The Dark Side of Social Media Two strangers sitting next to each other on a transcontinental flight strike up a conversation and end up falling in love. This is the stuff of fairy tales, right? Not according to one passenger on a flight from New York to Dallas earlier this summer. What started out with a stranger asking for a favor to switch seats ended up becoming a viral social media saga of a “whirlwind romance,” scandalously branded as #PlaneBae. For those unfamiliar with this story, the #PlaneBae saga consisted of a series of Instagram stories and tweets posted by an Alaska Airlines Passenger, who recorded what she portrayed to be a budding romance unfolding in the row in front of her. Over the course of the six-hour flight, the passenger posted to Instagram® and Twitter® a live minute-to-minute narration of the two seatmates’ interactions. By the end of the flight, the passenger had managed to: 1) take…
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