This week on my blog, I decided I want my topic to be what social media means to me. Some of my opinions involving social media are good, and some are not so good. For starters, I feel that most people when posting on social media are trying to make a false representation of their life, just trying to keep a good status. I’m guilty of it too. I feel like everyone is trying to make the viewers jealous of their life, or just seeking attention in a lot of cases. Social media can also play a big role in breaking relationships. It is so easy to send someone a flirty message when you see someone’s picture, even simply liking someone’s picture could be another form of flirting. The main thing is, the people in the relationship have to trust each other. Sometimes I do worry that it is too time consuming, as well as addictive. But as long as people make an effort to limit their screen time, that could help tremendously.
Now on a more optimistic note, there are so many benefits to social media. Getting likes on a picture can literally improve your mood because it makes you produce dopamine, which is a chemical that is associated with pleasure. But social media is so much more than the amount of likes you get, it’s about expressing yourself and making you happy! Another advantage of having social media is all the connections you have. You can have access to almost anyone and keep in contact with friends from across the world. Personally, I love having a Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram, I love seeing what my friends and family are up to on a daily basis, it helps make up for the fact that I can’t spend time with them every day. And of course, the obvious point that social media is entertaining, I see videos that make me laugh every day on Tik Tok, and I learn how to improve my makeup skills on Instagram beauty tutorials and I get to express myself through tweets and keep up with people I care about with updates on Snapchat, and have easy access to daily conversations.
Overall, I can see the advantages and disadvantages of social media. I would say for the most part I encourage people to use it. A good tip to not let social media take over your life is taking temporary breaks from it. My best friend stopped using social media for an entire year and he said he’s never felt better and loves all the extra time he has on his hands. That’s all I have for today, until next week.
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-to-your-brain-like-instagram-dopamine-2017-3
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