Sheesh. Just watching the clips in this featurette has left me feeling gross.
“The selves we present on our social media accounts — Instagram, Twitter, whatever — aren’t really, well, us.
“They’re the pretty versions of us, the happy versions, the ones whose lives are all magic, all the time.
“No one wants to see our sadness or our pain or a selfie we took at 4 a.m. when we were up sick with a stomach bug — so we don’t show them.
“We save that side of ourselves for real interactions, for our friends and family and partners.
“There, we can be judged, sure, but we’re not looking for hearts or likes. We’re just looking for connection.
“But what if the opportunity for that, too, was taken away?
“What if every single in-person encounter was up for consideration, a real-life Yelp-style rating that affects your reputation?”
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