“The green circle indicating a Close Friends post is a virtual Hey, can I buy you a drink? Some users are sober and not suffering from quarantine horniness.”— Joseph Longo , melmagazine.com
“Was this an actual, genuine, spur-of-the-moment interaction? Or, in reality, merely a calculated thirst trap for the internet’s bottomless cache of sadboys? No, no. This 13-second video was made for me, me specifically, and no one else.”— Grace Perry, thecut.com
“I posted them for the same reason I posted any selfie ― because I feel pretty on a given day, because I was wearing something cute (albeit a swimsuit or a piece of lingerie), because it felt good and empowering to create an image of myself ― flawed, imperfect, a solid size 12/14 to boot ― and declar…”— Emily McCombs, huffingtonpost.com
“The subtext of my early Instagram life was transparent: I hoped you’d find me, viewer.”— Bindu Bansinath, medium.com
“Let’s get an important thing out of the way first: Despite its name, a thirst trap doesn’t necessarily have to be a sexy photo, though that’s usually the case.”— Gaby Del Valle, melmagazine.com