Is Social Media Actually Connecting People?

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Kavit Mehta said:   8 months ago
Hello everyone.

In my opinion, this statement has different point of views.

Firstly it helps you connect with anyone in any part of the world without any barriers. A recent example that comes to my mind is about COVID-19. The whole world was under lockdown, in such a situation social media has helped people connect with their friends, family, etc who are stuck somewhere due to lockdown and quarantine restrictions.

On the other hand, social media has greatly weakened physical connections. People arent prioritizing physical meetups like before, rather they convey through social media.

In conclusion, social media has its own merits and demerits, its on us people how we decide to use it.

Thank You.
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Aila said:   8 months ago
From my perspective, social media connects people primarily in a digital sense rather than on an emotional level. Platforms such as video-calling applications mainly help us share our thoughts and stay in touch with our families and loved ones, but they cannot truly replicate the emotions we experience when we meet someone in person. However, this does not mean that social media is ineffective.

In fact, it is highly beneficial in today’s fast-paced world, where most people are busy earning a living and often lack the time to meet friends and family regularly. In such circumstances, social media plays an important role in helping people stay connected. Nevertheless, it is worth thinking about how beautiful life could be with less digital interaction and more face-to-face relationships.
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Dasari Jyoshna said:   8 months ago
While social media has its downsides, I think it's undeniably connecting people in many ways.

For instance, it helps us stay in touch with friends and family who are far away. I've reconnected with old classmates on Facebook and kept up with their lives. Plus, social media platforms have given voices to marginalized communities, allowing them to share their stories and raise awareness about important issues.

We do need to be mindful of how we use social media. Instead of just scrolling mindlessly, we can use it to engage in meaningful conversations and build communities around shared interests. Let's focus on using social media intentionally and fostering genuine connections.
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Priya mishra said:   6 months ago
Yes, that's true it is connecting people but at a very negative cost because human mind was never made to attains so much information of every topic or circumstances happening around you or all over the world which caused panic in the brain neither it is accomplishing all the information nor it is leaving out anything it's something messed up in between which is dangerous having an incomplete information. Earlier, when books, magazines, and television were available, people had limited information about their social life and particular topics.

They were interested in and the rest of the time they were invested in physical activities Sports but now due to the fare of missing out people are doing too much which is not even required for human existence at this point of time after the covid even children who didn't have proper education were handed mobile phone which made their mind more distorted at this point of time we need ASAP to make it mandatory to include education and development Psychology in the school so that these children mind can grow and accept the world beyond smartphone.
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Ritu Chauhan said:   3 months ago
For Me, it has both negative and positive points; actually, it depends on people how you are taking this. Social media is becoming dangerous for people because there are too much fakeness how you can understand a person through chats or video calls they can pretend to be good, in this generation humanity is missing in human beings suppose if something happening wrong, instead of helping people people are curious to make videos for posting in social media for getting views, people are getting made because of views doing everything to get good number of followers, even it is not safe to make our public account who is saving your picture in there gallery you have no idea, it is becoming easy to stalk anyone in social media, to keep there personal details because people are sharing everything.

But yes, conversely, it has positive facts also, like we are aware of everything, we receive all kinds of news and stay informed about what is happening around the world.

We become aware of increasing crimes and frauds and stay alert for the future. There are also many people who use social media to help others and support those in need.
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Kommineni jahnavi said:   3 weeks ago
Hi!

Now the question is, "Is social media actually connecting people?"

In my opinion, it has both pros and cons. Social media makes good connections with people across the world. We can exchange thoughts, ideas and creative content. We can learn new languages through communication. People choose social media platforms instead of reading newspapers to get awareness about current affairs. On the other hand, many are misusing these platforms for non- academic activities, which are not encouraged by society.

Day by day, screen time is increasing, which results in a lack of interest in careers. Addiction kills the sleep schedule, which affects our brain functioning.
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Rahul raj said:   4 years ago
Hello everyone,

I think yes, Social media is actually connecting people. Because it is the only way to connect with our friends who are far away from us. And in the case when you live far from your family social media provides you to connect with them because previously your family is not able to see how you sustain your life.

This is my think.
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Satyajit Hazarika said:   3 years ago
In my opinion, social media is connecting people virtually. And, in this virtual world, we lost many people.
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Dhrig said:   3 years ago
Hello everyone, I would like to share my view on this topic.

I should say that it definitely helps people to connect when their far from each other but it makes one forget his own belongings with whom they live. It has got both pros and cons.

As it helps many to connect with people, in the other hand it makes one addicted to it and it makes one forget how to communicate effectively without the usage of keyboards and emojis in personal.
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Anoosha said:   3 years ago
Yes, Social media is connecting people with different geographical areas. By using some messaging apps we can easily contact our friends, family members. We also make video calls.

By using social media, we have both advantages and disadvantages. By using it in the correct way it is helpful to the needs of our life.

This social media helps us for educational purposes, it also makes our learning way easy. And also business promotions to help their improvement in business. By using social media, nowadays we can easily know the product details by watching Advertisements.

By social media, we can watch daily news very quickly. Popular news was fastly spread through this. So that we can easily know that news.

Through this, we can invite our long-distance friends to our family functions.

We also book our tickets online by using social media to make an easy and comfortable journey.

So, I conclude that social media is actually connected the people.
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