![]() ![]() I’m almost always on it – even when I’m watching TV or doing uni work, my phone is no more than half a metre away from my hand.” “My boyfriend says my phone is like an extension of my right arm, which is true. “I can’t help it”, she tells Cosmopolitan UK. Grace, a 23-year-old PhD student, barely goes an hour without checking out her Instagram feed and seeing what’s going on online. The idea of being as obsessed with your online rating as Lacie Pound is terrifying, but for many, it’s not far from reality. And much like Lacie Pound – “we’re all doing it all the time”. But now it’s codified – there’s a number attached to it and you’ve got tools that allow you to choose the right image or airbrush yourself”. “Human beings have always pretended to be happier than they are, or pretended to be more successful and content and stable than they are. Because it’s a role playing game in which you basically perform a character based loosely on yourself in exchange for influence, and scoring points on a table. “I once ranked Twitter as one of the most influential games of all time, and people were like, ‘What? That’s not a game!’ But I contend that it is. ![]() ![]() Is anyone else drawing worrying parallels between that, Instagram like-for-likes and receiving a list of who’s viewed your Story each day? “Social media is extremely similar to Nosedive”, Charlie Brooker told Cosmopolitan UK. ![]()
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