In spite of her job as a social media manager, Sarah (not her real name), 25, keeps notifications from her personal social media accounts permanently muted – to avoid depending on them for affirmation and triggering a relapse of her eating disorders.
Still, a simple recommendation from the platforms’ algorithms can send the former ballerina and gymnast down a “rabbit hole” of stalking skinny girls for two hours before she catches herself “in time”, the Singaporean told The Straits Times (ST).
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