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![WhatsApp and Threads app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/071PXUuaXiJQCrluGD3loAH/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713556140.jpg)
![WhatsApp and Threads app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/071PXUuaXiJQCrluGD3loAH/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713556140.jpg)
![Person using Adobe Express app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02TMzOlMN3rVvanPIaeNX4y/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713294940.jpg)
![Person using Adobe Express app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02TMzOlMN3rVvanPIaeNX4y/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713294940.jpg)
![A screenshot showing the features of TikTok Notes.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0350CV03cv6AVWqGjtRx6Fv/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713434603.png)
![A screenshot showing the features of TikTok Notes.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0350CV03cv6AVWqGjtRx6Fv/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713434603.png)
![A phone displays the Snapchat logo in front of a screen that reads "My AI".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02ail6fjOX6IlAtNZNbTFj3/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713370088.jpg)
![A phone displays the Snapchat logo in front of a screen that reads "My AI".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02ail6fjOX6IlAtNZNbTFj3/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713370088.jpg)
![A person typing on a laptop with a variety of ad pop-ups hovering around their hands.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00BcRlWkTeGyxLDX9MTwnYj/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712777821.jpg)
![A person typing on a laptop with a variety of ad pop-ups hovering around their hands.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00BcRlWkTeGyxLDX9MTwnYj/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712777821.jpg)
![OJ Simpson on trial on a TV screen.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06Fc6txtWQMOTWLcLZRWDHx/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712877083.jpg)
![OJ Simpson on trial on a TV screen.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06Fc6txtWQMOTWLcLZRWDHx/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712877083.jpg)
![An iPhone sits on a tripod, filming a woman who lays with her legs open on a bed.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01wSEGU1rLIGbosetjTr4Fd/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712677369.jpg)
![An iPhone sits on a tripod, filming a woman who lays with her legs open on a bed.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01wSEGU1rLIGbosetjTr4Fd/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712677369.jpg)
![X logo on mobile device in front of the old Twitter logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/074SneTQSY98ucH0FhuWl2l/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712692478.jpg)
![X logo on mobile device in front of the old Twitter logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/074SneTQSY98ucH0FhuWl2l/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712692478.jpg)
![X app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00YnHfGhCI3i2W7BYMGg6BR/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1706116817.jpg)
![X app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00YnHfGhCI3i2W7BYMGg6BR/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1706116817.jpg)
![Blue checkmark](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04sHFnRzaCzynXJVaXUXLrA/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712260117.jpg)
![Blue checkmark](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04sHFnRzaCzynXJVaXUXLrA/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712260117.jpg)
![Woman receiving bad news overlayed with tweets from Elon Musk and his company X](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/018I5T8TlqWdgYIfAkPf8SO/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712001555.jpg)
![Woman receiving bad news overlayed with tweets from Elon Musk and his company X](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/018I5T8TlqWdgYIfAkPf8SO/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712001555.jpg)
![photo a black man in shades wearing a Los Angeles Clippers basketball jersey](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02nq2Q01gCaZqv2YmyDlaz2/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1711818575.jpg)
![photo a black man in shades wearing a Los Angeles Clippers basketball jersey](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02nq2Q01gCaZqv2YmyDlaz2/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1711818575.jpg)
![X mobile app logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02hgDhT8oIUvYsqJawloEfJ/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1711570362.jpg)
![X mobile app logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02hgDhT8oIUvYsqJawloEfJ/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1711570362.jpg)
![Elon Musk and X logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01ZMxxhhvH13mN9vafwxCT5/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1711466060.jpg)
![Elon Musk and X logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01ZMxxhhvH13mN9vafwxCT5/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1711466060.jpg)
![A group of three young girls using smartphones.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06216Sud9PJTHn4KEDFU4W6/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1711437263.jpg)
![A group of three young girls using smartphones.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06216Sud9PJTHn4KEDFU4W6/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1711437263.jpg)
![Elon Musk](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02NXdnSf02csCn6QYCOXJPn/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1711391134.jpg)
![Elon Musk](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02NXdnSf02csCn6QYCOXJPn/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1711391134.jpg)
![Solana logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/054eoV6k7iSb4w9pPUqfTkI/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1711142015.jpg)
![Solana logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/054eoV6k7iSb4w9pPUqfTkI/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1711142015.jpg)
![Elon Musk](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05FAIolHry4PJ55hpB5ee2G/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1710619185.jpg)
![Elon Musk](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05FAIolHry4PJ55hpB5ee2G/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1710619185.jpg)
![A phone displaying the Threads app.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02UirpsQMXW3S3tPwP1hy5z/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1710928198.jpg)
![A phone displaying the Threads app.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02UirpsQMXW3S3tPwP1hy5z/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1710928198.jpg)
![A man covered in grime and dirt stares as armored beige colored jeeps drive past them](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05nNmogxkqZ4orb5XUV4dW3/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1710874756.jpg)
![A man covered in grime and dirt stares as armored beige colored jeeps drive past them](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05nNmogxkqZ4orb5XUV4dW3/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1710874756.jpg)
![A photo of the BeReal app listing in the app store.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07mDCXbhLmVIUQS5yjyGuxt/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1710522142.jpg)
![A photo of the BeReal app listing in the app store.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07mDCXbhLmVIUQS5yjyGuxt/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1710522142.jpg)
![Instagram open on an iPhone with an ominous background.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04erg6jaQfQg8BuL1Njp448/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1628476507.jpg)
![Instagram open on an iPhone with an ominous background.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04erg6jaQfQg8BuL1Njp448/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1628476507.jpg)
![Don Lemon posing for photographers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06f5VV12FfVjOt2xGyuMA5x/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1710366652.jpg)
![Don Lemon posing for photographers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06f5VV12FfVjOt2xGyuMA5x/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1710366652.jpg)
If you didn’t post it on social media, did it even happen? Social media is an umbrella term for platforms that enable users to post media (images, text, videos) to the platform and interact with other users. While specific motivations may vary, the general purpose of social media is to publicly share an aspect of your life. On Facebook that may be a misinformed political rant, on Twitter a witty remark about a viral topic, on Instagram a #humblebrag snapshot of your recent vacation, on TikTok a lip-sync video or cringe-y attempt at a new dance trend. Social media is also a major way to get news (accuracy varies wildly) learn about new trends, stay in touch with friends, and read/view apologies by influencers and celebrities who did something stupid on said platform.