Flea, I would have expected some nonsense comments along the lines of, 'Well she certainly didn't mind baring her arse when she played an escort.' It's interesting to see her so outspoken though.
I like MN because it's a decidedly old-school conversation platform that relies heavily on text, it's not ruled by pictures, or interfered by likes, upvotes and downvotes, etc. You have to read everything and engage if you want to be heard, and at the end of the day, it's still a conversation. I see value in that which I feel is severely lacking in other forms of SM which feel far more game-like, incentivised interaction rather than organic, if that makes sense.
No harm in that, just not for me.
See I do see harm in it (though I think you do too going by earlier comments), despite never having engaged with it, I see the harm everywhere. People constantly choreographing their lives around pastiche Kodak moments, suffering from anxiety, feelings of inadequacy, wanting to measure up, wanting to be anything but themselves, etc. There have been several studies on the impact of SM floating about, the most interesting comparison I've seen is that essentially, especially in the young, it's become the new form of smoking. It drives behaviour, it's addictive, and people become very twitchy at the idea of being without it.
I absolutely could not put myself out there, so I have respect for those that do.
Thing is, what intrigues me more is why we are so insistent to put people up on a pedestal that will utilise anything to hands, dogs, children, their coffee table legs if it got enough clicks, etc. to constantly be told they're loved liked. Why are we applauding that incessant need?
Yes, it takes a certain person to put themselves out there, but it's also a type of person for whom that threshold isn't that high or foreign, and to me it also explains the ease at which they'll 'sell out'. It's a bit sweeping to state Instagram is predominantly a narcissist platform but it's not far off either. I don't consider it an aspirational thing when so much of your validation has to be sourced externally, it's rather tragic really. The disproportionate reactions to criticism and screaming hurt feelings in order to exempt you from criticism isn't normal in any other workplace (though I do applaud KF for her continued engagement on here, and am encouraged to hear by others' accounts is now appearing to be a leader in transparency).
That sounds like a good practice from BB, wonder if ABush will now be penalised by receiving less/no more PR gifts from BB for not mentioning it.