MK

This was what personal style was to me in 2008: a cipher for something much broader, a glimpse into the lives of others.

On the old internet, you could show a different side of yourself in every forum or chat room; but on your Facebook feed, you had to be the same person to everyone you knew. 

The inherent contextlessness of platforms like Twitter also works in the opposite direction, though: It’s easy to use the language of social justice to justify anything we want, and by doing so, weakens real, meaningful activism.

The flip side of that coin also shines. On social media, everyone believes that anyone to whom they have access owes them an audience...

It’s only on platforms where controversy and drama are prioritized for driving engagement where we’re rewarded for despising each other.