Social medias have become more and more important within our society. Nowadays, at least half of the planet is using social medias to stay in touch with their friends and relatives, to connect with people across the world and share content.
Social medias benefit to individuals and businesses as well. Indeed, people can share their pictures, thoughts or information with their friends. Similarly, businesses have a real interest to use social medias to promote their companies. Businesses can use social medias to reach a larger audience across the world and therefore increase their profit as more people will see what they offer and hence more people will buy. Social medias allow the users to create, connect and communicate with the world. According to the Youtube video, "Social media in plain English", ice cream and social medias have a lot in common. Indeed, people can share whatever they write, think or even create. Today everybody has a chance to make their own ice cream flavor and let the world discover it.
Nevertheless, social medias are getting more inescapable to our society, and it gets harder to stay away from these new technologies. As recorded in the Youtube video "Cancelling AOL", the video sows how hard it is to cancel an account. This video made me realized that in a way we are all trapped in this social medias sphere. Similarly, everything that we share is controlled and stocked. Once it is online, it stays online. Social medias reflect an online world where people might feel safer because they are behind a screen and therefore dare to insult or even threaten people. Indeed, as we can connect with the entire world, the entire world can also connect with us. Hence, some people have been victims of harassment on their social medias. Moreover, we can be now tagged in people's photo. Therefore, we don't have the authority to decide wether or not we would like this picture to be posted. Finally, social medias have a real impact on people's health and behavior, as we spend a concerning amount of time using these technologies.
Social medias allow people from across the world to connect. However, we become more and more dependent to these online and social platforms, sharing everyday an important part of our lives with strangers. With the progress of technology, who knows what new features these social medias will have.
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