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I’m beginning to find social media more and more agitating to navigate. More often than not it feels like a place where everyone is trying to paint an image that isn’t real — or is real, but is not whole. It’s a place that allows people to hide behind a screen.
At the same time, I’m so grateful to have a way to communicate with the people I love and care about that I am not able to see very often because of my life abroad. I can’t imagine how much harder it would be to live away from them without it.
Yet, every time I open one of my various social media accounts, I feel myself releasing a deep breath of tension as soon as I close it.
Why are we making this life a competition?
Why are we shaming each other instead of offering support?
Why are we so lazy that we can’t fact check information that we share? — OR believing everything that others have shared without questioning?
Why are we using such brilliant tools in ways that make others (and even us) feel so low?
I know that I’ve made mistakes on social media. I have no problem admitting that. AndI apologize from the bottom of my heart to anyone I’ve hurt.
If you’re reading this, check yourself. Now, I’ll be off doing the same…
الحمدلله
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سمية 