All of our Friends, Always talking in our Pockets

  To most college students, social networking is part of the everyday life by know. I mean it is quite enjoyable to walk down the street and see a multitude of people who are constantly staring down at their device unaware of most of the other people walking around. It’s even funnier when a group of friends are sitting together and not saying a word because their buried in social media. With all this being said one would think that social media is ruining common intimacy. But how exactly is it a problem? Let’s see, I feel one of the prime targets is the way you look. Since the dawn of modern television appearance has always been a must to many people which leads them to drastically harming their bodies in order to fit with the crowd. You had to be a perfect size and if you weren’t you were not welcome. Much of this is still being shown today but it is starting to dwindle a little bit. Next I would think that friendships are ending or not even starting because of media. Take Facebook for example: though it may seem safe, we are all personally showing almost everything anyone one would ever want know about us on the web for all to browse with very few limitations. This could cause many friendships to become warped and too wrapped up in what others feel or say on the internet. I would really like to talk about social media because it what is more important to my age group than anything else. I’m not look for relationships so dating sites are obsolete to me as well as the news.

     I feel I could find so much information about why the social media sites are so bad for normal practice but I honestly do not feel that way. Though it has caused a lot of bad habits it has also helped to bring us together.  Let take me for example: One of my best friends goes to Millersville and if it wasn't for social media I would not get to talk to him every night like I usually do. I would have to wait for each break and by then we may become distant. Another example is just recently there was an event where people used an mp3 file and followed the commands given by playing it. To those who didn't participate it seemed like a giant prepared flash mob. It was the use of social networks that gave of the opportunity to make the world a little smaller. Wither its seeing a friend across the globe or streaming a match between sports rivals. It helps to create more intimacy and my only suggestion is to not let it control you. Social media can take over very quickly but if we can all regulate how much we take in during a day then it won’t make us feel bad about ourselves. Machines need love too.