We use social media incessantly. We became dependent upon social media for many necessity. But is it reliable? How far we can depend upon it? What are the main criteria for which we believe or disbelieve it?
Although many of us can not help but connect several times a day, we are well aware of the disadvantages of Facebook and social networks in general. Indeed, social networks push some to compare themselves to others without stopping, to enter a real race for likes and followers and to put forward at all costs ... even when everything is wrong. When we know a few tips from professional photographers or we are quite ingenious, we can put on the stage and make believe almost anything ... A beautiful shot, an appropriate legend and hop, the magic of social networks do the rest since no one can verify that what we post is really the reality. Some young people in need of recognition have understood, and they do not hesitate to cheat to make believe that they have a dream life and that they travel constantly. It's even a new fashion that is developing. And it goes far, since some are ready to rent a jet on time only to be able to take a picture and post them on social networks. Everything is totally wrong, and well organized: the company Private Jet Studio, based in Moscow, offers for example all possible services to be able to get these fakes photos. Hair, makeup, luxury cars, champagne and even professional photographer and this famous jet that remains on the ground and will not even fly a minute, everything is made available for this great deception. Of course, these services are not free, but these young people who dream of one thing, gain thousands of followers, are ready for anything, including lying, showing narcissism and pay a rather salty note. The proposed packages start at 160 €, spend 200 € if you want to be photographed by a professional photographer and even 360 € if you want a video. The shots are sufficiently misleading to believe that the person taking the picture travels aboard his private jet and shares his life as a rich and well-born youngster. In case you did not know it yet, it's official: do not always believe everything we see on social networks, Facebook, Twitter or there, in this case, Instagram ... The Web is constantly evolving. It is therefore clearly not possible to control, verify or even censor all the content that can be found there. But we, the Internet users, are often the only judges when it comes to evaluating the credibility of Web content. We must be critical before swallowing the information we are presented.
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