The Social Media Effect

My beliefs in social media are my own from personal experiences; each person develops their own based on what they learn, watch, hear, and experience themselves.

Although there are a few benefits, the outcomes of its effects are negative and arrogant, just as many of its users. There is bullying, or an undercover name for it would be “trolling”, the feeling of superiority, and constant drama between each other, it is just ridiculous what it has all turned to.

Bullying, aka trolling, has become a major issue, every time I see a page I like on Facebook and I chose to comment, there’s already been thousands of comments before it. If I look farther into the comments, I notice how there is major bullying going on: From a girl calling another girl ugly and worthless, to other youths disrespecting adults and adults acting like the youths.

What is trolling? Why is it considered bullying?

If a person chooses Google.com to define the definition of trolling, it would give you the following: “To make a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.”

So after that definition, there is no doubt that the intent behind the troll is the same intent the bully has. The difference to this would be the fact that physical bullying receives a physical response, as to trolling, the bully cowardly hides behind a screen, laughing with no regards to the possible causes of what they've done.

Another thing I've learned is that the desire for superiority and attention stake high on social media. There is the typical post, “Hanging out with friends and after, Long Johns Silver” Now the one to post the status feels “cool” because 1) he/she has friends, 2) they meet up, and 3) go out to eat. After the post many friends start to comment, “Yeah, that was fun. We should do it again soon.” “Oh I love that place.” “Where’s my invite?” and soon many comments will rise and the person feels a bit of popularity.

There is something about the human need for attention, the want for popularity and wanting to be the core to the earth, all of this just to fill a cyber-world full of drama.

Drama is very interesting, creative and amusing, full of inspirational events, and of course, this could be true if I was talking about the theatrical drama. Social media drama isn't as joyful, but it is easy to begin.

Let’s say one example could be two good friends with many common friends in a social media page. Now the two good friends had an argument they fought and want their common friends to choose between the two. They are starting this war where they are looking for recruits to fight with them and they don’t stop arguing bringing other people involve that wasn't involved in the first place. Now the only thing that is left is the grudge after a blocking war between the people who took part on this social media drama.

Bringing problems to social media is a waste of time, it would all be easier for everyone if it the two friends meet up and talked about it, fixed it, and moved on.

Social media shouldn't make the users look like ignorant children, although even children have a bit more of common sense.

Of course, if the user is like the few that don’t involve personal life and problems to their social media page, then there is no reason for any of these occurrences to happen. Each person chooses their path they and nobody can walk their steps, all each person can do is try to be better every day.