Reflections

What has Social Media Become? 💀

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Ah, the early days of Facebook! We could connect with our friends in unprecedented ways. It was exciting and a truly wonderful innovation.

Ah, the early days of Twitter! In only 140 characters we could share our nuggets of wisdom with the world, connecting with people from all around the globe around our areas of passion.

Ah, the early days of Instagram! Smartphone technology allowed us to take pictures of all our intimate moments and share them with our friends and make new friends with shared interests.

And now?

Facebook = advertising

Twitter = politics and bickering

Instagram = noise

As an author, I’m always looking for ways to connect with people who might be interested in my labour of love. But I can no longer do this through social media. It’s a word which is currently overused to a ridiculous extent, but in my view social media in general has become ‘toxic’.

Everything changes, everyone is out to make money, and the world is messed up. Technology reflects the very best and the very worst of humanity, and while it used to be a force for good, greed has overtaken social media. Platforms which originally enhanced the human experience are now detrimental to it.

I’ve felt this way for some time, and maybe you have too. Many people have come to depend on social media in so many ways, so I’m sad to see what has happened to these platforms. But I suppose this is capitalism, and this is the broken world in which we live.

Am I right?

Feel free to agree or disagree in the comments below.

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  2. I too find myself disenchanted with the platforms of social media. In the beginning, they held such promise. Now, they are just one more place to find depressing, toxic, and hateful speech and images. I am with you 100% in my feelings toward social media as it is today.

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  3. I so agree with you! Technology most certainly reflects the best and worst of us and the levels of disruption social media have sunk to makes it more hurtful than helpful.

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    1. Hello Joel! You’re right. I did consider mentioning TikTok but wanted to keep the article focused on the older social media platforms, which I have used most frequently over the years. Thanks for reading my post and subscribing, we generally discuss philosophy and religion here, hope you’ll find some of the content interesting. Have a great day.

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  8. This is so true! Social media, what started out to be a good thing… turned out to well not be so good. People need to really address this issue more! The counts of suicide and mental health issues from not just teenagers but also adults is horrible!

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      1. Thank you for replying! I just started my blog yesterday and my goal is to help teenagers like me really go for our goals in life but also follow Christ and know his plans for us in life❤️

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