Since the invention of social media networks (i.e. Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram, etc.), the world has become glued to their smart phones, computers,
tablets, etc. I can remember when I was in school, we had some social media in
the form of things like chat rooms (i.e. MSN and Yahoo Messenger). Those were
fun to keep in touch with others that weren’t within arm’s reach. The messengers
and sites like Blackplanet.com & others were our outlets to the world and
we enjoyed the friendships we cultivated from those.
However, networks like Facebook and Twitter have become not only ways to
network with other students and old friends, but for some reason they have
become the digital therapists for today’s generation. I absolutely HATE when
people share too much information on Facebook. I don’t really care where you
just checked in or what you are thinking about right now. I also hate with people
use Facebook and Twitter as a way to either get revenge on others, talk “junk”
about others by not mentioning their names, or to have arguments. If you are
going through something personal, speak to a friend, family member, or
therapist about it – stop posting ambiguous messages about “unknown” people
about how you are feeling. There was a time when as men and women, if we had an
issue with something someone did or said, you confronted them about it. You
either talked it out or something else happened. I am by no means condoning
violence, but in an age where there have been many mistakes already made that
we can learn from, why are we not doing so?
What do you think about social media? Do you think it is fine the way it is or
does some things need to be changed? What needs to be changed? What do you
think about people who are too emotional on Facebook/Twitter? Have you been
guilty of doing this? What was the situation about and was bringing
Facebook/Twitter in on it necessary? What are some of your pet peeves as it
relates to social media?
I am now off the soap box, lol.
Mr. C
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I think social media was a great way to connect with old friends and what not. Everybody does not need to have my number such as associates for an example. It would be great if people were not glued on to their phones, and acted like they cannot live without their phones. That’s just so crazy to me, like my friends get mad at me for just letting my phone die. I just don’t get it if it is an emergency you will find a way to get in touch with me like it is never that serious. I also hate when people are emotional on Twitter. It is most likely about not being in a relationship. This generation kills me with that, like your true love will find its way to you. Don’t think anybody should just be out searching for love especially females. Females need to know that God created Eve for Adam, simply because Adam needed her not the other way around. Yes, I’m guilty for expressing my feelings on Twitter too. Only because I just want my boyfriend’s attention sometimes, just being petty. Eventually I will delete because that is not me on the daily basis. I know it is not necessary to post it in the first place but I know he tweet watches me then texts me to see what’s going on. So yeah if I decide to do that it is just to mess with him. My biggest pet peeve on twitter is when people do not @ or mention the person’s name that they are talking junk about!!! They don’t want people in their business but giving us hints about it like don’t post it at all then.
In my opinion, social media is a way to stay connected with people and a good use of free time. However, it can become a distraction. People rely on social media too much and devote all their time to being on it. In reality, they could be doing something more productive.
Social media is fine to a certain extent because it is used to promote businesses, a form of advertisement, information etc. So, because people are big on social media it has become a way to get information out to the public. But once you put something on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram it is on there forever. Even if you delete it, it can always be recovered. That is one of the things that can probably be changed because if you think about it, we really do not have the right to privacy. Regardless, if we should have thought about it before we posted it or not. Which is the reason why I get annoyed with people on social networks because they post random things that are not important. I think the whole purpose of social media is to share moments of your life with others like friends and family. Not post your whole life story. The way some people act on social media is because they want attention or just to have something to say. Like when you have a problem with someone, you get on Facebook posting an indirect status or Twitter “sneak dissing”. Then when someone asks who are you talking about, its “Oh, I’m speaking in general.” I HATE that! You should have never said anything in the first place. I have been guilty of doing this but I will tell you who I am talking about. Now that I have looked back on a couple situations like that, it was not necessary but when the person you have a problem with “lives for social media” you have to stoop to their level. One of my biggest pet peeves on social media is telling all of your business or writing your every move. People do not need to know what you doing 25/8!
Social media is a good thing in today’s time because not only does it keep you updated with friends, but it also keeps you updated on news. Social media, for the younger generation, is the source of news from Twitter pages such as CNN, or Fox, it is the only way some young people keep up with what is going on. Although some people can get a too emotional or may something inappropriate or say something the rest of us don’t want to know about, it is their account so it may be their way of releasing some stress by getting it off of their chest. Some use social media as an outlet so that they can feel better about themselves and others use it to get a good laugh throughout the day. Some may even use social media to put themselves on a platform so that they can be seen, for example, some small time comedians become famous for posting funny things on social media and later on make appearances on tv shows and then become movie stars. Social media also has down sides, a major one being cyber bullying because you can hide behind a picture and not let anyone know who you are. Overall social media works as a news source, an emotional outlet, and a pathway to becoming famou. Social media will be around for the rest of our lives most likely and still be used in the same way but just a different application. Social media is a great thing as long as you use it for the right purpose.
