Luke N. Holtzman

1 week ago | medium.com | Luke N. Holtzman |Robert E. Ralph

How Social Media Companies Manipulate YouEverybody you know uses social media—every single person. Maybe you're thinking of one person you know who absolutely refuses, who has never downloaded Facebook or Instagram and never will. But it's the exception that proves the rule, because everybody else you know does. Why? Why is it that almost everyone in the world with an Internet connection uses social media? Is it to keep in touch with friends and family? To share your life with others?

Mar 7, 2025 | medium.com | Luke N. Holtzman |Robert E. Ralph

No; Seriously. You Tell Me.Luke Holtzman·FollowPublished inNew Writers Welcome·4 min read·--Image by Tung Lam from PixabayI have been remarkably mediocre for as long as I have been alive. Raised in an upper-middle-class household to two good parents in a loving relationship, with two siblings whom I have always had a close relationship with, a large extended family, and a small but loyal group of friends.