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>One of my pet theories for why social media is such a cesspool is that it exposes us to the whole of someone else.

Yes! A thousand times yes! You are speaking out of my heart with that comment. That's what most current social networks get wrong. Just because I know someone, or met someone IRL and am now connected on the platform, I do not want to always know what they are up to. It's a pull not a push!



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