The Commodification of Vulnerability in Social Media

Inquiries into the heart of sharing, capturing, and humaning.

I have, for some time now, felt some confusion and concern about a social media culture in which vulnerability seems to be a commodity that is bartered, bought, and sold as a part of the inherent gamification coded into these platform's endless algorithmic pursuit of likes and follows. As I wade through the murky waters of this apparent commodification,…