Maybe I am old or just tainted, but in my experience people have always lied as much as today. Basically as much as you get away with and then some.
Surely "online" makes it easier to vastly over act / lie in that specific "carefully curated window" (I like that expression, will steal it from you), but AFK people have not changed in my experience.
"oh it was horrible, plane delays, no transport to the hotel, shitty hotel, cockroaches, sewer pouring into the sea, cold water, shitty hotel food, rain 5/6 days, it sucked"
vs.
*Instagram: one perfectly positioned and cropped photo of the beach, shot during the only sunny day of the vacation
You're joking but I recently found an old post of mine from an awesome vacation (but it wasn't really sunny) and one photo posted to facebook with, paraphrasing, "Oh hey, finally the sun is shining" but the photo is simply less grey than the others :D
It's much harder to lie face-to-face. Your body language will give you away unless you are well practiced at lying and deception (sales people, politicians, actors etc.).
If you've never used it you have no idea if it makes you a better person or not because you don't use it. In the same way, it doesn't make an old person better because they proudly proclaim how they've never used used the internet and that makes them better.
I'm sure you've missed out on lots of memorable events, missed opportunities to rekindle old friends hips and reconnect, and let friendships fade that would not have due to social media. I know that's been the case for me. Like everything that is powerful, with great power comes great responsibility.
I just have a few friends, they are at work or on chat programs and if we want to get together, we do. I admit I prefer meeting one friend at a time and I avoid social gatherings with lots of friends at the same time. So maybe that's why it works for me.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 61.7 ms ] threadSo I’d say it ranges from sorta to absolutely.
Surely "online" makes it easier to vastly over act / lie in that specific "carefully curated window" (I like that expression, will steal it from you), but AFK people have not changed in my experience.
"oh it was horrible, plane delays, no transport to the hotel, shitty hotel, cockroaches, sewer pouring into the sea, cold water, shitty hotel food, rain 5/6 days, it sucked"
vs.
*Instagram: one perfectly positioned and cropped photo of the beach, shot during the only sunny day of the vacation
Or was that a lie.
Probably sounds provocative for people who hang around there, broadcasting every experience in their lives as "amazing" but it's true.
I'm sure you've missed out on lots of memorable events, missed opportunities to rekindle old friends hips and reconnect, and let friendships fade that would not have due to social media. I know that's been the case for me. Like everything that is powerful, with great power comes great responsibility.