I feel as if social media plays a big role on why some current events happen. It gives others the opportunity to judge, express feelings, and create verbal violence within others. Social media allows others to have a viewpoint/perspective of others life without out physically being involved or even knowing the person or people. I feel as if it I does not only effect the younger generation, it also plays a role on the older generation as well. I think some things should be changed on social media as far as people putting personal information out, or gossip spreading. I feel as if (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat) should be used for interacting with others for fun, or just using pictures to show what they are currently doing not to harass or judge anyone. I think social media should only allow users to post positive pictures, or statuses. I feel as if the people on Facebook/Twitter who are too emotional sometimes do things for attention, or it may be there only way to vent. Also I feel like for social media to change, we have to start within society. No, I have not been guilty of this situation. People fallback on social media to make themselves feel better within. Also social media allows situations to become bigger than it actually is in reality. Social media has a way of changing how people feel. Others sometimes do not believe that what they say or post has a effect on others. One major harmful effect of social media is self esteem. People spend so much time on social media that they forget how to find entertainment and enjoy themselves.
I feel that social media has it’s pros and cons. The older I get, I notice that the cons are starting to outweigh the pros. People nowadays go to twitter and Facebook for drama and reassurance. People like to go on twitter and Facebook to post hurtful, disrespectful, and inappropriate things to hurt other people when in all actuality, they are hurting themselves. People think that “oh since this is on twitter, it’s okay and acceptable” or that “oh this couple posted this, so I want to do this with my spouse” when people should just be themselves and do their own thing. One major thing I think that needs to be changed is people feeling the need to post their personal business and emotions on twitter. Yes, it is your account and yes you have the freedom to say what you like, but people also like to complain about how someone is being nosey and “all up in their business”. If you didn’t post all your personal life, no one can comment on it. People can only see what you want them to see, and if that is what you chose to post, then you can’t be mad at anyone but yourself. That is also one of my pet peeves. At one point, I was guilty of being that annoying girl who complained about her feelings on twitter. I had to mature a lot and realize that what I post is there forever and could possibly make or break me getting that important job one day.
Social media is a way for people to communicate with their friends and family. Also, being that people can associate with many people all over the world, this gives many Facebook, Twitter and any other social media user the opportunity to get an outlook on other cultures and a view of how many other people live. I don’t think there should be a change with social media, but I do believe there should be more regulations on cyber bullying. For example, people witnessing others getting jumped or beat up and it gets all over social media; no one steps in and try to stop people from viewing these things especially for little kids. This gives people a negative view on society and this starts more stereotypes and discrimination on different racial groups and cultures. I honestly hate when people are too emotional on social media because people tend to put all their emotions online and it doesn’t need to be online for everyone in the world to see. People tend to put everything on social media, for example, a lady could’ve broken up with her boyfriend last week and she’ll post on Facebook or Twitter about how “niggas” aren’t loyal etc. It is beyond annoying. My biggest pet peeves are people spelling things wrong, people using improper grammar, and people put up themselves smoking weed and putting up guns: People tend to forget not only their friends are watching their posts but jobs and police officers view these things.
I think social media is a great way to market and connect with people around the world for various reasons. No matter what form of social media you use, you can find people that share the same interest of by simply looking over the bio in their profile. But I do agree that sometimes too much personal information is shared on the internet. People will go to extreme measures to be received on the internet from random people so they could be internet sensations. For example somebody actually going into a restaurant causing problems, so they can be recorded and make other people laugh. Also people that only follow trends because they are cool at the time. Everybody are not meant to like the same things, it's okay if you don't like a certain thing , people are allowed to have a personal opinion. Sad to say but it's too late to change anything about the social media world. It's too big of a network for people to stop posting their personal life, thoughts and problems because people are under oppression that they have the freedom of speech and any of the social media platforms are they personal diary. Two of my biggest pet peeves are when random pictures pop up and say “You have 30 seconds to RT or your mother will die” I just feel like that's childish and unnecessary and the other one is when people flex everything they have in life bragging about it when in reality they don't have it like that.
On my opinion about social media,I think it is a great way of communication, getting in touch with old friends, advertising or marketing some products and even getting people busy during their free time. I think using facebook,twitter or any other social media the right way is good. The biggest disadvantage about it is that it is addictive. You find most people now days concentrate on their phones making them less of their social skills. What elder people used to do on their free time is different than what we are doing now.The reason why people express their feelings on social media is that they have many followers and they would like to be comforted by them during that time but little do they know that some will care,some will just make fun of them and some have the same problems thus they cannot even read the emotions.I am thinking if they could advance the social media where it could select texts to be read by everyone if the text is emotionally sensitive they just send it to the directed people.what I really hate about social media is when people may be learn of a certain death of someone before even the relatives know about it someone already post it and they whole process how the death happen. Another thing I hate is when people goes live on social media and tell everybody what they are doing at that time is too much. I wish everyone could keep their personal lives for themselves and also keep what is private to be private.otherwise social media is good to socialize and also it is a hobby for some people when used appropriately.
