“The narcissists, they want social approval but their main way of getting it is unreliable. So we thought: maybe social media provides that perfect tool where they can upload pictures of themselves, edit it, doctor it, put filters on, the right angle, etc., put up an idealized picture of themselves and kind of watch the social media approval stream in.”
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