Social Media helps us interact with one another. It helps us make friends, and develop relationships. But can social media hurt our relationships with others? Do you really want to know what your friends are doing every second of every day? The answer is probably not and over time this could hurt your friendship with your real friends.
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So what’s in store for the future? Well I believe that people will continue to have annoying habits online. I think there will be less courteous when it comes to their statements sent out into cyber land. Facebook The Most Annoying Place Online proves that this is an issue for a lot of people, but it won’t be slowing down any time soon. I think in the future there will be more annoying outlets for people to engage in. This will affect people friendships deeply, because your friends see these annoying habits and it affects how they see you. This will cause people to keep fewer friends that have a super active role in social media.
Resources:
http://www.marketingprofs.com/opinions/2013/24036/facebook-home-of-the-most-annoying-social-media-behaviors
http://friendship.about.com/od/Social_Networking/tp/Ways-Social-Networking-Ruins-Friendship.htm
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Hi Sarah. I really loved reading your blog this week. I love it when you say that no one cares what you ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. No one needs to know your every move and action. When talking to a friend on social media you do not know how certain things come across. If they are being kind you may find it sarcastic. It is very hard to tell emotions with social media and that's where the problems start. Posting unnecessary posts become annoying and immature and this tends to happen usually in the teenager years where teens post everything and anything not caring about how or what people may think. I found 10 do's and don'ts when it comes to Facebook on this website http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/facebook-etiquette/. Hope you enjoy reading it.
ReplyDeleteBy: Jade Brocklehurst
Hi Sarah. I enjoyed reading your blog. You pointed out some interesting facts on how posting to much can affect friendships. I completely agree with you that over posting or over-sharing can in fact damage a friendship or even end it. With social media right at our finger tips, its easy to post what we are doing, what we are watching, what we are thinking or even what we are feeling. Social media is the new coal that fuels gossip, news, and information. It's hard to believe but our social circles are talking about us, whether it being good or bad and the whole world can see it. I found a great article titled 'The Dangers of Facebook Oversharing', by Andy O'Donnell. The article takes a look at both the lovers and the haters of over-sharing. As much as posting too much affects our relationships there is a much bigger picture to look at. Stalkers love over-sharing, thieves love over-sharing, lawyers love over-sharing and finally employers hate over sharing. With the rise of social media the future carries so much more data being created daily, and the Web 4.0 will try to analyze all this information. It is up to us to use our discretion before we hit the enter or send button. It is us up to us to change our privacy settings. And last but not least it is up to us on what we choose to post.
ReplyDeleteBy: Marcin Sajda