I think social media is too big for its own good. It is a major part of today’s society most people can’t function without social media. I don’t think I know anyone that does not have at least one type of social media whether it is Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Tumblr, Myspace etc.… I mean I personally do not have a problem with social media as a whole. I just have a problem with the people that do the most on social media for no reason. One thing that needs to be changed is the amount of business that gets shared on social media some things don’t need to be posted for everyone to see. I know a lot of people who constantly rant and vent to their social media followers. I personally don’t post too much of my own business on social media. My only pet peeves come from those who act like they are something that they are not on social media such as fighters (when they are not that at all), thugs (when they stayed in two stories houses all their life), and people who cry and complain about their life. I constantly see too many people sneak dissing each other (sneak dissing is talking about each other but not being direct about it) it only bothers me because everybody is so “real” but won’t say anything to each others face unless they are hyped up into doing so. Social media also now limits the amount of human interaction needed to have a conversation now people don’t really know how to communicate. Those are my only problems with social media.
I believe social media can be a good thing and can also be a bad thing because social media is how many different people communicate but at the same time you can still communicate through text message or a phone call. Social media is becoming more and more played out and drama field because people nowadays are very defensive and they want to keep certain situations going and making more and more of a big deal out of celebrities and their lives but no really living in the real world of respect. Social media is becoming disrespectful and it's becoming a form of cyber bullying because they don't know how to give compliments it's always something negative that's being said. The way social media is today something should be doing because people are taking advantage of sitting behind a cell phone or a computer and disrespecting people and bring other humans down to only make themselves feel better. People that are emotional on twitter and Facebook have a right to do whatever they want on their page so with someone coming into their pages being rude and disrespectful they have a right to feel emotional and have an opinion of being emotional.I have not personally been a victim of this but I know people who have and it's not a good feeling to them because everybody has feelings and just because someone post something you don't like don't mean you should put them down. Some of my pet peeves when it comes to social media is when people are being hyped up to something that they are not just because they have this many follower or just being they have a nice body or just because they have a pretty face but then put others down . Social media is something that is taking over society and will continue to run how everybody thinks and communicate with other people.
No doubt social media has evolved tremendously! Most people behind the screen now a day are using social media for more than it’s intended for and telling their life story. Websites such as Facebook has become immune to it and now allows users to check in places, and share how they’re feeling to everyone. I find this crazy because it allows stalkers to track you down, and who wants to know every emotion you feel every second of the day. I believe that people who do this are simply attention seekers and most of the time is looking for a pity party or a couple of likes. I feel that there is no need to spread your business to the world because it then no longer makes it your business, also It’s alright to share some good news to social media but not everything. I was taught to move in silence and always do your best in things and the absence will eventually be felt. Of course my mindset has not always been the same; when I was first introduced to social media and made my first account on Myspace I acted as if it was my diary. Sharing all my feelings, and everything with excitement. I now see that was 100% unnecessary and will never make that mistake again. A couple of my biggest pet peeves are young women overexposing themselves, and social media beef. Showing off your goodies can cause terrible impressions from others and will make it less likely for others to respect you. Overexposing can also give others less to imagine because they’ve already seen what you have, and go back to look as many times as they want. Another pet peeve is beefing over social media. One huge thing wrong with that is there is no need for everyone to know your conflict between an individual, also if there is a problem you should directly approach them with some sense. Although social media allows you to network with friends, and family members people are using it for way more than it was intended for.
Social media has its pros and cons. It can be very beneficial and it can be very bad. It all depends on how the user uses social media. Some business make their money for using social media apps to advertise and promote their business. I think social media is fine the way it is, it’s up to the user on how they use social media. Either the user abuses it or benefits from it. Abusing social media is when you post something trying to embarrassing someone on twitter or Instagram just get likes and laughs. I agree with you when you said people put too much of their business on social media because that is true. Nobody needs to know your every move and what you’re doing every minute of the day. Another problem I have is when people put all of their business on social media and share their location with the world then wonder why someone broke into their house why they were out of town. I also have a problem when people upload a thousand pictures a day, like we know your outfit was on point today when only need to see it once. I have twitter I barely tweet and when I do tweet it’s about sports or its mostly retweets. I will admit I’m guilty of putting my relationship business on twitter when me and my ex use to get into it. We both use to subtweet each other being petty. We both had no business putting our relationship business on social media trying get back at each other. I have a twitter, Facebook, snapchat, and Instagram I use snapchat and twitter the most.
My opinion on social media is that it is a great way to stay connected to new and old friend and keep up with their lives, also for them to keep up with yours. This is a great way of keeping up with the new trends and news that’s going on. I know for me personally I don’t like watching the news but I will keep up with it from social media through either Twitter or Facebook. I see nothing wrong with social media other than many times it becomes a distraction to the important things.
