[teaearlgraycold]

Well, this is how I live. I don't use any broadcast-based social media. The only form I consume would be YouTube or Twitch, I believe without any parasocial weirdness.

After I finish a trip (recently I went to Supai, AZ) I send little bundles of photos to different people via my phone very much like these screenshots.

[theragra]

It would feel a bit weird to me, because it looks like marketing myself and my ego. In blogs or social networks, people only check you if they want.

[teaearlgraycold]

I think different people could do the same thing for different reasons. For me it's just about catching people up, and sometimes people return the favor.

Regarding social networks, though - people aren't exactly looking at your photos because they want to. Most social networks decide what you see, so the algorithm will put vacation photos in front of you even if you don't like that content.

[theragra]

I agree to some extent. When I had livejournal, it was more authentic. Back then, you always have been seeing everything chronologically, and I hoped my friends will tell me about their lives. Unfortunately, writing is not for everyone, people subscribe to other users, not only their friends now, and algorithm feeds won.