Lauren Beukes Quotes

Instagram is my edit of my life.

And increasingly, as people live online, we are used to making really snap judgments about somebody's character based on their Facebook page or the way their blog feels or look.

People only see you in blogs, and they think they know everything about your life.

There's more of me on Twitter than there is in real life.

On social media, like on Instagram and stuff that I post, and the way that I view myself, and portray myself on there, that's definitely a much more personalized take. I'm not collaborating with people to make that, it's my own social media platform in which I'm - it's not a character, it's just me.

We live in an age where there is a firehose of information, and there is no hierarchy of what is important and what is not. Where the truth is often fashioned through a variety of digital means. Are you your avatar? Who are you in social media? What face do you turn toward the world? How much does it have in common with who you actually are?

We all have Tumblr, and we all have Instagram and everything. People care so much about it because, now, any random can be famous on the Internet if their world looks good on Tumblr. And so everyone at high school strives for this kind of aesthetic correctness.

Creating a representation of yourself for the Internet stopped making sense when we were all on phones and connected everywhere.

These days with the web, you can burn out a character really quick.

I Googled myself, and I saw some nice things and some not-so-nice things. I've learned that that stuff isn't real, and it doesn't exist unless you look at it.

For the record, I don't really hate myself, but I do hate the way I portray myself online.

I recognize that, to someone who doesn't know my history, maybe I seem like this guy who gets dressed up for the Internet.

What I wanted to make sure of is that I wasn't just tagged as a Viner.

Twitter is an extension of every dumb thought I have, firing it off - Instagram is a little more methodical.

My Twitter account status used to say 'part-time playboy' on it, but I've taken that down now.

I do end up revealing a lot online, but in books, what I reveal is more tailored. Authors can couch revelations in fiction. With social media, no one wants to watch or read if it doesn't feel authentic, so you end up giving away a lot of yourself.

I feel like I've got a pretty good presence online through Instagram and Facebook. I just keep it simple.

Don't judge me by what someone posts on my page on Facebook.

All of us in the modern world are constructing our identities, largely through social media, for a larger audience.

It's such a deliberate thing to sit down and write a tweet. You're putting yourself out there in a very deliberate way, and over however many tweets, you start to create a character for yourself.

What it's done for me is highlight the fact that we need to lean into the cartoon universe of social media.

I never got really into Twitter until more recently when I started doing the Dirt Nasty thing, and created that other character. I think it's almost essential now. I don't think Leonardo DiCaprio necessarily needs to do it, but someone like me, who's somewhere in the middle of nowhere and a shitstack, I need to do that.

I'm very open in terms of sharing bits about my life, but I think it's very easy to get a distorted sense of who anyone is through social media.

I like to say I have Internet Immorality. From the beginning of the "internet famous" era until now, I've evolved and went with the flow of change, always changing my makeup looks, fashion, and vision. My brand has grown so fast from social media and I don't know how life would be without be logging onto MySpace for the first time 10 years ago!

Your life and everything about your world should be represented on your social media accounts, and everybody feels that way from family to friends to boyfriends and girlfriends.