Conversations with Teens: ‘Maxximizing’ Your Trendiness

Looksmaxxing. Auramaxxing. Sleepmaxxing. Carrotmaxxing.Carrotmaxxing? Really?Yep. These are just some of the “maxxing” trends that have taken over social media in the last year or so. In each one, influencers encourage their followers to hyper-focus on one specific, usually superficial, area of their lives in order to maximize their social status—and, often, try to boost their appeal to members of the opposite sex.Users typically adopt these trends because they want attention—from th