The fake world of Finstas

Extremely Online

29 Nov 2021

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Everybody from “the teens” to Prince Harry has one these days. So what exactly is a Finsta and why do you need one?

Everybody from “the teens” to Prince Harry has one these days. So what exactly is a Finsta and why do you need one?

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Welcome to the internet, where influencers are robots, NFTs are selling for $69 million and TikTok is dictating the music industry. Our future is being determined right now – online – and it’s confusing as hell.

But we deserve to understand it, because we’re the ones living it.

Shit You Should Care About takes you Extremely Online, to explore and explain all the weird corners of the internet.

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