totally understand about what you are trying to explain, it's hard to understand identity in a realtime, on demand world and where we fit into it. i feel overwhelmed, stressed, anxiety and get down about things a lot but i do feel this community here is one of the better ones on the web compared to most, not like the youtube trolls for instance! - all power to you for being brave. keep on keeping on!
I completely agree! I am not a huge fan of youtube, facebook nor instagram. It's all just so fake and users are even faker. Facebook makes me feel like shit about my life and instagram makes me feel shit about the way I look. They all tend to make you feel shit about something, it's all part of the addiction. We always have to remember that it's big companies running these "cool" sites, its all about money and thats it. Living your life around websites such as those makes us fickle. I love the freedom of expression on steemit and although relatively new, I hope the community stays the way it is, respectful.
hmm sounds like you had a bad run at it. if you check out my insta, you'll see it's not fake, but i understand what you mean, marketing has killed what it is, the moment facebook bought insta, that's when it really started to change drastically with staged photos and these 'lifestyle' people - like most things in life, the good stuff always finds a way to the top! :) evolution of social always in progress.. we should never forget that anti-social media also scales at the same rate. i doubt the community here will stay the same but i can tell you the majority of people i have spoken too and met are lovely.
Yeah Im not a big fan of social media although I daily use it for promotional purposes. There are many interesting social experiments you can find online about how you can create a scripted online life and create a following that will believe it. It's actually scary when you think about it. What is real and what isn't. I find the web fascinating but also terrifying. I've only been to one meeting so far and it was lovely ^_^
i've been to a lot of conferences over the years, it's only real when you meet the people behind the accounts, otherwise it's just potentially scripted, fake or AI driven. even then, when i've met the people i've realised they don't hold the same values or ethics as me. i'm just glad i had paper penpals and true human connections before social media arrived to give me a grounding about people! :)
That's amazing! and I absolutely agree , for whoever is born in the 2000's I feel so sorry for them as they are growing up in this illusion of a world where likes matter more over a sit down for a cup of coffee with a friend. I wish people wrote letters to each other again!