Media Personality Soso Soberekon Says The Internet Has Made Actors Of Us All...

On social media, reputation is no longer built by character —
it is built by angles, captions, filters, and timing....

He Says

''The Internet Has Made Actors of Us All

The internet is a strange courtroom.
The guilty hire photographers.
The innocent don’t even know they’re on trial.
On social media, reputation is no longer built by character —
it is built by angles, captions, filters, and timing.

The loud look righteous.
The wicked look generous.
The manipulators look motivational.
And the quiet ones?
They look suspicious.

We now live in a generation where presentation defeats purity.
A bad man with good branding will look like a mentor.
A good man without packaging will look like a failure.

Some people are saints online
and storms in real life.

They post peace but practice chaos.
They preach loyalty but trade people like currency.
They upload kindness but download envy.

And the world applauds.
Because the internet does not reward depth.
It rewards performance.
It does not ask, “Who are you in private?”
It asks, “How well can you perform in public?”

Too many halos are rented.
Too many smiles are rehearsed.
Too many apologies are strategic.

Meanwhile, the genuinely good ones —
the ones who love deeply,
who give without cameras,
who sacrifice without captions —
often look ordinary here.
Because goodness doesn’t always trend.
And integrity doesn’t always know how to edit itself.

The truth?

Social media did not create evil.
It just gave it a ring light.
It did not make people fake.
It just rewarded those who mastered perception.

But here’s what history has always proven:
Performance has an expiry date.
Character does not.

The stage will eventually go dark.
The filters will fade.
And when the applause ends,
only real substance will remain.
So before you envy someone’s online halo,
ask yourself —Is it light?
Or is it just good lighting?''