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I think that's a big piece of it. I think another part of it is that even /if you/ do not use social media, it doesn't meant others won't post you (including p
by tristor 4y ago
I think that's a big piece of it. I think another part of it is that even /if you/ do not use social media, it doesn't meant others won't post you (including pictures/video) on social media and talk about you. In the past, you might get gossip about who went to what event/party/group activity and who didn't, or what they did, but there wasn't a constant stream of photos and video of said acts and occurrences followed by difficult to impossible to monitor comments made semi-anonymously and possibly exposed without your consent to strangers and third-parties.
It's not just that it can be challenging to deal with your peer group being present in your life constantly, it's that you have little recourse or ways to escape without intentionally withdrawing from your social peer group, especially as a teenager where social media is so embedded in their very existence. As an adult, it's easier, we can be much more intentional about our relationships and lifestyle, but teenagers exist in a microcosm of the larger society, with all of the same problems but without the same recourses.