Social Media Self-Curation
Online, people build legible identities for an imagined audience — curated, multiple across platforms, increasingly including their children; the curation shapes what they buy and what they believe about others' lives.
An everyday example
Purchases made to be posted; a feed of everyone's best days read as everyone's ordinary days.
What it can cost you
Buying for the profile; comparing your inside to others' outside; eroding privacy for attention.
Warning signs
- I framed the photo before I tasted the food.
- I feel behind after scrolling.
One thing to do
Separate what you would do unposted from what you do for the feed; treat others' feeds as front stage, not life.
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