Is social media a big reason/cause to unnecessary comparison and jealousy?

[graacceey]

I know that naturally as humans we compare and get jealous. We want what we don’t have. We see how well someone else carries or wears that something we don’t have and want it for ourselves but I feel like social media and it’s influencers who have money, especially the young ones, They live in big homes, they drive nice cars, their clothes, shoes, jewelry etc is always nice. Their life just seems perfect. They seem perfect and though we realistically know that no one is perfect we still compare and get jealous. That’s so crazy to me.

[rosemilk]

YES x100

a perfect life doesn't exist, half the time they are lying or over-leveraging themselves. i know of some influencers who buy clothes, film a video with them, and then send them back so they can get their money back. they also write off their taxes with all of this (as much as they can, at least).

maybe we compare and feel jealous of others because we want others to feel jealous of us and our life (that we don't have), it is the ultimate satisfaction for some people.

[strateguy632]

if so walking in a mall is bad. but compare is natural not bad

jealous is too much lov but unrelated to internet.

[Sam12348]

Yes!!