We also see this phrase used to say that things seen on social media are not authentic, but are manipulated, such as people only posting their good news and not bad news, or people using photo manipulation software to change how they look. We’re curious to see how this phrase is continued to be used, and how these sentiments are continuing, being rejected, or evolving.
This idea has always been interesting to me because I feel like I've seen it before, time and time again. The way people act online is way different then how people act in real life and is not an accurate representation of everyone's thoughts. On social media, there will be a bunch of people with the same opinion on a certain topic in my feed, but when I hear people talk about that same topic in real life, their perspectives all vary. When you're only looking at what people are saying online, it can feel like it's the opinion of everyone, but it's not an accurate representation of how everyone is feeling.