Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life
People Aren’t Posting: What happens when people revolt against social media just becoming media?
Julia Alexanderposting-nexus.ghost.io
We are living through a pandemic of selfing — rampant self-celebration that mistakes applause for connection, likes for love. Social media companies are capitalizing on our native need for affirmation, exploiting our compromised immunity to manipulation at every turn: algorithms prioritizing selfies over sunflowers, algorithms amplifying the word I... See more
Maria Popova • unselfing.social
Why the “Personal Brand” needs to die
fastcompanyme.com
Consolidate your caring. Social media is a giant machine for getting you to spend your time caring about the wrong things (here), but for the same reason, it’s also a machine for getting you to care about too many things, even if they’re each indisputably worthwhile.