But social media doesnt just provide us with a platform to (over)share the thoughts and feelings streaming through our head, and the ways it derails our internal dialogues dont exclusively relate to empathy and time. Social media also allows us to shape what we want other people to believe is happening in our lives, and our choices about what to post can fuel other peoples chatter. The human need to self-present is powerful. We craft our appearances to influence how people perceive us all the time.

Chatter by Ethan Kross