Woman finds out about her best friend’s wedding through Instagram and is unsure about how to move forward: ‘Should I reach out and ask why I wasn’t invited? Should I let it go and accept that maybe the friendship isn’t what I thought it was?’ – FAIL Blog

Two weeks ago I deactivated my Instagram account for this reason. I mainly don’t want to know things about people who aren’t in my life; I think it became toxic. I think the brain can’t really tell whether someone one sees through the web all the time is really in our lives or not; I think seeing them through the app has the same impact as seeing them in real life, and that generates a lot of parasocial, weird relationships that do no good. Whether you know it or not, you receive massive amounts of information, hidden propaganda, and a long list of etcéteras that influence your desires and your everyday life. I know this is not new, but I hadn’t experienced it with my body until I went through this.