Double-Faced Irony of Social Media | by Hamnah Sohail | Sep, 2023

How often have you scrolled and stopped at the highlights of someone’s life?

Yes, that’s exactly what they are. The highlights. The good. The happy moments.

There might be a whole lot of sadness, discontentment, arguments going on behind the scenes but you will never know.

As social media gets increasingly incorporated into our lives, it is important to not get swayed with the feeling of disgruntlement that we are not as successful as the person in the picture.

Social media has created a fake narrative where each influencer is put on a pedestal and shows only the good parts. So, it’s no wonder that when you or I see their glamorous profiles, we are left questioning our life choices all together.

Let’s not forget, that each day we are told that what we are doing might be wrong. Each guru is selling his/her course to us promising the financial freedom that we dream of. While it is true that we will get the results if we put in the work but does it mean that only a certain niche is the way to financial freedom? No.

My point is that we are living in the era where information is booming on each app and doing its best to jam our signals effectively, unconsciously feeding us with information we might not have even needed in the first place, leading to a spiral of dissatisfaction that lefts us doubting our not so perfect life.

How do we counter the double-faced irony of social media?

For me, I don’t follow any influencers or actors and that has helped me so much. I only use social media sparingly and practise gratification when I see myself slipping into the abyss of comparison.

But I am aware that alot of people can’t do this so I am curious and will ask:

What do you do?