THE SHADES OF SOCIAL MEDIA: WHY THE SOCIAL MEDIA ISN’T ACTUALLY SOCIAL

THE SHADES OF SOCIAL MEDIA: WHY THE SOCIAL MEDIA ISN’T ACTUALLY SOCIAL

  April 21, 2019    InspireForte Solutions

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People can check up at any time of the day and just a few clicks they are in an entirely different world where they feel the world appears real. So many messages buzzing on their phones and laptops, viewing dazzling pictures of their crush, kiths and kins, uploading their best pictures(for most a stark reflection of their real self), use of  high-language vocabulary (which they might not even know the meaning), and more shocking giving information about themselves that should be kept secret. Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to the one of the wonders of the millennial age and the 21^st Century: THE SOCIAL MEDIA. I can clearly remember that about two decades ago we never thought that anything like social media would exist. As a young man who grew up in Africa, Nigeria precisely, we didn’t even have phones how much more think of being on social media. Our lives were a triumvirate of home, school and church. But fast forward to today and you can rarely find any kid on the block who isn’t on social media as if there is any who isn’t seen such a person would be seen as being naive or old-fashioned. That’s the social media craze!

The rise of technological inventions and innovations has helped in creating platforms on which we can connect with our friends and loved ones and also meet new people in an egalitarian community of billions of people around the world. Constantly with every click people share their lives via social media handles like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and more. But the truth is that if the lure of social media is not properly controlled, then be rest assured that its wave would leave you worse for wear. Now let’s pry into the shades of social media.

THE SHADES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

There’s a popular saying that anything that has an advantage also has a disadvantage. Quite right, but I’ll prefer to marry it with another statement by saying that there are three sides to everything – the good, the bad and the ugly, and each shade brings has its own sweet and bitter tastes.  All you have to do is to wide-eyed not to go beyond the boundaries.

THE GOOD

The good of social media cannot be expressed in just few lines of an article, but in a nutshell, it has been a wonderful innovation that has beautifully changed every sphere of influence in the society. With a few flicks you can connect to old friends, make new friends and also share your thoughts for others to read and also interact with you. Most people have even found love on social media too. It has also changed the face of the business industry by being a profitable platform for people to sell their products and services. When I left college several years ago, I felt my graduation day would be the last day I’d see my friends, but the social media platforms have made it possible for us to reconnect. That’s the impact of the Information age.

THE BAD

While the impact of social media is deservedly laudable, it is important to point that it has its own bad side. The possible addiction to it can be so awful so much that people tend to lives there. They tend to give away valuable information that could be detrimental to their existence. They become culprits of “social media ignorance” by abusing the public and private of this powerful invention. Most people shares “unacceptable” pictures of themselves that are personality-revealing. More so, not everything on social media is actually real as people create fake lifestyles are stark reflections of who they are in reality. People do so much for things that have grave consequences.

THE UGLY

The fact a thing is right does not make it good enough for you to do. The high rate of internet fraud especially on social media is very alarming. Yet people are carefree with what they do on social media platforms. They fail to realize that there are “online wolves” waiting to cause havoc. Also, while making friends is a very nice idea, this must be done with caution as talks of people who have been molested, harassed and abused have hit the headlines on a daily basis. The suicidal effect of peoples’ actions has been deadlier than the tsunami disaster.

Don’t be tempted to do the bad and also make things to turn out ugly for you because you might be able to bear the consequences. Be sensible enough knowing that the social media is not actually like you think it is. It’s a different world of it won that is not actually social.

Cheers!