The final piece of a 3-part collaboration that focuses on the expectations we have grown to have on social media, this piece sheds light on a newer way of feeling validated. What is it about being “modded” that feels good? For me, it makes me feel I belong & my opinion is wanted where I might otherwise feel too self-conscious to speak. This subject may feel vapid to discuss, so this serves as the first step to reducing the shame we feel from not getting these expected toxic forms of validation.