that snowballed into a nationwide movement on social media which encourages college students to realize the truth behind filtered photos and posts fagan said promoting these sorts of conversation may help other college students who are feeling the same way holleran felt maybe it would help if we had more honest conversations with other people about the reality of what social media really is and then maybe you would have that planted in your mind when you looked at someone elses feed fagan said taylor added that maintaining a healthy perspective and recognizing you dont have to be perfect to be happy are also very important for the mental health of college students