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When social media validation becomes a numbers obsession

I know exactly how many likes my posts get and I refresh to watch the numbers change and I feel pathetic about caring but I cannot stop caring.

Laozi
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Self-worth has been outsourced to algorithmic feedback loops.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Internet addiction and problematic use?”

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