CMV: Online culture is a very minuscule fraction of real life, and while not entirely irrelevant, it is also not entirely relevant.

I have been active online since 2001. I have seen the rise and fall of various sites and various trends. I’ve seen how online culture used to be but I’ve also seen how it’s become in the last 10 years. <br><br>My point with this post is not to say that it is entirely irrelevant, but that online culture plays a very minuscule role in real life. By real life, I mean your everyday life, your day to day interactions, relationships, etc. <br><br>It’s also not entirely irrelevant because a culture and trends can be carried on into real life, just like how they are taken from real life to be posted online. What is relevant is that online culture, despite being reflective of real life, can easily amplify certain situations and make them look like much bigger deals than they are. For example, I think Twitter is a good example of this. A particular celebrity or politician might say something, and you would never see it unless you followed or happened to see it, but while on Twitter, you might see 5 tweets in a matter of an hour of the same thing, and it might get blown out of proportion. <br><br>This is just my opinion, I could be entirely wrong. I think I mostly got the idea of my CMV after reading this tweet in regards to TikTok: <br><br>“TikTok is just becoming Twitter with a different veneer, and just like Twitter, most people in real life don’t give a fuck about it.”<br><br>So, show me where I am wrong (and no, I’m not a Trump supporter, I’m just a human with an opinion). <br><br>Edit: I guess I’m just saying that online culture is reflective of real life, but in no way dictates it.