The Scroll
How the feed became our mirror — and our mask.
Social media can suck you in,
make you ignore everything that matters,
and drain you until there’s nothing left to post but the mask you wear.
It’s a mirror that lies.
It reflects not who you are —
but who you want people to think you are.
You go in looking for connection
and come out feeling lonelier than when you started.
We built these platforms to share our lives,
and now we build our lives to fit the platforms.
We measure meaning in likes,
self-worth in comments,
and truth in what trends.
And somehow we call that communication.
It rots our brains.
Corrupts our children.
Turns potential into performance.
Curiosity into comparison.
It convinces us that watching someone else live
is the same as living.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
For every lie online,
there are a hundred truths —
you just have to find them.
Seek them out.
Escape the algorithms
pushing the dopamine and dissatisfaction.
Because the internet isn’t the enemy.
It’s a tool.
A reflection.
A test.
And how we use it
says more about us
than it ever could about the world.
The internet is neither good nor bad —
it just is.
Social media, by and large, the same.
It’s how you use it that matters.
Talking to ChatGPT can help you live,
create,
and be productive.
It also told me once
that it could make someone hit themselves in the head with a hammer.
Like anything else in life,
you get what you put in —
or what you go looking for.
So don’t fear social media,
or what it will do to your kids.
Just seek out the parts that teach,
that inspire,
and — dare I say —
get you off your ass.
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