By letting us constantly show our best face to the world, is social media making us into a bunch of phonies? “It is true that virtually everybody seeks to post the most glamorous parts of their lives on social network sites, but isn’t this also true in face-to-face contact?” says Temple sociology professor Shanyang Zhao, who researches social media. “… The truth is that we all try to make ourselves look better to others than what we think we are, regardless of whether we are on or off the Internet."