MarKeting McKenna

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Social media has such an impact on us, I believe, way more than it has ever intended to. Social media gives us the opportunity to share our lives with others and stay connected with friends from school, family, and friends who live far away. Ultimately, it is a place where we can share our lives. But are we the same people on social media that we are in real life? Depending on the situation, it can be a yes or a no. Me? I would say yes to an extent. There are parts of me that I wouldn’t want to share with everyone, but I love to share and document my life. I believe people love authenticity, and that is something I am working on when it comes to sharing things about my life that I wouldn’t typically share. Such as my struggles, the hard parts of life, embarrassing moments, and so on. I am sure some of you can agree with me. I mean, is anyone their genuine true selves on social media?

To answer that question, I would say no. Now that is just my opinion, but here is why I think that. Whether you are being honest about something in your life, you have a filter, you cut the video because you messed up on a phrase, or didn’t like the way you said something, and the list goes on. We can for sure be ourselves on social media, but it takes a lot to genuinely be ourselves. What if we offend someone? Who is watching my content? We need to be safe on information that is given out. What if so and so sees? All these questions are real and make sense. But that is why you cannot be the exact same on social media as you are in real life. Now, maybe there are some people out there who genuinely do stay the same, but I think it is really hard to obtain that. I follow influencers whom I love, who I feel are genuine, but I also don’t know them in person. So who am I to say they are being their authentic selves?

Why is it so hard to be the same person on social media as it is to be in person? Well, have you ever thought about the number of eyes that are on you? It can be scary, as a girl who does post on social media frequently, I am still working on being more authentic than I have been. I fear the people from high school who are seeing my content. I am afraid of the people who have no fear of saying something rude, as well as those people around me who might say something behind my back. But at the end of the day, whether you are the same on social media as you are in person. People are going to talk, people are going to say rude things behind your back or to your face, and people are going to judge. With that being said, what do you have to lose? Why not post on social media and be yourself? Are you the same person on social media as you are in real life? I would love to hear your thoughts. Leave me a comment.

Date Written: 1/15/26