It’s the middle of summer and, according to social media, everyone is having the time of their lives. We all know about FOMO — the fear of missing out — and how social media can make us feel like hot garbage. The results highlight how people tend to seek out — and subsequently share — information they perceive as unusual over the mundane. How social media distorts realityThe distortions can also leave people without proper context for important issues happening in their communities, Jang said. In their place, the social media user focused their attention on cooking and car restoration accounts — “stuff that actually interests me rather than watching people perform their lives.”