As of late, more and more people I know have begun to make fake instagrams ("finstas") where only a select group of close friends are able to follow their account. Often the follower counts on these accounts are intentionally very low, and posting becomes so frequent and mundane that a lot of the time, the posts go ignored or hardly interacted with. So the intention behind these finstas seems less about the "benefits" (heavy quotes) of social media, such as keeping in touch with the people you know, but almost more of a self-record. What is this urge to post even if hardly anyone sees it?
This question is largely in reference to Dryden's experience of a relative stranger being able to name her four cats upon meeting her. In the article, she recognizes that she's readily posting personal information, but never considered what it would feel like when it was actually used. Is that one of the most uncomfortable byproducts of social media? When these partitions between the virtual and physical world are made visible - how does that change our perceived social interactions and expectations in the day to day?