I can talk endlessly about VR. This subject really gets me thinking a lot about social ideology and how VR will become a factor into evolving that. I believe Facebook will no longer JUST be a 2D platform; I believe it’ll have a 3D platform interaction mode as well included with the application. Instead ofContinue reading “360 / VR Facebook”
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Connected but Alone
Of the several concerns raised by professor Turkle, which ones apply to your use of social media and texting as a means of establishing and maintaining human relationships?
How I Fell Out of Love With the Internet
Settle for the Internet of shit
Social Media and Self Validation
Admit it…we’ve all deleted a comment, post, or photo of ourselves at least ONCE in our lives because it didn’t get “enough” likes . If you haven’t done that, you’ve seen one person do it before. Hearts….likes…retweets…shares…comments…all of these ran by numbers seem to be a good thing, but also a bad thing to others.Continue reading “Social Media and Self Validation”
Truama Dumping
Social media has a way of bringing out negative emotions in people. Usually, its in the form of jealously; Instagram even removed likes for a little while. Another negative I’ve seen on social media lately is trauma dumping. Trauma dumping is when a person dumps unnecessary trauma on underserving, or unsuspecting people. Often to strangersContinue reading “Truama Dumping”
Censorships and Truth Disclaimers
Censorship and fact checking has become more prominent in today’s social media platforms. It wasn’t always like that before from what I remember. The oldest social media platform I have is Facebook…Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, etc. is fairly new and by new, I mean I had them since 2015-ish. Facebook however I had since middle schoolContinue reading “Censorships and Truth Disclaimers”
Tik Tok’s Impact
I joined Tik Tok in late 2019. Seeing how “cringey” and “dumb” this app seemed to be, I had to check for myself. Do I regret downloading Tik Tok? Absolutely not. Do I now waste hours upon hours watching content on Tik Tok? Absolutely yes. I think the impact that Tik Tok has on theContinue reading “Tik Tok’s Impact”
Social Media and Mental Health
With the Corona Virus pandemic, it has had a significant impact on people’s mental health. Many young people especially. Young teens are struggling a lot for not being able to get out, exercise and go to school and fall back on social media for their entertainment. The transition from childhood to adolescence can be unstable forContinue reading “Social Media and Mental Health”
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