Why Instagram’s Issue With Dysfunction Is Its Dysfunction

The holiday season always serves as the reminder of how social media plays an epic role in validating the bedazzled statuses of users — big and small — who are engaged in the competitive spirit of convincing friends and strangers that life is giving them the very #best it can muster on the daily.

But I happen to think that platforms like Instagram would be a lot less intimidating and a lot more inspirational if we made it a point to document the hard knocks with the same enthusiasm that accompanies the never-ending wins.

This past holiday weekend, really exposed the crippling mindset of users who are entirely carried away with the damaging messaging that mixes boastfulness with earnest wishes.

Celebrities with all the money to spare posted images of waterfront mansions and the buffet of champions on Thanksgiving Day, and then added the extra stuffing of well-wishes to the less fortunate gawkers, who could at least have that to munch on.