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Selfie-heavy social feeds may signal shallow relationships

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Plastering the internet with your own face is highly correlated with terrible real-life intimacy. Individuals who constantly post selfies generally experience significantly less meaningful connections, substituting deep interpersonal vulnerability with incredibly cheap digital validation.

Selfie-heavy social feeds may signal shallow relationships
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