Hello to the one person that actually reads
this! Welcome to my last post ever!!!! (Yay) The assigned topic this week is
whether social media has increased or decreased human interaction with others.
Is social media a good thing or would friendships be better if social media
wasn’t used at all.
I will be focusing on a web-based social
media, as I believe that phones are necessary.
Let’s start!
Our modern day society requires us to use
social media to contact with each other, but what if we didn’t? I know what
you’re thinking, Facebook.
Facebook is the most common social media
website with about 30% of the population of earth signed up, it would be hard
not to join the trend, but when you think about it you could have more
meaningful friendships and relationships if Facebook never existed. If Facebook
never existed you would be forced to keep a few close friends instead of 1000
people you barely know. With more meaningful friendships you could have more
fun and interact on a more personal way. With Facebook, and other social media
you can’t invite everybody because of the awkward conversation’s that would
spark “nice picture on your profile…”
“Thanks my mum took it, it was so nice of
you to like and share it…” it’s just plain weird.
Social media may be good for long distance
friendships, but wouldn’t you rather be there instead? With no social media you
would have to go and talk to them using proper language instead of “lol”. Another thing is that there would be less
bullying as they would be too scared to offend them to their face. Social media
has also affected the business world; a part of the job application process is
a background check (usually Facebook) that denies lots of candidates.
Social media has affected the way humans
act in a drastic way. We no longer keep friendships for more than 20 years
unless they’re your true best friend. Humans now compare themselves to another
in the form of: friends, followers and subscribers, which in my opinion are one
of the most strangest things about us. In my opinion social media has ruined
the physical aspect of friendships and possibly ruined the way humans interact.
