any social media dyes you

maybe the title is a bit too strongly worded. After all, any experience effects you, changes you. You absorb knowledge, unique experiences, and derive your own thoughts. This is a normal human process, and you could even argue a normal living creature's process. But what about social media? you are not exploring, you are not deriving. Before you can fully think your own thoughts, another person's opinions appear before you. Maybe it's something you agree with, reinforcing what you already thought. Or maybe it's something you viscerally hate, sparking a response. I've become more disillusioned in general to this process. That isn't saying I've disconnected from it entirely; after all, I'm still here. I browse my same old subreddits, scroll through twitter, or check up on what's going on on instagram. But its hard to avoid any kind of trends or communal opinions. Even bear's community clearly has a 'meta' - easily discerned from scanning discover for a bit. That's not to say this is…