Being surrounded by social media used to be an important value in my life. I was on strung to several websites, and I always stayed on top of the new.
From Xanga, Friendster, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Snapchat, and many many more. It was my life.
All throughout middle school and high school I always had to sneak onto my computer when my mom went to bed ( I grew up with highly strict parents who never let me stay up).
Nonetheless, I was addicted.
Soon, everything on social media was important to me. I was worried about getting every comment on MySpace, who liked my pictures on Facebook, and whether or not my Tumblarity was increased.
Chatting with my friends on Meebo was my favorite in high school. I would talk about people I didn't like to my friends and gossip about every single details I knew.
I think about that past me. I think about how addicted I was, and how even more addicted I am now. I see other people's tweet, and automatically assume it's a subtweet about me. Or I will see an Instagram post of my so called friends hanging out with me.
I have been significantly attached to social media that I let it control me up to the point where I am constantly checking for new notifications.
Where has my dignity come to?
Why is it that in our generation today, we have become so obsessed with not only our technology- but with social media. We've become glued to the idea of having "friends" online that we forget the impact of face-to-face relationships. We've become insane trying to figure out who that 'tweet' is about, we lose friendships over silly ideas and concepts. We've become idiots who strive for more likes on instagram rather than striving for success in real life. We have lost compassion for others because we judge them based on their posts, tweets, or pictures on social media. Social Media is a platform for individuals to come together, but it turns them against each other.
Our goals for more likes, retweets, and/or followers is becoming more important than real life relationships.
And that's a shame.