There is no denying social media has radically
changed how life as the world knows it works. Everyone knows what everyone is
doing. Whether someone is eating, or the next-door neighbor is finally single,
there isn't much that is private or unknown for most people now a days. This
has its ups and downs of course. Sometimes it can be extremely nice, like
following your favorite sports team or entertainment thing whether that is
movies, TV or video games. It can be extremely convenient, but does this come
with a cost?
Look at the many instances of President Trump on
Twitter. Love him or hate him, there is no denying that when our president
tweets it leaves an impression. The president has sent out tweets ranging from
little comments here or there to full on tirades. Some containing information
or opinions that we have never seen from a president, at least in the public
space, ever before. This causes severe backlash, with many people clamoring for
the president to lose his Twitter rights to the opposite, with people praising
the man for his honesty. Regardless of stance, this is completely new ground.
It raises the question of if there should be limits to our usage of social
media? Should people in power be able to have the ability to post things such
as Trump has willynilly? The question won’t be answered here, that’s for sure,
but it is something fun to think about none the less.
It is crazy to think about where social media was
with its beginning with the likes of AOL and Myspace, to Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat
and Instagram literally leading the charge and taking control of peoples lives
like nothing else before. What does the future hold with this though? Will it
all collapse, or will it continue to thrive or even expand. Will there come a
day where Facebook is literally implanted in our brains with likes, comments
and pictures just literally flashing before our very eyes with no escape whatsoever?
It will be years down the road till the world knows but hopefully that is just
a thought or dream and not a reality.
Maybe it completely collapses. Courts and lawsuits
have been starting to pop up more frequently against these companies, most
famously the recent case with Mark Zukerberg of Facebook fame having to defend
Facebook from invading your privacy and sharing information without consent. If
this continues, especially if its people who don’t understand the programs who
throw out these suits left and right, the whole social media climate has a
chance of collapsing. If these apps can’t connect to things like amazon or
other sponsorships that bring in revenue, it could very well be doomsday. Maybe
that’s good though. Maybe we all need to get off our phones and just live a
little. Maybe we need more one on one. Get a little dirty in person instead of
sending dirty pictures or just swiping left or right. Just learn to humanize.
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