Social media more directly exposes you to your friend-of-a-friend networks inner lives, through a glossy filter, that you'd never ever have imagined 10-20 years

Social media more directly exposes you to your friend-of-a-friend networks inner lives, through a glossy filter, that you'd never ever have imagined 10-20 years ago. The people who boomeranged back to their parents basement after college (or after dropping out) are not posting as much as the guy who made $10M on his startup at 25. Further, especially in HCOL areas, you are often adjacent to exponentially more wealth than you have.. which social media now shows. Pre social media I wouldn't have known much about my neighbors who are friends with a billionaire family / famous musician / etc and go to various exclusive resorts on their dime a few times a year... So for some, their basis for comparison becomes too wide and they end up always feeling "behind" when they baseline against infinite wealth.