Many people I know turn to social media when they get emotional, either about a relationship or just issues period. I understand twitter was created behind the mindset of people expressing themselves in their own forms, but certain information should be kept to yourself. What I find contradicting is that people tell all their business then wonder why so many people know all their business. I can say I have tweeted a few things on twitter before about my past relationships but it was not enough for people to know what was going on in my relationship, or if I felt like it was too much of my business I would delete the tweet later. Many people my age tend to forget that any and everybody can watch your page regardless if you page is private or not. One of my main pet peeves is when people post half naked pictures for attention, especially when they post it and don’t get enough likes so they take it down and repost it.
I believe social media is both good and dangerous. It is good because it allows for us to connect with one another. Social media is also easily accessed. It is dangerous because anyone can hack into your account and steal your identity, money, etc. Also the government monitors all things dealing with the internet so be mindful of the things you post, but do not let that stop you from being you! Social media does not need to change, people who uses it needs to change their perception of social media and their attitude towards what others post. People who are overly emotional on the internet are simply living their life how they choose to live it. Who am I to tell someone what they should and should not post. Some people like their privacy and some do not, whether they are posting for attention or not it is not harming anyone. They are simply sharing their lives with the world, which is why certain websites and apps were created; for people to share their stories! I rarely get on facebook or twitter however, I do use instgram and snapchat. I have never posted anything to personal or a situation that is going on in my personal life. I have nothing against people who does that, I am in no position to judge. My pet peeves for social media are: post things I feel are appropriate, if someone is inappropriate let them no I do not tolerate things like that on my account. Do not let social media take over my life, I take tiny breaks from the internet. Do not flash my money, no one needs to know how rich or broke I am!
Social media has its pros and cons. This is a great way to connect and socialize with long lost friends and family members. At the same time immature individuals abuse Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and etc. to tell their problems and argue or even to bully others. But many people use it as an outlet to let others know how their feelings and also uses it to stalk someone they are obsessed with. Many things should be changed. Like immediately reporting posts of people exposing their ex’s or enemies on all social media. They should change it where you can only post about things that is important and interesting enough to inform your “followers” and “friends” about. Those that are too emotional on Facebook/Twitter and etc. there should be a limit of how much personal information they are allowed to post. This will stop randoms from knowing their entire life. Social media shouldn’t be where you need to vent and inform others about certain things where everyone can see. The social medias today is mostly used to gossip and stalk. Yes there have been many nights and days that I have vented and argued on Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat. I was most likely in my feeling or just having one of my bad days and had no one else I could expression my feelings to. My biggest pet peeve is “Flexing” on social media or exposing a friend or ex, I feel like it is childish and nobody has to know how much money you got or what you ex girlfriend body parts looks like.
I feel like social networking are good for our society. It has a positive outcome on our society as far as communication. It allows people to talk with former friends if they can track down old friends and acquaintances and renew long-lost friends. People can chat with or simply stay up to speed with existing friends, or even a new person. It comes in handy if you have a hard time making friends in person and they can easily make new friends online. Social media lets us share videos and photos with people we might not get to see every day. You can also use these social media sites to network professionally. Even if you satisfied with where you are in your career, you might be able to help someone with their business or mutual career. For instance, one of your followers/friends might mention on his profile that he needs babysitter to come to his house to watch his kids. You might know someone who could help them. From there, all you have to do is let one follower know about the other by sending a couple of messages and you have helped two friends/followers out at the same time! Social media can benefit people in many ways. It has become more essential to people over the years. Some people do put too much of their information on social media. Some things are meant to be private and not shared with the world. For example: A female may tweet something sexual on twitter that NOBODY cares or wants to know about. Keep that to YOURSELF!
Is social media good or bad. Social media has its pros and cons. Social media is good because that’s how the world communicates now. For example, people find out about what’s going on around the world because the news always keeps you updated on social media. Without social media, I wouldn’t be able to get my assignments like this one or get emails from my teachers to give me due dates for assignments. The government uses social media to catch criminals, because when you’re on social media it can tell your location like on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. A lot of people nowadays find their significant others through social media like Christian mingle, black people meet, etc. social media has its cons as well. This that I see that isn’t good about social media are that some websites spread false information about things and that causes a lot of corruption in the world. Another thing is social media and relationships. When people are in online relationships they tend to be more stressed because the lack of not being able to be with your spouse physically. Now and days there is a lack of face to face conversations because of social media. People does not want to meet up in person to handle things they would rather text, email, or facetime than being face to face. Social media is a big distraction to students. Students tend to have lower grades due to social media and in this day and time you need a college degree to have a good job or to not have a dead-end job. Overall I would say social media is pretty good for the world in my opinion because it teaches people more rather if its school work, learning to do something, to being in contact with someone overseas.
