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Kacey Kluba's avatar

I’ve been off most social media over the summer and honestly it’s been so weird because the internet really does bleed into real life!!! Like the tiktok mannerisms thing - I haven’t been on tiktok in over a year and a half but I still find myself doing some of those tiktok mannerisms because everyone around me does them!! And I could tell that dressing up to see the barbie movie was a trend because people I knew were doing it. It’s like even if you’re offline you’re still living in a world essentially created by the internet/social media...but it’s still super cool to see how far all this social connection goes!

Super good read!! I really do think that finding a balance is the way to go :)

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Katie Dawson's avatar

Really interesting response! Social media can be so toxic but I also think it is what you make of it. Posting pictures of my flat to a little community of people posting pictures of their houses on instagram gave me a reason to get out of bed when I had nothing else. It’s changed a lot since those days.

The thing about ‘hurt hunting’ is fascinating and makes a lot of sense. Thank you for sharing that. It’ll stay with me.

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