Social media sociopath?
I know a girl from high school who is now trying to be an Instagram influencer, and honestly it’s entertaining to watch.
The thing is, growing up she lied or exaggerated about a lot of things. She was always telling stories that didn’t seem to add up, claiming she knew celebrities, saying she was getting signed by an agent, and making other claims that never seemed to materialize. It became such a pattern that people just stopped taking what she said seriously.
She used to have a rescue dog with a pretty large social media following. When the dog sadly passed away, instead of leaving the account up as a memorial, she wiped all the photos and repurposed the page to keep the 20,000 followers for her influencer content.
Now almost every post and video features her one-year-old daughter. It feels less like sharing family moments and more like using a child as part of a personal brand.
One of the stranger things was a video she posted about a “friend” coming to visit. Viewers started pointing out that the person appeared to be AI-generated rather than a real friend, which only added to the questions people already had about the authenticity of her content.
She also appears to heavily edit many of her photos and videos. Her teeth, forehead, jawline, and other facial features often look noticeably different from post to post, making it difficult to know what is real and what has been altered.
She also presents herself as a lifelong horse owner and equestrian, posting horse-related content and talking as if she’s spent her entire life in stables. But from what I remember, she never owned horses.
What stands out is that the influencer persona seems to follow the same pattern as the stories she used to tell. The image she presents online feels very different from the person I knew growing up, and it makes me wonder how much of social media is genuine versus carefully crafted fiction.