My wife and I work with someone who is always posting on social media about the things she is doing for herself or other people. We can see right through it, she might be saying look at these kids, but the intent is clearly look at me! The crazy thing is, her followers eat it up. Are people that naive, or are my wife and I just that cynical?
Fortunately I don't see much of that because I'm not on social media but it happens in the real world also I guess too, so I certainly see it. It's often easy to see through and the reasons why they do it...well, usually quite obvious also.
There's a strong difference between telling a story and shameless self-promotion and why do people lap it up? I don't know, maybe because that's what they aspire to also, that's what's important in their own lives?
The first part, probably not the second part.
Thanks, I appreciate your vote of confidence!