I ran a small poll in which I asked participants wether social media profiles represent fake selves, in which the overwhelming answer was yes. — Alejandro
I ran a small poll in which I asked participants wether social media profiles represent fake selves, in which the overwhelming answer was yes. The following question was whether they represented their true selve on their profiles, to which many positive answers came from the same people that had previously voted that social media profiles portray fake personalities. — Alejandro
Are you saying that we validate our existence by receiving attention from other people? — Alejandro
This is some kind of named bias, but I can't remember the name of it. Anyone else? — Pfhorrest
Has the preservation of the individual corrupted our way of thinking and engaging with each other? — Alejandro
You're not secretly testing us are you, as if we ought to know. Egocentric bias? Hypocrisy? — Nils Loc
No, I genuinely can’t remember what it’s called, and can’t google for something I don’t know the name of. I don’t think it’s either of those, but googling “egocentric bias” lead me also to “self-serving bias” and “fundamental attribution error”. I think the latter is the term I was thinking of, but the former is a better match for the idea I wanted. — Pfhorrest
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