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When authentic rituals become social media performance

My neighborhood has this annual block party that used to feel like real community but now it's just people taking Instagram photos.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The genuine impulse toward community celebration is being hijacked by the need for digital validation, corrupting the ritual's original purpose.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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