Social media has long become an integral part of our daily lives. Whether we have personal pages or blog sites – most people use different platforms to engage with their close people and show parts of their lives. It’s obvious that you can tell a lot about a person by looking through their page. You’ll know where they in which country and work, whether they are in a relationship or not, what they do on their weekends, etc.

But have you ever considered how much our social media pages can actually reveal about our personality? They show not only the exterior stuff, like the things I mentioned, but also some inner characteristics, preferences and even problems. I think that nowadays psychologists and psychoanalyst can just scan the pages of their patients in order to study them on a deeper lever. Just think about it, we show our preferences via the content that we share. One person is devoted to their family, and their whole life revolves around children, cause that’s the only thing they post. The second one is a travel addict: for them, life’s meaningless without visiting new places. When they don’t travel, life kinda stops for them and they feel depressed. The third one is deeply interested in psychology, cause all of their posts are about different topics in that area.

These are just a few examples, but I think the point is clear. The thing about social media is that we voluntarily post what we want, that’s why they can work better as an analysis source, than anything else. No one makes you post the hundredth picture of your cat. If you do so, it means that that’s what you’re interested in. Or, maybe that’s what you want others to think of you. By that, I mean that sometimes people want to create a fake image to show off something, whether it’s their “perfect family”, fancy job, fit body or something else. But that’s also a choice we make, hence it also tells about our character.

Through social media, we can actually see whether someone is happy or not: once they start sharing deep philosophical posts about life, love, friendship etc., it means that there’s some drama going on, especially if they never shared similar content before. We can find out about their interests and hobbies through the pages they follow and posts they like. Though, sometimes I honestly can’t understand the logic of a person, who, for instance, follows all of the Kardashians and different philosophers, psychologists or other scientists. Sometimes those pages are so radically different and versatile, that it makes understanding that person even more challenging, yet interesting.

A little confession: I do like deeply analyzing a person’s page, whether it’s an acquaintance or a random stranger. I try to build their image in my mind, and I love when pieces of puzzles start getting together, revealing their whole image. It’s a satisfying work, as I feel like a true detective, who’s working on an investigative case. Or just a creepy stalker, haha.

You know what also affects people? Their “popularity” online. Once someone gets a few hundred or thousand followers, you can actually see how their whole behavior changes. There’s a relatively new platform called Threads, where people mostly share their thoughts and opinions about various topics. There were many profiles I’d been following for a while. Suddenly, some of them obtained a little bit of popularity, and you could truly see how their content drastically changed. From an ordinary person, who just loved doing “silly” posts, they suddenly became an expert in different fields, a judge, who’s pridefully making fun of others for not living the way they live. They all try to sound smarter, wiser and wittier, using all those fancy terms in order to be seen more sophisticated and pretentious. I swear, sometimes those bloggers who have just a couple of thousand followers act more arrogant than famous superstars, like DiCaprio or whatever.

That once again proves, that one can see the psychological issues of a person. Most people suffer from lack of self-confidence, even when they try to claim otherwise and masterfully conceal it under self-praising posts. Some have a grandiose illusion, thinking that just because their engagement is high, they’re the center of this universe. Others want to brag their success and wipe everyone’s nose. And some simply share their content just cause they like it. I think you can feel that those pages, that don’t have any ultimate and hidden motives for their posts, feel different: they’re more natural and sincere.

I don’t think this post has a special message, a piece of advice or even a proper conclusion. It’s just some subjective pondering of mine, which I decided to share. Now you do the analysis why, haha.