I believe that social media is good and bad at the same time. Because it can be used for good or bad it just depends on the user’s intentions while using social media. And that’s the most dangerous thing about it. I think it is fine but then again there are so things I would to benefit the people and their right to privacy. So far social media is fine and all because what one wants to say cannot be controlled by anyone else. If I could change anything it would be for there to be more privacy than anything else because there are too many people out here that can hack and watch what other people are doing. Now when it comes to people who are too emotional on social media … I can’t stand them because you shouldn’t let everyone know that a certain issue is annoying you that much and that’s also personal and some people don’t want their business out in the public. Even though I cannot stand people like that even I have expressed my emotions too much on social media. After I did, however I turned around and took the post down because I realized I didn’t want people to know how I felt about the situation. The situation was about how parents just leave their child at home by themselves for hour and not even consider how that child feels to be in that situation.
How I feel about social media is that it is a great source of communication, and to get in touched with your love ones, and old friends. But social media do have cons with it, social media is destroying our society. I think what some people post on social media should change because people post whatever they want, without rethinking it. Sometimes it is even nudes, why would you want that on social media where everyone can see it. When I see people being to emotional on Facebook and Twitter sometimes I don't mind because sometimes I can be way to emotional on Twitter that people will text me am I okay, but that's the thing I don't like people seeing me emotional so I ended of deleting twitter off my phone, and not getting on it anymore. But others sometimes post way to much emotional stuff on Twitter and Facebook. They will post everything that they are going and sometimes, and everyone doesn't need to know that. Which is not bad sometimes because you do need to talk your problems out but not always on social media, and not to much information. The situation was I was just in my feelings, so I really just took it to Twitter and just started tweeting unnecessary stuff. Some of my pet peeves on twitter is throwing shade the most because people throw shade and act like the person will never say anything to them about it. Another thing is cyber bulling because people really do get bullied on social media and that is not good at all because bullying causes suicides. But overall social media is great, but does have some cons with it that can be prevented if everyone used social media in a positive way.
Social media is a gift and a curse. It’s a way to communicate and see what people are doing around the world. Social media has evolved so much over the years. In middle school Myspace and Facebook was the best form of social media my friends and I had, it was a good way to see what everybody was doing when we weren’t in school around each other. Now people are still on Facebook but their more interested in Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram. My biggest pet peeve when it comes to social media; is people overusing it, and putting all their business out for everybody to see and wondering why people know too much about a person and what’s going on in their life. People on social media today have no filter on what they say and what they post. It’s always girls posting half naked pictures just to get attention, and end up looking dumb. I also hate when people use social media to become internet thugs. A lot of people get on social media to talk junk about people and start arguments, but if they were to see a person in public they wouldn’t be as tough as they are on social media. As far as people using social media to talk about their feelings, it’s okay but some people take that too far as well. Not everybody wants to know every personal detail about you, and if you are going through something bad; that’s what family, friends, and therapy is for.
My opinion on social media is that a lot of good things come from communicating with others around the world...As well as a lot of bad can come from social media. As a person that doesn't uses social media to communicate very seldom but more to see what other people are talking about (i.e. ghost follower). I can tell you that it's nothing more annoying than someone that's "In their feelings" 24/7 on social media. When I see this this the first thing that goes through my mind is that "what’s makes you think that people you don't know at all care about your feelings". And I'm not trying to be so blunt about the situation but I think that should talk to a family member or close friend about their problems. I don’t feel the need to do on social media because I don’t want everybody on the internet to know my business. I think that the people that do things like this just want attention from someone, so they post things to get responses from random people so that they feel needed and some form of comfort. I do not feel that this is the best way to go about getting help because it makes you seem desperate and makes it seem like you can’t handle your own problems by yourself. If you are guilty of doing these types of things on social media, please stop and tell someone that can really help you with your situation. Stop telling everyone your business.
Honestly, I cannot stand social media; too many bad situations occur from social media. It can be a great way to meet new people and interact among friends, acquaintances or any other name given to people you know but people love to share their business or other's business on twitter which leads to "twitter beef". Personally, I don't have a Twitter but I know plenty of situations where exposing others' business or saying too much has lead to unnecessary things such as fighting. I really can't stand when people portray a life that isn’t there’s for social media; people will exaggerate or lie about things that are so far from the truth just get attention and because social media is based off followers, likes and how many friends one has, people will believe anything they see. Social media is about connecting with friends in a way you can’t do in person, sharing the truth about your life through pictures and posts as supposed to beefing about childish things like “a girl talking to my boyfriend too much on twitter”. Social media life is taken too serious to some people, it’s basically a fake reality. Honestly if people put as much energy in their regular lives as they do to make themselves so well-known with 10,000 followers then he or she would have real friends. Overall if the cons outweigh the pros, then changes need to be made. If an inappropriate comment or post is made, I feel like there needs to an automatic suspension from the whatever social media he/she is using. This will limit cyber bullying and any other problems thus also making teens or anybody doing such actions more accountable and responsible.
