Our generation is growing up using social media. I consider this a good and bad thing at the same time. While I do prefer face-to face communication, social media allows us to have it the easy way and speak to who we want whenever we want.
I love social media because it is an easy way to stay in touch with old friends or even make new ones. You can connect with celebrities, other people in their fan base, or even people that you don't know. It's crazy to think that you can bond with someone overseas just because of one subject on a website, but it happens. I've seen many cases of people becoming friends over the Internet and even meeting up. Social media is a fun way of expressing your feelings or showing all of your friends the things that you do.
I hate social media because it is basically just for everyone else to see what is going on in your life. Think about it, you only post the good things just so that other people think your life is always awesome. It's rare that you see bad news.
I hate social media because people take posts out of context. I could post that I hate my life and it might be because I dropped a chicken nugget or stubbed my toe. The way that I am on social media isn't exactly who I am in real life. Don't ever think that you know me just because you see what I post.
I also don't like social media because it gives more opportunity for others to judge you. You never how many screenshots of your posts are shared between friends. You also can never really tell who sees your posts because anyone can. Even when I'm just out in public I always hear "did you see what so and so posted the other day? Oh my gosh" or something to that extent. Everyone's always going to have something to say about what you do.
Even though I find so many things to be bad, I still find my self scrolling on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram when I'm bored. It's addicting to see what others are doing or where they're going. ho wants to give up those cute cat videos or photos of new babies? Not me. I may have a few bad things to say about social media, but I know I won't be deleting it any time soon.
