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How social media filters are changing real friendships

My best friend constantly posts filtered selfies and when I see her in person now I feel like I'm looking at a stranger.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital beauty enhancement is creating disconnection from authentic human appearance and intimacy.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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