I think as a generation that grew up with social media, we have a moral obligation to recognize when it has a negative affect on us. With that being said, it does make it more difficult to realize that we are slowly being emotionally exhausted by platforms that were created to make us feel happy. For example, when I log onto Instagram, I am surrounded by photoshopped pictures and smiling people in Cancun or the Bahamas and I start to feel bad about myself. I ask questions, “Why don’t I look like that?” or “How do I get there?”; but in reality, those people are just wearing masks of the best image they could put out into the world. The “likes” they receive when they post those images heighten their emotions and make them feel loved/appreciated. As Konnikova writes in her essay, “Dunbar states… ‘If you garner connections with more people, you end up distributing your fixed amount of social capital more thinly’” (257). So, in turn, it would be easy to say that waiting for those “likes” maxes out your social capital enormously. Here many influencers would say that “likes” on social media raises your spirits. They will dispute my claim by insisting social media has a positive influence on their lives.