What could have been... For years, social media has been sold to us as something free. Free to join, free to post, free to follow friends, free to share photos, opinions, milestones, jokes, and …

For a long time, social media felt simple. You followed people you cared about, opened the app, and saw what they had shared. Newer posts appeared first. Older posts came after. It was not …

Social media has become a strange place. It was supposed to help us stay connected, but somewhere along the way, a lot of it started to feel more like performance than connection. Feeds became …