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Why I Quit Social Media?


These days a Netflix documentary is trending everywhere named “Socia Dilemma”. It will give you many surprises and shocks. How social media business model control you and how they made you a puppet. This documentary will tell you everything about it.
Why do we open a social media account? Just to connect with friends and family will be the common answer. But do we stick to that only? Surely, not. We chat with people, connect with many and get addicted to this routine. Okay, tell me about your routine. How many times do you sneak into your social media accounts in a day? It must be more than an hour I bet. But the harsh reality behind these social media platforms is that they always spy on us. They secretly watch everything you do on your phone. I’ll give you an example. Suppose you’re looking for an electronic device to buy, let’s say mobile online and searched for it on google. The next day or the same day, you will see mobile advertisements in all your social media handles. Even you didn’t ask for it but still, you’ll see the number of advertisements. Because these platforms live on advertisements and they make us a secret medium for it. Let me tell you, privacy is a myth.
The worst thing about it is it’ll make you a puppet. You will have our phone with you wherever you go. No matter how busy you are, you’ll be checking your phone. You will always crave for online likes, comments and shares. What will he/she reply? Why he/she is not replying me? Does that mean he/she is angry with me? Such numerous thoughts will always pop up in our minds snatching away our mental peace. Social media is one of the most prominent reasons for mental disorders these days. They will always keep you on the phone. They know your psychology better than yourself. What will be your next move, what are you expecting, they know everything. It’s the time when you try to move away from your phone and suddenly a notification pops up maybe a chat notification you were craving for.
Another thing about social media is there is so much negativity. Maybe it’s your personal account or your art page, you’ll receive negativity everywhere. Someone will try to give you threats via messages or someone will slide into your DMs with unsolicited pictures. People will appreciate your work and will also show hatred for now reason. It has become such a toxic place to be in. Now few will come in the support of social media saying it connects people, let’s you showcase your art, make you find people you lost and much more. And Yes I definitely agree to them to some extent. It’s totally up to your use. How you will use it will decide who will be on driver’s seat. If you use it with all your senses at the place, then you’ll drive it and even if you give them a small loophole, they will sneak in your mental peace and drive you the way they want.

SOCIAL MEDIA:A BOON OR A BANE FOR SOCIETY AND INDIVIDUALS!

WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?

SOCIAL MEDIA is a platform which connects you with your friends and other users in a very convenient way, you can upload a profile, create and share your contents with other users.

HISTORY OF SOCIAL MEDIAL.

The first Social Media Site was created in 1997, named as SIX DEGREES. After this invention, social media became famous, sites like LinkedIn and MySpace gained popularity in the early 2000s, and two photo-sharing sites came in the market, named, Photobucket and Flickr. In 2005, an unprecedented thing came, and that is still eminent; YOUTUBE! In Youtube, users can create their profiles, create videos, watch videos, comment on other videos. In 2006, FACEBOOK and TWITTER made headway and gained users throughout the world. These sites are still the most popular SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES.

WORKING OF SOCIAL MEDIA?

There are many social networking sites available for the users, and each has billions of users. The very first step, the users are supposed to do is to create their profile, by providing name and an email address in the social networking site. Once the user creates his/her profile, they can create content, share contents, and share pictures with a caption. Apart from this, social media users can find the other users and add them to their friend list, or follow them. In Facebook users add friends, In Instagram and Twitter users, follow other users, In Youtube users subscribe to another user’s channels.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

Social Networks: Facebook and Twitter are social networking sites, LinkedIn is a professional social networking site. These sites are used for connecting and exchanging thoughts.

Media Networks: Instagram and Youtube are media networking sites. These sites are used for distributing contents like photographs and videos. One user can create and upload their video or photo, and the other user can like or dislike the same.

Discussion Networks: Reddit is a discussion network. Users leave their responses in the comment section, and, users can respond directly to those comments.

Review Networks: Yelp and TripAdvisor are review networks. These sites add social media aspects to users reviews of products and services.

SOCIAL MEDIA: A BOON!

Connects Friends and Relatives: You can connect your old friends, relatives, make new friends, through Social Media. We live in an era of busy life, these platforms provide us with the chance to stay connected with our loved ones and build relationships with whom we are not able to meet personally.

Job Purpose: As we know, over 90% of the recruiters’ visits and review the social media profile of the job seeker, and they judge them based on their social activities as one’s profile tells about his/her likes and dislikes, hobbies, and skills.

Communication Barrier is Reduced: In social media, we are free to share our views, here, we can communicate with a large number of audiences and put our point. We can make groups, add the users of our choice, and can have conversations or can share information, and many more.

Educational Benefits: In today’s world, every second person is an active user of social media, it provides several chances for self-learning. Heaps of information are there, one may follow or subscribe to suitable pages or channels.

Updated: Pages available on social media are of different categories, which provide different information and news. The pages are updated 24/7, which give the fresh news always.

SOCIAL MEDIA: A BANE!

Addiction: Excess of everything is bad, many studies have shown that the excessive use of social media leads to addiction! The users make this a goal to post a picture every day, to chat with friends for the whole night.

Health Issues: In research, it is found that one negative post of a person will influence 1.3 negative posts by friends, this chain continues and leads to stress and negative moods. Excessive use of social media causes sleep disturbances.

Isolation: Human interaction is suffering because of the rapid increase of social media usage, people hide their actual identities behind their online identities. Face to face communication is reduced.

Reducing Productivity: A lot of chatting is one of the biggest blunders, students spend hours while chatting with their friends, and, waste time. They could have used this time for doing some creative work, learning something new or studies. Wired.com posted studies, which shows the damage to productivity caused by social media.

Privacy Issues: Few people get so much attached to social media, they share all the not required information in their profile. Sometimes your data may be misused for cyber-bullying or defamation.

Social Media is good to the extent when you use it for a good purpose, for gaining knowledge, for being connected with your friends and families. Don’t be dependent on it, don’t make this your life, don’t set your limit inside social media only. MAKE GOOD USE OF IT!