Should Social Media Be Fixed

How can the problem of social media be fixed? Maybe the most difficult but effective method would be to get rid of your social media accounts. “30 days ago, I made the decision to give up social media for a month. Well, here I am, reporting that I’m still alive and that the past month has been life changing- the most successful month of my existence. Not knowing what your friends are doing every second is liberating. It’s amazing how much you have to talk about when you don’t have a constant plug into their life. I built stronger friendships and forged a couple of new ones, including a relationship” (Corona, 2014). Steve Corona decide to give up social media for a month and the results were outstanding. Without being social media he had no

And by not wasting hours on the internet it freed up his schedule and allowed him to be more productive. If you are unwilling to give up your social media accounts then you should use them cautiously. You should know your intentions when going online and figure what you are trying to achieve. “Doug Firebaugh of SocialMediaBlogster.com has identified seven psychological needs we may be looking to meet when we log on: acknowledgment, attention, approval, appreciation, acclaim, assurance, and inclusion. Before you post, ask yourself: Am I looking to be seen or validated? Is there something more constructive I could do to meet that need?” (Deschene, 2011). Don’t go to social media looking for approval. Social media should not be used as a way to receive assurance of physiological needs because if the needs are met online they give a false sense of connection. The other thing you should do is if you are going to post something ask yourself is it true, kind, or necessary? “Sometimes we post thoughts without considering how they might impact our entire audience. It’s easy to forget how many friends are

We see it show up in pop culture and it is so apparent in pop culture because it is relatable. The Social Network is a movie that tells the story of how Mark Zuckerberg created facebook. One scene in the movie shows Eduardo Saverin’s, the CFO of facebook, relationship status says single and his girlfriend starts a fire in his bedroom because of this (Fincher 2010). Her self-esteem was lowered by the fact that her boyfriend’s relationship status was single and this made her feel so bad that she wanted to get back at him by starting a fire in his apartment. That is clearly not logical thinking. If there wasn’t a social media site she wouldn’t have started a fire over something so trivial. Ingrid Michaelson wrote a song called Twitter Song. In this song we are able to see how social media can give a false sense of connection, “Where do I go when I don 't have a friend? Where do I go at another day 's end? Nobody loves me, somebody loves me on...Twitter! I think I 'm a big big loser. Then I go to my computer, Turn it on, and I feel grand, All because of...Twitter!” (Michaelson, 2009). A false sense of connection is clearly evident in this song. When you go on to twitter people don’t all of the sudden love you or all of the sudden become your friend. But people think this way because of the amount of followers they have or how many favorite’s they get on their tweets. If they said this stuff in person it would be just