Being a teenager wasn’t all fun and games before social media. Growing up there was a preoccupation with status symbols, which video game console you had, how many cloths you wore from hot topic, etc. Having MySpace was a signal that you had a computer and Internet at home. Likes and friends on social media are huge status symbols now. There is an admission that the narcissism this fuels is harmful. It may be that the social media train is running out of steam and people are going to shift to something else. I wonder if Corey Simon is on the front of a type of new status symbol: having the will to stay off social media and the lifestyle improvements that accompany it.