I personally like social media, but just like any other thing, it has its issues. As far as interacting with others and sharing special moments in one’s life, I feel as if social media is good. On the other hand, it negatively has led to cyberbullying. Often times people feel as if they can say anything behind a computer screen. Even now with the new Facebook Live, there have been reports of people committing suicide. This causes social media to become sad. I know I hate logging on and finding out someone has taken their life, or being negatively affected by social media.
On social media, some information does not need to be shared. Often people go on a rampage about drama in their lives, not thinking about how it could hurt them in the future. Swearing or talking down on someone or something could close doors for that individual. Quite frankly, not everyone cares to know your every move, or thought. I have not been guilty of being too emotional on social media, because expressed to me how important it is to keep somethings confidential.
One of my biggest pet peeves about social media, is seeing degrading images. They could range from videos of fighting, killing, or arguing. In a world with so much hatred, I would hope that I could come to my social media and see positivity, but sadly I cannot.
In my opinion social media is a good way to connect with friends and loved ones. Social media is getting worse by the day, which is why I rarely use it especially twitter and I’m beginning to dislike Facebook because people get on there and say things that no one really wants to hear about. I do not care about where you are, what you are doing, and with who you are with. All I see is people arguing about stupid things, or posting/sharing fights. Social media is affecting us in a bad way because all we are spreading is negativity. I can honestly say I have ranted a few times on twitter, Facebook, and snapchat about little stupid things going on especially if I was mad or sad about something specific. I think everyone is guilty of doing it once or twice and for some people all the time. Yeah people say “mind your business” or “don’t be worrying about what I have going on over here” Yet you broadcast your business on Twitter and Facebook telling the entire world about your issues in life. Social media is supposed to be able to help you share your memories with others and promote positivity not the other way around. My biggest pet peeves of social media would be “sneak dissing” like okay your big and bad to say stuff online but if you want to post it online, mention me in it so I will see it. There is no point in telling the world, if you have an issue with me I would gladly be willing to talk to you about it. Also if you speak on social media about wanting to fight but you aren’t bold enough to say it to that person’s face, what does that really say about you?
I think that social media is a good way to keep in touch with others, but people tend to use it for the wrong reasons. As you stated, people think that they should put all of their business on social networking sites such as, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. Nobody wants to know your whole life story and people just keep putting it out there. This could also result in people getting stalked because so much is posted and others take advantage of that. Also they think it is okay to talk about people indirectly. Although social media is a common thing that Americans tend to be on, one should regulate what they do and say on these networking services. As of today, many people depend on social media. When they rely on it too much, they start to become addicted and use it on a daily basis. If one is too emotional on these sites they should find someone to talk to to express their feelings effectively. They should get a therapist or someone close that they can talk to, that way everyone doesn't have to know other people's business. I usually don't tend to post how i'm feeling on social media unless it is something important because i have a lot of my family as my friends and i might need to get them to all know something at one time. Some of my pet peeves on social media would be people bullying other individuals. Talking about them in a negative way or saying things about thne that should not be addressed to the entire public. Our generation tends to do this a lot because it is a lot of jealousy going around and everybody wants to be like everyone else. I hate seeing this because it is disrespectful to that person and nobody should have the right to talk badly about someone where millions of people can see and jude as well.
I believe that social media has both its positives and negatives for its flourishing role in society. I think that many people use social media to keep up with what’s happening around the world. Twitter, snap chat, Instagram, and Facebook are currently the leading social media sites and just about everyone uses it as some sort of platform. Businesses use things like Instagram and twitter as a platform to expand their business. However many people are addicted to social media a feel lost if they don’t post every day. I personally dislike when people get ‘in their feelings’ on my timeline because I don’t care about how someone feels if they are going to constantly sub tweet around it. Even though it’s mainly girls tweeting about how guys do them wrong when they ultimately run back to those same guys. It’s just the fact that it’s been done so many times its just annoying to see at this point. Now social media also is a great way to bring people together during big events like the Superbowl , or the Grammys. Everyone seems to tweet about what goes on and how they feel about it. It’s usually funny because most of my mutual followers are my friends so it’s a lot of personalities expressing how they feel on common interests. So it’s easy to kill time on social media and be stuck on it but it’s not necessarily a terrible thing. Besides many people have become wealthy and famous off of social media.
I think that social media has began to take over society, in a way that is good and bad. Almost everyone has some type of social media to communicate with friends and family or to advertise. One of the cons of having a social media is the drama that individuals take to the internet. I don’t understand why people take their personal issues to the internet like it’s going to fix anything. Another Con about social media is how addictive it is. Social media is the reason that people can’t live without their phones. A pro for social media is that you can connect with friends and family, for businesses to advertise, or for news. A change I feel like people should make when they post on social media is to start posting more of the good that they are doing or the achievements that they have achieved instead of everyday drama because it gets annoying. People are way to emotional on Facebook and Twitter because they share too much information. I can honestly say I am not the type to bring drama to social media, I just think its childish. I have thought about doing it but I realized that if I’m that upset with someone to want to go and post about I might as well go to them directly. On social media I have a lot of pet peeves but my biggest one is when there is drama on Facebook or twitter and an individual brings how educated they are into the mix and how they are “Grown” but are misspelling words and using numbers as letters. To me you don’t look educated what so ever.
