Opinion

Facing the thin line between fact and fiction

By Brendan Lee
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:46am, first published January 21 2020 - 2:19pm
Trolling: Social media has its obvious benefits, but it also has a darker and dangerous side.
Trolling: Social media has its obvious benefits, but it also has a darker and dangerous side.

In 2003 Rolling Stone reported that a 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg had just been jilted by a girl, and while looking at pictures of university students he judged to be 'horrendous' he wanted to put these faces next to pictures of farm animals and have people vote on which is more attractive. An inglorious origin, and for many, not much has changed.

Is social media fact or fiction? My current profile picture on Facebook is four years old. I don't look like that anymore; I've grown. Not in a good way.

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