Our society revolves around social media, and I am confident in saying that we are all too dependent on it. I believe that social media has the right intentions, but we have corrupted it. Therefore, it is currently evil because of the way we abuse its system. Without social media, we wouldn’t compare ourselves to others as much, people wouldn’t get cyberbullied, there would be less petty drama, people would be less fake, and honestly less creepy. When you think about it, social media is creepy. You can find random people on explore pages and learn about their life and even send them a message. It’s kind of stalker-ish… So why are we so obsessed with it?
Society has instilled in our minds that we need to know every detail about everyone’s life like it’s actually our business and like we are actually supposed to care. Snapchat is possibly the most useless form of social media, yet somehow we are so amused by it. Why do we feel the need to post selfies on our Snapchat stories for 3 seconds? Or a picture of food we love with hearts around it? I could care less about what you put in your stomach! But the question still remains: why are we so obsessed with it?
I think it all comes down to this: we are selfish. Naturally, humans are selfish beings. We want it to be about us. We want attention. We want compliments. We want to be envied. Why else would we post selfies? Or pictures of new additions to jacked up trucks? Or the latest vacation we went on? Or that 6 a.m. run we went on? Social media is so self-centered. Sure we can post the typical “appreciation post” or “man candy Mondays” but you’re still bragging about how awesome your life is because you have these great people in it.
We are constantly trying to keep up the newest caption trend, poses, and filters. That’s not us. If we are constantly trying to pose our lives just to post a picture so our followers can see, then how will we ever learn to act natural? We’re not ourselves when we try too hard to be perfect.
Honestly, I am embarrassed of how far I have gotten sucked into social media. I am guilty of all the things mentioned above, but yet I continue to use social media. If you’re reading this article, then you more than likely found it on Facebook. Thankfully, I can share this article through Facebook and express my opinion. I am thankful for that! I can also post pictures for family and friends, who are interested, to see what goes on in my life now. Social media does have a lot of potential, but there’s also so much negativity floating around. It’s not like I have a solution for the problem or that I think social media is completely evil. It can be very beneficial, but damaging at the same time.
