After all, why should the public focus on the real harms documented by Facebook's own internal researchers when we can instead all gawk at the old man misusing internet slang?

From 2015 to 2018 finstas ruled the teenage digital landscape. Slang for fake Instagram accounts, finstas were the first place teens would post photos they didn't want to share on main. Creating a finsta was a rite of passage, and following someone's shadow feed felt like you were really part of their close inner circle.