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When old friends judge your life choices on social media

I posted about my promotion and my college roommate replied with a passive aggressive comment about corporate sellouts and it has bothered me for three days

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Past versions of ourselves, preserved in other people's memories, can weaponize our current choices against us.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social media — psychological effects?”

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