Social
media allows people in today’s society to do many things from forming
relationships, being an activist, to posting pictures for all to see. Facebook
seems to still reign supreme over all social media. I may be the only one in
the world, but I do not have a Facebook. Social media has many benefits, but
the benefits Facebook offered me were not worth it in the end. In a way, just
like article we read, when I had a Facebook I could tell it was making me
lonely. I would be working or sitting at home living vicariously through the
photos and posts of others. Facebook made me wish I were living the lives of
others and slowly made me stop living my own life. Although, saying I was
“made” might not be correct, because at anytime I could have posted my own and
exciting things onto the site. Finally, there came a day when I had had enough
of the feeling bad about my life and decided it was time for it to leave my
daily life. Now, being Facebook-less, I have seen my friends interpersonal
relationships suffer. I have noticed people closest to me talk about things
they have seen on Facebook. Most of the time, they are things they didn’t like
and things that rubbed them wrong. These experiences make me wonder if Facebook
is doing the opposite of what it is intended for. Most of the time it seems the
posts and photos we see on Facebook don’t even represent those peoples lives.
If this is true, then so many other problems can come up. Social media seems to
work well for many people and companies, however I question if it is hurting us
more than we realize?
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