TikToker Holly Cockerill showed just how easy it is to trick us into believing all the fakery on social media.

TikToker Holly Cockerill showed just how easy it is to trick us into believing all the fakery on social media.

Convinced that beautiful editorial photos always require phenomenal sets, elaborate lighting, and a full crew of people? Let Geo Leon prove you wrong.

Convinced that beautiful editorial photos always require phenomenal sets, elaborate lighting, and a full crew of people? Let Geo Leon prove you wrong.

The fact that people share an idealized version of themselves on social media, cherry-picking only the best images, thoughts, and experiences isn't new. But the lengths they go to marketing themselves keep surprising even the ones who think they've seen it...

The fact that people share an idealized version of themselves on social media, cherry-picking only the best images, thoughts, and experiences isn't new. But the lengths they go to marketing themselves...

Our endless pursuit of physical perfection has made our internet profiles shinier and smoother than our real-life selves have ever been.

Our endless pursuit of physical perfection has made our internet profiles shinier and smoother than our real-life selves have ever been.

Even though we're all much more aware of the sheer level of fakery on social media, some Instagrammers still push it to a whole new level.

Even though we're all much more aware of the sheer level of fakery on social media, some Instagrammers still push it to a whole new level.

At this point, Instagram looks like an alternate universe. A place governed by its own laws. A place, where the ultimate creator is photo editing software.

At this point, Instagram looks like an alternate universe. A place governed by its own laws. A place, where the ultimate creator is photo editing software.

The German influencer pokes fun at flawless and cliché Instagram photos and reveals what they would look like if social media was honest.

The German influencer pokes fun at flawless and cliché Instagram photos and reveals what they would look like if social media was honest.

There are plenty of people who are addicted to social media going overboard with photo-editing their pics before posting them on Instagram because they want to feel validated or loved.

There are plenty of people who are addicted to social media going overboard with photo-editing their pics before posting them on Instagram because they want to feel validated or loved.

If a photo on Instagram looks too good to be true, it probably is. Even though the platform can be a wonderful and inspiring place, full of beautiful and artistic images, oftentimes it's misleading, too. Photography "tricks" and post-production dissolves the...

If a photo on Instagram looks too good to be true, it probably is. Even though the platform can be a wonderful and inspiring place, full of beautiful and artistic images,...

Glance behind the scenes of ‘perfect’ Instagram photos and ‘ideal’ photoshoots and you’ll find a world full of fun mistakes, uncontrollable laughter, and quirky chaos.

Glance behind the scenes of ‘perfect’ Instagram photos and ‘ideal’ photoshoots and you’ll find a world full of fun mistakes, uncontrollable laughter, and quirky chaos.