this was such a great read! I think you’re so right about how much being online and “performing” our own lives has seeped into the way we live - it’s very hard to detach from!
Authenticity is the act of showing up as your true self. This can only come if you're only motive it to grow for your own purpose. You aren't seeking any audience or any validation. You simply seeking the knowledge within yourself through an act of sharing yourself, no matter the outcome. There is true beauty in that and if you are far enough along this path of growth you will begin to identify true authenticity with easy, it is an energetic frequency we can sense.
Wow what a beautiful piece you wrote. It was incredible and encapsulated this constant feeling of exhaustion that social media places on being human. Your article really touched me especially as a person who genuinely struggled with this performance of authenticity that she’s constantly performing even subconsciously, it resonated with that part of me. Humans aren’t meant to be self aware to this extent. And as much as self awareness is a good thing as the saying goes “too much of a good thing becomes bad.” Thank you🫶🏾
I think even the conversation around performance is deeply tiene to the world online rather than reality. The moment I desconectar is the time I realize how irrelevant this all is to my individual life, it isn't until I see someone attempting to perform that I'm reminded how ingrained it has become to people, and yet how itrelevant it actually is.
This is such a powerful reflection on how the internet has reshaped our sense of self. It’s like we’re all actors in a play we never signed up for, constantly performing for an audience that never stops watching.
It’s not the internet that is “making” people become performative.
It is the people themselves who are making this choice.
No one is “making” them choose to be this way, except them. So please stop searching for blame outside the individual who is making the choice.
People have always wanted to be “special”. This is not new, it’s just become more screamingly obvious. Many people want to be loved so badly that they will put on a fake persona to attempt to receive it. Also not new. Many people have wanted the quick make money schemes (remember the multi-tiered marketing get-rich-quick schemes?). Again, not new. Just people wanting things the easy way.
A reminder to all the people who are seeking to be important, be loved, be adored, be famous, be rich… etc… there are indeed some folks who have succeeded at this the easy way, yes. But, most don’t.
Those who are faking it always become unmasked.
And it feels rotten to “be important, loved, famous, and all the things” for something that you know isn’t you. It’s a hollow life to live.
I even put my coffee down while reading. This topic is quite bittersweet, but it’s very well written in this essay. I even feel like, to some extent, you’ve touched a part of me that I wasn’t fully aware of. The pressure we put on one another is causing us, as humanity, to do ourselves a great disservice. I get the impression that the desire to be authentic was genuine, but the line was quickly blurred and it just became another curse of the "performative" trend? and for some reason, it makes me sad that we miss ourselves so much, or even each other. That we’re simply ashamed to be and feel - like human beings, real human beings.
This piece shows how the internet has made people constantly aware of how they are being seen, to the point where even being “yourself” starts to feel like a performance. At first, people tried to look perfect online, but now even authenticity has become something curated and optimised. Every emotion, opinion, and identity can turn into content, and people feel pressure to stay consistent even though real human beings are always changing. In the end, the internet does not just show personalities, it quietly shapes them, making performance feel natural and often invisible.
This is something that I know has haunted me for the past few years,chasing authenitcity under the guise of what it truly is which is insecurity. Very well written, I admire your thinking.
its not the internet, its just soul sucking social platforms
Wow I love this piece. It articulates so well what I’ve been thinking about over the past few months.
this was such a great read! I think you’re so right about how much being online and “performing” our own lives has seeped into the way we live - it’s very hard to detach from!
Authenticity is the act of showing up as your true self. This can only come if you're only motive it to grow for your own purpose. You aren't seeking any audience or any validation. You simply seeking the knowledge within yourself through an act of sharing yourself, no matter the outcome. There is true beauty in that and if you are far enough along this path of growth you will begin to identify true authenticity with easy, it is an energetic frequency we can sense.
Amazing and true!! Loved it
Wow what a beautiful piece you wrote. It was incredible and encapsulated this constant feeling of exhaustion that social media places on being human. Your article really touched me especially as a person who genuinely struggled with this performance of authenticity that she’s constantly performing even subconsciously, it resonated with that part of me. Humans aren’t meant to be self aware to this extent. And as much as self awareness is a good thing as the saying goes “too much of a good thing becomes bad.” Thank you🫶🏾
I think even the conversation around performance is deeply tiene to the world online rather than reality. The moment I desconectar is the time I realize how irrelevant this all is to my individual life, it isn't until I see someone attempting to perform that I'm reminded how ingrained it has become to people, and yet how itrelevant it actually is.
I can totally relate to all of this.. it made me look closer at my own actions and behaviors. love.
This is such a powerful reflection on how the internet has reshaped our sense of self. It’s like we’re all actors in a play we never signed up for, constantly performing for an audience that never stops watching.
I really loved how you put that into perspective. Such a great read!
Beautiful
It’s not the internet that is “making” people become performative.
It is the people themselves who are making this choice.
No one is “making” them choose to be this way, except them. So please stop searching for blame outside the individual who is making the choice.
People have always wanted to be “special”. This is not new, it’s just become more screamingly obvious. Many people want to be loved so badly that they will put on a fake persona to attempt to receive it. Also not new. Many people have wanted the quick make money schemes (remember the multi-tiered marketing get-rich-quick schemes?). Again, not new. Just people wanting things the easy way.
A reminder to all the people who are seeking to be important, be loved, be adored, be famous, be rich… etc… there are indeed some folks who have succeeded at this the easy way, yes. But, most don’t.
Those who are faking it always become unmasked.
And it feels rotten to “be important, loved, famous, and all the things” for something that you know isn’t you. It’s a hollow life to live.
I even put my coffee down while reading. This topic is quite bittersweet, but it’s very well written in this essay. I even feel like, to some extent, you’ve touched a part of me that I wasn’t fully aware of. The pressure we put on one another is causing us, as humanity, to do ourselves a great disservice. I get the impression that the desire to be authentic was genuine, but the line was quickly blurred and it just became another curse of the "performative" trend? and for some reason, it makes me sad that we miss ourselves so much, or even each other. That we’re simply ashamed to be and feel - like human beings, real human beings.
This piece shows how the internet has made people constantly aware of how they are being seen, to the point where even being “yourself” starts to feel like a performance. At first, people tried to look perfect online, but now even authenticity has become something curated and optimised. Every emotion, opinion, and identity can turn into content, and people feel pressure to stay consistent even though real human beings are always changing. In the end, the internet does not just show personalities, it quietly shapes them, making performance feel natural and often invisible.
This is something that I know has haunted me for the past few years,chasing authenitcity under the guise of what it truly is which is insecurity. Very well written, I admire your thinking.
I was immediately engaged with first paragraph itself. Felt like a breath of fresh air. Great great read 🫶🏼