become the primary method by which we get the news, make friends, connect with professional networks, express ourselves and complain to airlines.

Certainly, if you want to achieve anything as a public figure, you can’t just stay off social media. Unless the eccentric shut-in thing is part of your deal — and it’s a perfectly respectable deal to have — you’re going to have to embrace the selfie. This is also how we tend to find out that our celebrities are the most insufferable people alive.

But imagine how much worse it would be if social media reached back even a little farther into the anthropocentric timeline. You’d quickly realize even the most revered figures of history are nothing but trolls and attention queens in frillier clothing. 

At least, that’s what everyone realized when user realitywut asked r/AskReddit, “Which historical figure would be the most obnoxious Instagram ‘influencer’?”