People who are online too much think that people who are online too much are representative of the general public

They’re not.

For one, introverts are way overrepresented in online communities. Not to mention this whole Twitter kerfuffle; Twitter only seems like the world to those who are on Twitter all the time. The internet attracts a disproportionate number of certain types of people and certain worldviews.

It’s like cafe society in belle époque Paris. The internet is its own ivory tower (except not as lofty).

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eMortal · M

I had a similar thought recently. I just discovered Instagram reels. As you know their algorithm pushes the type of content you seem to dwell on more often. I saw a girl dancing provocatively. I lingered a bit. Oh boy, it was a mistake. All I could get after that was the same type of raunchy, sexually provocative and suggestive content. I started wondering how many girls were pulling off these marketing stunts online!? Are they a good representative sample of all women on Instagram!? To be honest after watching hundreds of those reels it’s tempting to think most girls do that on Instagram.