My Gift and Curse: Social Media
How do you feel about social media?
When I was a child, I didn’t have access to the technology I have now. My parents told me social media wasn’t important. That changed when I became a teenager, though.
The first account I created was on Instagram. My friends and I posted selfies and shared funny posts. All in all, it was just a quick, fun experience for me.
A few years later, I had a Facebook account and I still posted on Instagram. Facebook introduced a world of false appearances to me. And Instagram soon followed suit.
I started comparing myself to my followers and I didn’t even realize it.
Social media excels at giving us what we want when we want it.
And the need to compare yourself with others breeds jealousy.
Currently, I am active on Twitter and nothing else. Even though I ceased use of those platforms, there’s still a returning, unexplainable tick.
My main issue with social media is uniformity. The root of the problem is our 24/7 access to a personal feelings’ modifier.
It’s scary to think we have a tool, if we let it, can change how we feel about ourselves overnight!
There are still some positives to report. From a writer's perspective, Twitter is a gold mine.
I’ve met interesting people, read fun tweets, and joined writer's groups. Everyone is genuinely interested in each other’s writing.
Ultimately, I use social media, but I don’t put much stock in it. Social media is a catch 22, like everything else. Social media is meant to be kept on a tight leash.
