Could You Become A Mean Meme Analysis

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You submit your college application but get rejected even if you have everything it requires to get into that college. Wanna know why? You might have gotten rejected even with a perfect record because of that one picture or video of you and your friends at a party making bad decision . That picture or video just ruined your reputation and your chances of getting into a good college. The article, “Could You Become A Mean Meme”, talks about how one thing that you post can ruin your reputation or future, some disadvantages it has, some advantages it has, and ways you can still use social media but in a safe way. Social media can ruin your reputation and future if you don't use it correctly.

Some advantages of social media are that we can keep up to date with what people are posting, what are friends are up to, what new music came out, and a bunch of other interesting stuff teens these days …show more content…

After we post something on the internet, it won't be private anymore people will judge us by what we post. In the text it states that, “ With each post, tag, and comment, you provide a piece of information about yourself. Together, these pieces create a picture of who you are— your interests, your hobbies, your opinions, where you like to shop, who your friends are (13).” This shows that whenever we post something we share information about ourselves even if we don't want to. Another disadvantage is that everything we share or post will be public and it will be saved forever. The text states, If they don’t like what they find, you could miss out on a scholarship or even get rejected. In 2017, Harvard University canceled admission offers to at least 10 students who shared offensive images in what they thought was a private Facebook group chat (14).” This shows that something we post can actually affect our future if we aren't careful of the stuff we share about

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