In my generation social media is life for so many of my peers and also myself, I believe social media has its pros and cons but the pros definitely outweigh the cons. Social media is a way that people connect, they have their own paces and speeds to be able to include everybody. Apps such as Facebook really help you reconnect and find people that you’ve haven’t seen and heard from in ages. When you get on apps such as twitter you see more of a fast pace, constantly being updated, many people are able to express ideas more openly and freely, Snapchat and Instagram are apps that are meant to show off in my opinion, like when you get on those apps you see people showing off what they have, where they stay, how much money they’re making etc. Social media is also a way that many people meet celebrities, or how celebrities help kids wishes come true, also you see many people becoming famous off of little stuff they do on social media, one day they could make a singing video and next you will see them on the mtv awards or with their own tv show. Social media also has its cons, I believe that it has also become a place for hatred to be shown towards certain people, people can make fake accounts and bully another person online, they will say things that they will never say to a person’s face. I also feel like social media has become a form to exploit people, somebody could make a funny face or a different looking face and not even hours later it will become a meme that will be used everywhere, also you see people doing fake good deeds just to get a response from people on social media. Its like everything you do has to be 10 times better than the next person. I believe social media is a great way for connecting and finding friends and it is changing our lives for the better.
In my opinion, Social Media is both helpful and an issue. It is helpful because it helps connect people around the word and even connect those who have not been in contact in years. I’m not big on using social media like that but it certainly helped me get in contact with old friends and family members I did not even know existed. I also like the videos that are on certain social medias. Depending on who you follow, there are some interesting and just plain out funny videos up there. If I’m ever feeling bored those videos are usually what I turn to. Now the bad part about social media is that it consists of too much drama. I could be watching something funny then scroll down and see two people talking about each other’s mothers; it is crazy. With the existence of social media, it appears everyone has forgotten about solving your problems in person like a man/woman. People can type trash to one another until their fingers bleed but will not speak a word if they see that individual in person. It also has made people more lazy and unfocused but that can be blamed on the constant evolution of technology period.
I absolutely love that this is our blog-post topic this week. Majority of people who are not quite mature in this world, have a weird way of expressing themselves on social medias. By weird I mean, they utilize them in a way that can be demeaning to their characters and how people visualize them as a person. I personally do not like expressing myself on social media, it sometimes says a lot about who you are as a person. In today's time, I feel as though most people use social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, to be someone they really are not. For example; I have this young female on two of my social media pages. On one of my pages she portrays one person and on the other she is a whole "new person". That is one of my pet peeves about social medias. Most of the time I tend to look at people post and think this is not who you are in "real life". I would personally say, young people also use these social medias, to lash out on people. Most of the time they are top afraid to approach them in person, and or they do not know how to hold a respectable conversation with that person. So often in today's time, people do not know how to communicate. It is sad, that they must use social media to speak their mind to others. In my opinion, I dislike when people insist on putting every little thing on their social media. Depending on what the it is, I may delete or block that person. Everything is not meant to be put out to the public eye.
I agree with you one hundred percent! I absolutely love social media I am definitely one of the those individuals who are glued to their phones to get the latest news on friends celebrities or what is going on in the world. I love how I can see what my friends are thinking or getting an idea of what they are going through, but you raise a great point about the telling all your business. Some things are meant to be private. The world doesn’t need to know all your business. To many people in my generation have gotten very comfortable with just expressing themselves online instead of talking out problems or venting to people who actually care about them and not to people who are just being noisy. I am slightly guilty of this though. I tend to tweet instead of having those real conversations. But I believe so many people vent to social media because it is easier to get things off your chest when you are sitting behind a keyboard. It is really a sense of being invincible. When you are on social media you don’t have to answer to anyone and if you ruffle someone's feathers they can't touch you. Social media makes people feel safe. Also some may feel that their followers or their virtual friends are genuinely concerned about their problems. Like I said some use social media as an outlet for their issues I feel like a lot of people my age use social media to glorify their relationships , which is my biggest pet peeve! I really don’t understand how you are enjoying your significant others company if you have a camera in their face 24/7! Not everyone wants to see your whole relationship, and in my opinion you shouldn’t want them to be in your personal anyway, or post enough about your life that they feel like they know you and can sit and have conversations about you. Social media has its pros and cons we just need to create boundaries.
