The effects of social media

Social media has been the main shift in society in the past decade or so. Social media was originally created as a new platform for people to connect with each other. Now, social media has taken over everybody’s lives because of the power it’s been given.
I agree with a point made in the first article that people now have to learn how to live their lives without letting their posts and uploaded photos destroy them. People will dig up old posts just to tear someone down years later. Others will be the victims of screenshotting, resulting in their post or photo being shared and scrutinized by thousands of strangers. Social media has blown up cyberbullying into what it is today because of the many different platforms that give people chances to judge and criticize.
Social media has become all anybody can think about. If something interesting is happening, the first thing people do is take out their phones and record a Snapchat or Instagram video. If posts don’t get enough likes, people will delete it and consider that memory a failure. There are also people who have the job title ‘Social media personality.’ This is because people have started getting paid for posting engineered photos or posts to promote something, resulting in a big paycheck.
Like the third article stated, social media does have some positive effects. It’s become much easier for businesses to reach their consumers. Many businesses have accommodated their customers because of trends that started on Twitter. Other small businesses have gotten more attention in a short amount of time because of the ability to share and go viral. The main positive effect has actually only come to fruition recently. People have open the eyes of others by sharing and posting about the issues in the world that major media outlets ignore. Movements like Black Lives Matter and the popularity of Bernie Sanders wouldn’t have existed without the power of social media.
Social media has invited strangers into each other’s lives. People post about everything that happens to them throughout a normal day. They open doors for people to comment and attack them for posting about mundane activities or random selfies.
Social media runs the world nowadays. Illusions of an amazing life are being created and other lives are being destroyed because of single posts. There are millions and millions of people who fall victim to having accounts on every major social media outlet and worrying about being popular on all of them. On the other hand, major social issues are being addressed because of sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Social media is now a permanent fixture in our culture. The latest person impacted by social media will be in the news in a few minutes and everybody will comment or share but do nothing to prevent it from happening again.