Naomi
@afrochicks
“flanderization is a trope involving exaggerating a single trait of a character to the point where it completely consumes the character.” im starting to see this in social media too!! i feel like algorithms can end up dampening people’s personalities or reducing people to one thing a tiktoker ends up doing their signature dance in every single video cos thats what will get them likes or an X account will rage bait about one topic as that’s what gets them engagement and $$$ many creators can end up becoming a caricature of themselves as they are mainly existing online to feed the algorithm kinda like “niching” down to the point where the person is lost completely i have been SO guilty of this as i am a people pleaser who is trying to stop being a people pleaser haha now i am trying to post in a way which reflects more elements of my personality and interests not just the ones i assume people/ algo will find interesting so bare with me as i try to show up more as “me”
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Aduraaa❤️
@aduraaa
You’re so rightt They’d rather post things which they believe people would relate too and engage more
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Naomi
@afrochicks
thankyou for reading, its such an easy trap to get sucked into im trying to unlearn it but its so ingrained😭 especially as an athlete on instagram most people would only engage with my jump content so i didnt share anythinggg else and i found myself started to do that on here aswell
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