This piece is a six-part "field guide" to social media, structured as a set of observations that build on each other: platforms are designed to hold your attention, your feed isn't the same as anyone else's, the ads you see are built from what you engage with, nothing you post truly disappears, there are real consequences to what you do online, and all of it slowly shapes how you see the world. Aimed at teens and young adults, the piece uses a consistent visual language, corner tick marks and specimen-style labels that echo the language of an actual field guide, and closes with a resource for mental health support rather than ending on critique alone.
