When the algorithms started to reward "imperfection" everything became performative. The word "real" has completely lost its meaning. Any time someone says online "let me be real for a second" usually they are going to follow up with trying to sell you something. A course. An affiliate link. A product. In the beginning when everyone just shared their craft in their own way it did feel more authentic. Some people love amazing photography or polished artistic points of view, now that's automatically deemed inauthentic. It's so bizarre.
nothing is authentic anymore, or rather it is, or may be, but at the same time, simply by choosing to show 'it' over something equally authentic 'it' becomes performative. that's the dilemma of it all. even not showing anything, not having any online presence, can be performative, depending on where you choose to mention it. that's the kind of twisted world we created.
Just do the work as if the algorithms didn’t exist
When the algorithms started to reward "imperfection" everything became performative. The word "real" has completely lost its meaning. Any time someone says online "let me be real for a second" usually they are going to follow up with trying to sell you something. A course. An affiliate link. A product. In the beginning when everyone just shared their craft in their own way it did feel more authentic. Some people love amazing photography or polished artistic points of view, now that's automatically deemed inauthentic. It's so bizarre.
nothing is authentic anymore, or rather it is, or may be, but at the same time, simply by choosing to show 'it' over something equally authentic 'it' becomes performative. that's the dilemma of it all. even not showing anything, not having any online presence, can be performative, depending on where you choose to mention it. that's the kind of twisted world we created.
it's so so so true it's mind-numbing
We’re all figuring it out - I find this viewpoint to be super helpful; particularly in relationships with others.
it's the story of everything. the moment one thing starts to make sense something else stops...
Thank you for putting that section of my brain into words. It feels slightly less heavy now :)
you're welcome :) mine does too!