Instagram just added an AI blur feature so you can pixelate people in your stories. The stated purpose: hiding romantic interests while you figure out if the relationship is worth announcing. This is what we've built. A feature engineered specifically for the psychological torture of uncertainty. Not for privacy, not for safety. For soft launching. For the exquisite modern pain of being half-committed publicly while privately terrified. The fact that this needed to exist, that enough people were doing it badly enough that Meta saw a market opportunity, says everything about where we are.