Where we are going with Social Media ?

Hi Seemians,

Now a days everybody is hooked up in their mobile phones and endlessly scrolling down web pages specially all social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Watsapp, etc. We are so addicted to this that we feel very irritated if our cellphone battery dies or even having weak network which interrupt our time with social media. Though there are also some benefits but in this article I would like to highlight some serious drawbacks of social media.

1.Lack of actual Emotion
Though there are lots of readymade emoticons present in various applications using which one can express any emotion or feeling, but what about actual emotions… we almost forgot to use our actual emotion and monotonously liking or sending smiles.

1. People using it as License to Hurt
   When social media came in earlier phase it created positivity by allowing connectivity with friends and family also to remain connect irrespective of distance, but in later time as more and more people got connected people often using it as a tool to hurt others without thinking that there is a real person behind the screen.

2. Reduces Face-to-Face Communication Skills
   By relying on computer which can reduce a person’s ability to have a face to face communication and can land into awkward situations where one may fail to give proper response while interacting due to addicted to dependency on keyboard for replying…

3. Making you Lazy…
   To give a example for this if a person organizing a dinner party for family and friends wants to invite friend residing in same premise, So instead inviting them in person he will send invitation through social media. There are some things which will make a lot of difference if we do it by ourselves instead of relying on social media.

4. It Creates a twisted Self-Image
   On social media we all develop perfect image of ourselves and always try to show to other that how happy we are and in real life some may be suffering from a difficult phase but by suppressing that feeing we create a false image of happy and that is more dangerous as it create a twisted self image of ourselves in our mind. One is actually sad from inside and for social media showing false happy image just to make sure that his sadness should not got to be noticed by others.

1. Reduces Family Closeness
   “Texting, Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail isolate us from our families more than we actually think it does. When we are spending time with family for ex. eating dinner together nobody is interested in conversation and engaged in looking at mobile screen even though all family is together physically but at the same time are mentally at different places.

2. Causes Disturbance
   By posting photos of one’s life everybody is showing false happiness to other and also at the same time comparing with others life. It become so common for us to observe others life by looking at their facebook or other account profile and judging them this comparison is the major reason for mental disturbance and in spite of having good life we feel jealous about others by looking at their social media account. By doing this we actually try to make ourselves fool as our actual life is beyond the mobile phones and computers screen and we forgot about our inner self or self realization in this false world of social media.

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