From Snapchat filters to Instagram filters, everyone seems obsessed with altering their photos before posting them. It's a small thing, but since so many people use filters, it subtly encourages others to too, making social media more fake than real. We already have heard the Instagram girl's story where she edited her photos and made it seem like she lived a more luxurious life than she actually does by selectively choosing what to post and editing the crap out of them. Post only happy, fun times and it makes it seem like you're "living the high life."
Filters add to the fakeness in that natural beauty is almost gone from society. Whether it's make up, photoshop or filters, people are covering up the real outcome of their pictures, tweaking their skin tone, hiding this, emphasizing that, etc,. Filters can be fun, but sometimes I feel that people think its a necessity and that you need one or maybe two to make your picture look good. All of this editing only emphasizes that altered images and society's approval is everything. How rare it is to see someone's selfie or Facebook profile picture and have it unedited...wish we could start straying from this trend.
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