Oh my oh my, my favorite app ever: Snapchat. I mean, what's not to love?
Snapchat is the only app that's there for you no matter what mood you're in. You look hot and want to show every frat boy in your phone what they're missing? Just send a pic. You're at lunch and just can't even with the food you're about to digest? Snap a pic. You're at a party and want the whole world to see how much fun you're having? Hello, snapchat story!!! It's the basis of our society, showing off what we have in a nonchalant way for the world to see. I'll be the first one to say I'm a social media fein. I'm pretty sure nothing significant goes on in my life without it making it to Insta. Every dumb comment my best friend makes is on my Twitter, and my Snapchat is an account of my daily life. But do we ever see the flip side of this, the negative implications?
We are so consumed by our own way of living that we don't see the negative impacts these amazing apps have on our everyday life, or the image they show of ourselves to others. So here's a newsflash if you didn't know: what people think of you is important. It's the way our society functions, and the way you portray yourself on social media is only an additional asset to that in our society. You can totally be like me and not care what others think of you, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't matter and won't hold water down the line.
I'll be the first one to say that I'm no angel, and my social media is far from perfect. I, like everyone else, get a little too excited and put things on social media that do not have a place there. But learning from your mistakes is the best way to go about this, as is fixing your problem where it lies. We live in an age where anyone can find your social media in the blink of an eye (if you would like to see proof, I can show you the Facebook profiles and last 54 tweets of the girl my crush was talking to last week), but crazy girls like me are not the only ones who have access to this information. Employers, schools, and more importantly sororities, friends, and teachers can find this as well.
You might be a wonderful person, but if your social media is full of drinking posts, inappropriate things and negative words, what does that tell to the world? Now, I know what you're thinking: why is this girl trying to give me a speech on social media that is overdone, roadkill and basically irrelevant? I think everyone is blinded by their own life so we don't see the negative impact it has on others. You may think uploading that snapchat was hilarious, but what you didn't realize is that you were wearing your letters and that thing isn't so funny any more. This is a problem we need to be aware of as a whole, which more of a conscious raising issue than an actual issue. Fixing this only helps yourself in the long run and continuing your behavior only hurts you.
Covering up the problem doesn't fix it, but it shows you're putting effort in... plus everyone totally knows that was a cat in your pic and not a Svedka bottle.
Would you post that on social media if your grandma could see it? What about your founders? (Personally, Euince scares me more than my grandma, so no worries, Euince, I'm behaving).
