Just about everyone uses social media. From Facebook, to Twitter, to Instagram, everyone has at least one social media platform. About 90 percent of people do not really know how to use social media. The funny part about social media is that it has its ups and downs all the time. From posting something that was great and saying that it was a good time meeting everyone to posting something that you may think is wrong and your friends not feeling the same way you do, social media can be seen as many different things. So is social media good or bad?
Most kids and their parents have either a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or even Snapchat. We use social media just about every day to keep in touch with friends and even to keep up with close family members. There are so many wonderful things that we can with social media. We keep track of our favorite celebrities on Instagram and on Twitter. Seeing pictures of family that live in another state is a major positive. Social media like Facebook and Twitter keep us up to date with news 24/7. We even get to learn new ideas on how to make things on the app Pinterest. I mean, who doesn’t like learning new ideas?
Our parents have always told us that anything that ever gets posted online, stays online forever. You can never get rid of that picture that you posted the other day. Just because you delete it off Instagram or Facebook, you think that you will never see it again, but you are wrong. That embarrassing photo that you just took off is still floating out there in outer space on the Internet. That photo can haunt in your future. From applying to college to applying to your dream job, that one photo can prevent you from getting anything in our life.
But did you know that social media can also be a bullying method as well? Posting something like photos or just status updates about a certain person can really hurt that person, whether you meant to or not. When that person sees that it makes them feel bad about themselves, especially if the post has multiple likes. When they see their friends and your friends liking or posting comments on the post you posted, they can feel bullied and therefore feel very self conscious. This can lead to depression or even worse, suicide. So always be careful with what you post because you never know who may be watching.
So you have the good, the bad, and sometimes the ugly with social media. To me, it’s just a big stress and an aggravation to users around the world. It causes too much drama. I am not trying to tell you to stop using social media, but limit your time with it and focus more on yourself than on others. Always remember—watch what you post and always do good things to be posted online.
