Erin Napier, a well-known personality from HGTV, is currently navigating some significant hurdles in her latest endeavor. Together with her husband and “Home Town” co-star, Ben Napier, Erin has taken on the challenge of advocating for parents to keep their children away from social media until they graduate high school—a principle they are upholding with their own daughters, Helen (6) and Mae (2.5).
Despite their commitment to this cause, Erin has run into difficulties while trying to promote the Old School Festival—an event scheduled for March 9, 2024, in Laurel, Mississippi. In an interview with People magazine, Erin voiced her frustration over how social media platforms like Instagram—where she has a substantial following of 1.5 million—are making it hard for them to spread the word about the festival and raise awareness about the potential risks that social media poses to young minds.
Erin’s struggles aren’t isolated; Egypt Sherrod from “Married to Real Estate” has also faced similar issues. She reported experiencing increased hacking attempts and suppression of her posts on social media after sharing a controversial post in 2022. These challenges have sparked concerns among HGTV stars about how these platforms manage content visibility.
In response to these challenges on Instagram and other platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Erin Napier launched Project Osprey on August 1—a movement aimed at rallying families who are committed to raising children without exposure to social media during their formative years. The initiative’s slogan is “growing social kids without social media,” emphasizing a collective effort among parents.
Erin shared alarming research findings through an Instagram post that likened the addictive nature of social media for developing brains to that of drugs. She stressed that creating a supportive network among families who share this vision is crucial if they want their children’s adolescence free from the influence of these digital platforms.
The project quickly gained traction; within just weeks over 20,000 people had subscribed to its newsletter. This overwhelming response led Erin and Ben Napier to organize an “Old School Festival,” which will feature expert talks along with family-oriented workshops covering activities such as woodworking, gardening, art-making sessions, and music lessons.
However despite announcing near sell-out status by February 23rd via Instagram posts promoting ticket sales for this event were still available days later—a situation Erin attributes directly back towards what she perceives as intentional suppression by algorithms limiting reach compared against typical engagement levels seen across other content shared previously online where likes often range between eight-to-ten times higher than those received here instead only garnering around roughly two-thousand six-hundred likes per post related specifically towards upcoming festivities planned ahead next year March ninth date set aside already now fast approaching soon enough too!
On X though things appear somewhat better balanced comparatively speaking since similar promotional efforts there managed drawing upwards ten-thousand views alongside hundred-plus likes matching more closely usual interaction rates observed generally elsewhere across platform usage patterns overall thus far noted accordingly so far too!
Meanwhile fellow HGTV star Egypt Sherrod continues grappling ongoing fallout stemming originally back December twenty-twenty-two incident involving video footage purportedly showing evidence human trafficking occurring gas station location subsequently removed shortly thereafter yet not before triggering wave cyberattacks targeting both personal professional accounts alike ever since then ongoing even today still unresolved completely unfortunately leaving lingering doubts whether full extent damage done might never fully known ultimately either way regardless outcome final resolution reached eventually someday hopefully sooner rather than later ideally speaking anyway fingers crossed hoping best possible scenario plays out favorably end result desired outcome achieved successfully finally once all said done finished properly concluded satisfactorily everyone involved happy satisfied moving forward positively future endeavors undertaken confidently assuredly going forward henceforth 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