I was just thinking the same thing. It's so easy to look at someone else's public, social media persona and forget about the struggles that they've faced as well. There's immense pressure to show a face of complete perfection, even if that's not the reality.
I can imagine it being incredibly freeing to drop that pretense, both for others and oneself.
It's the main reason I refuse to take part in the whole 'social' media circus. Many people have called me strange and anti-social and whatnot, but one look at my girlfriend's timeline every now and I feel proven right again.
If I ever have children I'll make sure to teach them from the moment they are old enough to understand that social media is just posturing, self-promotion and narcissism, and in no way representative of 'real' people or 'real' lives. I wouldn't mind if they would use it, as long as it's pretty damn clear that the image other people paint of themselves is not something to aspire for.
I can imagine it being incredibly freeing to drop that pretense, both for others and oneself.
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