I use Instagram but with a lifestyle theme that's very positive and uplifting and provides that as it's community. That being said when you just cruise through Instagram and randomly look about I've never seen so many displays of artificial "perfection", blatant consumption and lifestyles that are so far removed from reality it's ridiculous. Not a kind environment for anyone when you spend time looking at unattainable objects but really rough for young people who are trying to find their way in this world. Never thought of it until I read your post. It makes all those "pretty pictures" not look so pretty when you look at it from that context.
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Yes, I couldn't agree with you anymore. It's quite funny how behind the cameras their lives are probably relatively mundane and repetitive and they use their active social media accounts as a projection of the ideal life they want to live. We become fraudulent when we use these particular platforms, lying to ourselves and distancing our real identity so it is out of reach.