Social media has its good traits and its bad traits.Personally, I like social media. It allows me to keep up with whats going on in the world. Yeah, social media can be addicting and misleading but thats only if you allow it. Social media doesnt need to change because there is nothing wrong with it, its the users. I say its the user because social media is what you make of it. People that are too emotional on Facebook/Twitter are annoying, honestly nobody cares. Social media is not a place where you put all your business out there. I have been guilty of being too emotional on social media, only because I was in my feelings at the time and wasn't thinking but best believe I deleted the tweets. It feels way much better venting on social media other than saying your feelings to someone, gets it off your chest easily. My all time biggest pet peeve is when I see someone that I know personally act way differently. I can not stand when someone puts on this act through social media but is not like that in person. I also cannot stand when some has to showcase off what they have, thats so annoying. Overall, social media is what the user makes it out to be.
Social media is good and bad. Most of the people in today’s society have some form of social media. Whether it’s Instagram, Facebook or a twitter. But It really depends on how they use it. Some of the good things you see from it are reconnecting with old friends and family you haven’t heard from in a while. Then you can also meet new people from all over the world, that have the same interest as you or people are that into the total opposite things you are in. Meeting new people can open up your mind to learn about different society’s around the world. The bad part of social media comes in when people are addicted to it. Like you said in the blog. They go everywhere with their phone and stay updating their social media on where they are going or what they are doing. People get into it so much; they turn into a whole different person on social media. They act a certain way in person but on the internet they act totally different or look totally different. Even to the degree that there using other people’s pictures to portray that there someone else. But one of the biggest problems with social media is Bullying. The bullying comes in many forms. First is the videos going viral with people getting beat up or jumped. Then others talking “junk” to people making them feel terrible, just because they feel bad. So it has its pros and cons but the cons outweigh the pros nowadays.
I believe that social media was created to be utilized to keep in contact with family, friends, and etc. I do not think that social media is a bad thing that has ever been created in this world; it is all in how you use it. First, there was Myspace and now there is Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram. I think social media is not fine the way it is. I understand everyone has a right to the first amendment, but to overdo and abuse it, is doing a little too much. For an example, someone can post an innocent photo, but there is going to be someone hiding behind his or her keyboard commenting negatively about it. Social media should monitor what their users post in regards to appropriateness. People, who would rather be emotional on Twitter and/or Facebook, should just stay off whenever he or she feels like that. Yes, I have caught myself at times being one of those people, but that comes from not thinking or processing the correct way, and instead goes to the quicker source at hand—Twitter and/or Facebook. The situation was what happens to anyone, you begin to feel a certain type of way about something. I have had subliminal arguments over Twitter with females (No, I never started any lol) and the same females stayed in my area or were at least liable to get to. I thank God for deliverance because I would meet and fight with no hesitation, lol! Being that I realize how it looks when I see other people do it now, it has become a pet peeve, but I also pop some popcorn and sit back and read it all when there is nothing else to do. You find out everything through social media. To conclude my opinion, social media is all in what you make it and how you use it. Some people use it to express positive words and encouragement to others, then you have miserable people behind a screen that use it to belittle others just because.
Social media is both good and bad in my opinion. Social media is great when you want to promote, communicate, and do other things that are productive. But social media can also be used negatively. Social medica is a very common form of technology used in today's society. A popular negative effect that occurs is cyber bullying. I've seen it personally on Facebook, twitter, Snapchat, and other popular social media apps. In all honesty, I have had conflict over social media and had to step back and realize that I'm not using social media to my benefit. Instead I was falling into the trap of the cons of social media.
It has also made people become very internet dependent which has its downfalls.
Let's face it, it's a new day and age, social media is the new means of communication. Does it have its issues? absolutely. But is it going to change anytime soon? Probably not. People who argue behind social media networks are people who don't have the courage or confidence to stand up for themselves in person. Many mistake a means of interaction as a journal using Facebook and Twitter to vent their lives and problems but social media is beyond that for people who are smart. Being a YouTuber, to me social media is my brand. Social media is how I interact with my subscribers, it is how I share my views and opinions and above all it is how I get paid. How people act on social media is a direct relation to the way that they handle their problems. People who normally shy away from their issues in real life, may be overly confrontational over the Internet as where people who are very vocal about their issues in reality may not feel the need to vent them on social media. Either way it does not directly affect me because I know how to conduct myself on social media, therefore I find it more entertaining than anything else. The benefits of social media strongly outway The disadvantages, and the only way that people will change the way they conduct themselves on social media will be to change the way that they handle their issues in real life. Time has no factor, it is all about self-control and self evaluation.
I have a social media account. I do not think it is appropriate to post private details about your personal life as it gives your employer or strangers to much information about you and can influence your life negatively. Some things are better left unsaid. I have learned my lesson on the matter however due to posting to much information so now everything on my social media is marked private and if you are not a friend then you can not view my page. A lot of people just want to be nosy anyway and are not truly your friend. I really not disgusted at how people have done because people are only doing what's natural and believe it is the person who owns the account to be aware as they would in public of their surroundings.