As we're both way beyond our early twenties, we didn't grow up with Social Media. We were introduced to it in our late teenager years. I have to admit, we were both quite happy that we didn't have access to Facebook, Instagram & Co. back then to document our teenage drinking sprees and fashion mistakes. It is clear that we use social networks quite differently than young people nowadays do.
We both agreed that social media tends to make us narcissistic and, of course, we tend to share the super-polished version of us. Our holiday photos? Beautiful beaches and sunsets. No sign of cockroaches or dirty hotel rooms. Our latest updates that we found that awesome job. No mention of the dozens of applications we had to send out to get it.
This can lead to increasing insecurities and even depression with those who haven't quite understood that Facebook profiles do not depict the real life ('How can she afford to travel so much?' 'Why don't I have this perfect relationship?' etc.). This is not meant to sound derogatory; it is indeed difficult to see through all the 'perfect' profiles.
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The discussion led us to the question whether we need more social media education. With social media being everywhere today, do we need to teach the right usage at school? This way younger people could learn how to deal with privacy and oversharing issues and maybe come to terms with their 'offline personality'.
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What's your opinion about this? Am I being old-fashioned?
No, you're not old-fashioned; it's your subjective point of view. Nevertheless, time will tell us whether you're right or wrong. Barely read one more interesting post, which is published at http://bigessaywriter.com/blog/do-we-need-social-media-in-education. This is my opinion about this!
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