Is Social Media Actually Connecting People?

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Shivam Kumar Tiwari said:   3 weeks ago
Yes, social media is actually connecting people. It helps individuals communicate with others from different places, share cultures, ideas, and experiences, and stay updated on current events.

Platforms like Facebook help people make and maintain friendships, Twitter is often used for discussing news and political topics, Instagram is popular for entertainment and creative content, and Snapchat allows users to share daily moments and stay connected with friends.

Overall, social media has made communication faster and easier across the world.

Kkk said:   3 weeks ago
Hello everyone.

Social media creates both positive and negative impacts. Social media connectivity impact only depends on how we use it in the right manner and how to utilise this technology platform, such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

1) The positive side of social connectivity is updating any information, experience and ideas to global people through social media. Ex: Using LinkedIn to continuously update our knowledge, experience and ideas, it's helpful to connect with industry experts and also get an internship or job offer.

2) The other side of social connectivity is creating a fake trust relationship (only extending our circle, not going deeper), creating over mobile usage, reducing real-time face-to-face interaction and creating loneliness. Even though many people connect online, they feel lonely in real life.

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Janapalini said:   3 weeks ago
No, Social media is not connecting people. It distances people from each other.

Even though social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter enable us to connect with people from all around the world, it doesn't ensure trust. It never equals the person we meet in person and get to know. My question is, "How could you trust the person virtually? What if they pretend to be good? Where is the safety while we are evolving in a world full of cybercrimes, etc".

Yes, Social media has become a major part of our lives, which makes our lives miserable without our knowledge. How could you have a real feel when you contact the people with eyes while you have a conversation in a video call? Instant messages don't give you the same feeling as handwritten letters from your loved ones.

There are many alternatives, but people still choose the instant way.
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Ritu Chauhan said:   5 days 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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