Why Narcissists Love the Internet

For the narcissist, the Internet is an enticing amalgamation of playground and hunting field, a venue teeming with prospective Sources of Narcissistic Supply, where fabricated identities prevail and psychological manipulation is customary. It transcends legal boundaries, societal conventions, and the constraints of civilized behavior.

Many entrepreneurs responsible for the creation of the Internet and social networks may be accurately characterized as narcissistic. Technology did not create or promote narcissism; instead, it was propelled by it: a more narcissistic society sought empowerment, self-expression, self-gratification, and self-aggrandizement via devices and software that addressed its disease.

The somatic encounters an abundance of cyber-sex and cyber-relationships. The intellect asserts spurious achievements, counterfeit abilities, knowledge, and capabilities. Both, if marginally communicative, ultimately find themselves at the immediate gratification nexus of a cult including admirers, followers, stalkers, erotomaniacs, detractors, and the mentally unstable. The constant attention and associated quasi-celebrity nurture and perpetuate their grandiose delusions and exaggerated self-perception.

Instagram, unlike other social networks, has two primary objectives, both of which are markedly narcissistic: 1. As a metric…