Drilling someone’s actions down—or defining their entire personality—based on their likes, engagement, or behaviour in the virtual world is absurd. When did it ever become about that? And why this rushing? What does any of this social-media bluffing have to do with someone’s real life or real character?

Why would anyone assign significance based on what we see on an IG profile, or from reading between the lines of vague yes-or-no messages? WHY? WHYYYY? Are we actually that foolish—basing something so important on something so shallow?

I understand the influence digitalisation has on our daily lives, but when did we forget how to recognise real connections? When did we start getting so irritated, insecure, and worked up over virtual reactions instead? Are we really an anxious generation shaped—and damaged—by the digital world this much?