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What Is Social Masking?

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Social Masking A calibrated public personality maintained long enough, and consistently enough, that it stops registering as a performance at all.

Origin:Extended from offline social-masking research into the always-on conditions of a permanent online audience.
First Seen:2024
Peak Era:2024-2026 (Algorithmic Drift Era)
Aura Impact:+20 Aura (Catching It Early and Correcting Course) / -25 Aura (Not Noticing Until It's Already the Default)

EXAMPLE USAGE

"It took a screenshot from a friend for me to even notice the social masking had been happening for weeks."

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