Psychology of People Who Don't Post Their Photos on Social Media

The gist

1. The photographer's paradox means documenting experiences pulls you out of the moment, but skipping it means losing the memory later.
2. Social comparison is the main reason people quit: algorithms expose you to millions of curated highlight reels your brain was never built to handle.
3. Social media amplifies existing traits like insecurity and status anxiety rather than creating them, so unhappy people tend to get worse on it.
4. A simple experiment of deleting apps for a few weeks can show whether you are online out of necessity or just habit.