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Apr 2023
25m 49s

Our Real Selves Versus Our Online Selves

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About this episode
There is an inherent disconnect between people’s online personas and who they are in real life, creating a divide between their IRL (in real life) and URL (online) identities. The way we represent ourselves online-through curation and manipulation-creates a discrepancy between the expectations we have of ourselves and our actual experiences, leading to feeli ... Show More
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