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Alex Thompson's avatar

Seriously a great analysis of the interaction between social media and self. While reading I couldn’t take my mind off of “..digital self surveillance is unholy.”

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Hailey's avatar

Thank you so much!! I tend to put life into the framework of one big religious experience and my phone feels terribly profane. Thank you for reading and your words! <3

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Bear🐻's avatar

Really great read Hailey. Authentic, dare I say.

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Hailey's avatar

Thank you Bear 😭😭😭❤️

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danny's avatar

beginning middle school, one of my first facebook profile pics was a brown Domo I won from the Atlantic City boardwalk.. really felt that parallel and so many points you brought up. its weird growing up on the internet and being comforted by it (making irl friends was hard..) but feeling it expand into a weird boundaryless surveillance thing makes me want to retreat soo far away from it now. so happy to read ur thoughts it makes me feel a lot more grounded as a person and u are one of the most humanest humans i know

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Hailey's avatar

Thank you Danny⭐️ domo forever!! That’s a sweet parallel … I’d be very interested to hear how your no social media life has progressed // changed your brain. Thank you for reading <3 one of the most humanest humans is perhaps THE kindest compliment, of course the feeling is mutual!!

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