why is social media not fun anymore?

Head to http://squarespace.com/minale to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain! ➤ NEWSLETTER / ESSAYS https://minale.substack.com/ ➤ PRODUCTION written by Mina Le edited by Charlee Reiff ➤ SOCIALS Instagram:   / gremlita   TikTok:   / gremlita   Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX ➤ CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ➤ SOURCES https://okwnews.com/news/lifestyle/he... The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman Oversharing: Presentations of Self in the Internet Age by Ben Agger Portraits in Life and Death (Intro) by Susan Sontag https://mark.kerrigan.co/posts/2024/p... https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the... https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/wild-fa...    • Sincerity: Hollywood's Forgotten Currency      • Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now?   https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/... https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions...    • Watch Kamala Harris' viral "coconut tree" ...   https://www.readloosey.com/p/have-we-... https://phys.org/news/2023-06-toxic-i... https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f... https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/... E Unibus Pluram by David Foster Wallace https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media... https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/tech/m... https://substack.com/inbox/post/15529... https://embedded.substack.com/p/you-m... 0:00 - intro 3:36 - when social media was fun 15:18 - the algorithm 23:09 - the irony problem 35:59 - conclusion