Social Media and Me

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube - anything online that requires you and a thousand others to share information, text, images, videos and links to more text, images and videos.
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COMPTETITION
From my own perspective, everytime I go online, I feel the urge to post something that would attract attention. Why? Because you see a lot of your 'friends' posting pictures of having a good time, enjoying this and that, and you feel the urge to compete.


STRESS
How many good things do you see on your newsfeed apart from memes? According to an article on bbc.com states that people tend to use social media to "vent about everything from customer service to politics". This reminds me of the PHT (PNG Happenings Today) facebook group.


In 2015, researchers (Pew Research Center - Washington DC - www.pewinternet.org) found out that social media induces more stress than it relieves. Why? Your reading about problems, seeing pictures, watching videos about complaints and negative behaviour everyday on your newsfeed.

BULLYING
If you have a lot of followers and fans, you have the power to influence a lot of people. It is easy to bully the minority online. Although one cannot physically confront perpertrators, it bears a phsycological scar on the victim.

Anyways, we have the power to chose our paths so whatever we do will determine where we will be. So if you use your time and effort on things that will benefit you, you will do just fine. There are a lot of good uses of Social Media. Find it, use it and improve your standard of living.




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