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Social Media for modern lovers in the digital age.
Kissing Social Media Good-Bye
I abstained from all forms of social media for a long time. I never had a MySpace page. I don't have Instagram or Twitter. I do have Snapchat, but only for the fun filters. I will never "send you a snap". As I stated before, I didn't take part in social media for the longest time, but once I got my real estate license, I joined Facebook. At first, I didn't do much with it. I didn't really know how. I wasn't familiar with the lingo. I didn't understand what the etiquette was for "liking" posts. I just wanted to be able to share my listings and connect with my clients on a need to basis. Well, three years later, I am yet another victim of the biggest time wasters on the planet. For all the good that social media *could* do, it is mostly used as a mind-numbing escape. How often have you picked up your phone to perform a legitimate task only to be distracted by that little notification in the upper left corner for the app? Your curiosity gets the best of you and you open the app. You only plan to see what the notification was but, more often then not, you fall down a rabbit hole of endless posts. This one funny, that one heartwarming. Posts full of beautiful family photos and romantic tropical retreats. Helpful vlogs that cater to whatever struggles or challenges you might have in life. All that sounds wonderful! Unfortunately, generally speaking, you are not going to just check that notification and move on. In fact, you are not just going to scroll for a few minutes and then get back to business. No, you are going to refresh the page, again and again and again without ever realizing how much time has past. Finally, you will get bored scrolling through your friends' virtual life highlight reel and decide to become a productive member of reality once again. You stand up and move back towards your original task. Walking over you realize, DOH! You never did whatever you set out to do. You go back to your phone, unlock the screen, and guess what...ding, ding, ding. More notifications! How much more of a productive life could we have if we simply stayed out of the social media escape world?
By Melissa Wright5 years ago in Humans
Living a Losers Life in a Winner Take All World
Look around and you would see that the world celebrates winners and hates losers. Whether they are obscenely rich Oligarchs, whose wealth grows exponentially even during the pandemic, while the rest suffer, or whether they are our Supreme Leaders who are deified and feted and whose every move is recorded for posterity by a fawning media, ever ready to please. We also glorify the Uber successful sports personalities, to the point of worshiping them, and the same goes for our celluloid heroes. Never mind if we they are False Gods and people whose feet is made of clay instead of the Stardust that we suppose they spread.
By Rammohan Susarla5 years ago in Humans
My Entire Life is on Social Media
I am the absolute definition of "introvert." I experience a sincere struggle with finding words when I'm around other people. My reactions to social situations include freezing up, losing the ability to speak as much as others might expect, an accelerated heart rate, and a thousand terrible scenarios of how I might mess things up running through my head like a poorly edited YouTube video.
By Dani Banani5 years ago in Humans
A Social Network for the Departed
Think Of (remember) could be a social networking service, serving as a singular profile and communication forum where members would champion the lives of their departed, of individuals who meant and or still mean something if not very much to them and perhaps others. Think Of would be available to the general public from its online platform where members would promote the lives of departed individuals and thus create life links for those who matter to them and often others.
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Humans
Mean Girls Aren’t Just in High School
The Story A childhood friend recently posted a nostalgic meme on Facebook that bore the caption “You never forget the neighborhood kids you grew up with.” She tagged a bunch of us from our old stomping ground. A smile came to my face as I saw my name there and the names of others who shared that special time and place. Instantly many fond memories came to mind. Based on the number of likes and comments it was clear that others were equally touched. Many posted specific memories and others chimed in with “OMG I forgot all about that!” There was a consensus that we were lucky to have grown up where and when we did.
By Donna L. Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff)5 years ago in Humans
Social Media Is Destroying Us All — The Khloe Kardashian Story
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last however many years, then you will know who the Kardashian’s are. A power family, seemingly set on taking over the world with their family brand, all managed by self-proclaimed ‘Momager’ Kris.
By Tracey Donnelly5 years ago in Humans
Has Social Media Made Us Nosier?
Social Media has led to us being constantly social - even in our alone time. In the hours you're barely awake, you're absorbing media and taking in information about others when you're not actually in a fit state to face the world. More than 40% of consumers check their phones within the first five minutes of waking up.
By Amelie Overton5 years ago in Humans
