I quit social media after divorce, recognizing that no one could have had any idea we were struggling as a couple. I found our projected persona to be sharp-edged and inhuman. Such tools create more isolation that they appear to alleviate.
Sharp edged is the right phrase! I used to think appearance could get you somewhere until all the preening and signalling behaviour went online. Now it is too sharpened to be useful except for selling stuff. There's some at the tip of the blade making hay while the sun shines, with a lot of people getting cut on the way down.
Yes. All that aggressively postured success creates feelings of alienation, not only from your friends but the whole society. The people doing it don't understand how it looks on the outside. To rediscover the joy of people, I had to leave those places they built.
I quit social media after divorce, recognizing that no one could have had any idea we were struggling as a couple. I found our projected persona to be sharp-edged and inhuman. Such tools create more isolation that they appear to alleviate.