We and Social Networking

Can you imagine your daily life without social media services like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn?

Social networking was introduced as a tool for the people, by people all around the world. The sole intention was to encourage and aid communication. However, this technology may be doing more damage than good. It is not only altering how we communicate, but how we interact with each other in daily life.

Just recollect when was the last time you were in a hotel on a dining table for a meal and you or someone at the table responded to a WhatsApp. When we go out for shopping, how many people we see doing the scroll and completely ignore people around them.

Over the last ten years, technological progress has taken a huge jump. Social media has impacted our lives profoundly. Today, social media tools have a deep effect on the way we interact with and socialize online.

But one thing is certainly sure, the more we use social media, the more it creeps into our consciousness and without knowledge impacts the decisions we put together.

Before social media came in, the only way to get connected with our loved ones was through phone calls, by word of mouth from known people or friends, or even notices in the broadsheets.

Personal interaction with other people has lessened because of these social networking sites. Nowadays most probably we send a text to someone instead of picking up the phone to talk to them? 

While the electrifying and thrilling world of social media can offer us many benefits, we must be aware of the negative impacts it creates on our well being if we use it greatly. We need to empower ourselves to take care of our  welfare, safety and health and control our social media use by setting strong borders around it, and focusing on being present in ourselves.

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