Manners in the Digital - The Social Media Paradox - Performing Authenticity in Digital Spaces

Maya examines the contradictions inherent in social media, where users perform authenticity while seeking genuine connection through curated presentations. This episode explores audience uncertainty, the comparison trap, sharing ethics, political discourse, influencer culture, and parasocial relationships. Maya offers strategies for conscious social media use that serves personal values rather than platform metrics, addressing everything from cancel culture to digital detoxing while emphasizing that online presence should enhance life, not become it.

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