The curse of Facebook

In today’s society, Social media has become a very controversial topic of discussion that is rising world widely and in a rapid way. social media has become one of the most widespread communication means and information sharing, in addition to being an essential part of everyday life for tons of people including all ages. There are various social media platforms, but Facebook is one of the largest online social media platforms as the majority of people are using it, moreover, people argued that Facebook is a blessing, however it proved that it is a curse to our society, as it not only isolate people, but also fake their identities.

Facebook is a social media platform which drives its users to a total social isolation. Nowadays the majority of people are accepting the idea of interacting and communicating with their friends and families throughout a text on Facebook as an alternative to the face to face interaction although they are not even comparable. Furthermore, Facebook is destroying the bridges that connects people to each other, because even when people gather, everyone’s attention is glued to the screen to check the latest updates and they are mentally isolated, however they are physically present. In Addition, Facebook is faking people’s identities and is creating false images of them as users get manipulated by photos and updates which give them the impression that everyone is living a much better life than they are. Not many people share their lives on Facebook, and this can affect them in a negative way as they get more envious, frustrated and have lower self-esteem than more involved users (Miller, 2017).

Other people argued that Facebook lend a helping hand in keeping in touch with your friends and family that live far away from you. No matter how many miles you are separated from each other you still can be connected and know each other’s new updates throughout a Facebook message, video call, or even an updated status on their timeline. Moreover, people debated that Facebook is not a tool of showing of, Facebook makes the users express themselves and share their new updates with their friends in a very simple status or a photo on their timeline in order to share with their friends a new outfit, a new trip, or even a new food experience (Belli, 2014).

Tough some may argue that Facebook is a blessing as it connects people to each other and aids in expressing themselves, the negative effects still outweighs the positive ones, as according to Amatenstein (2019) , Studies suggest that using Facebook and other apps in order to keep in touch with friends and family for hours will let you use the social media as a substitute for real connection, thus ,your feelings of loneliness and isolation will likely worsen. Moreover, as the Telegraph Reporters mentioned in 2015, that the increase of social media and faking the perfect lives has been cited in recent studies as a causing to the increased number of people who are feeling pressured, insecure, and depressed just because they are not living perfect life as portrayed on Facebook.

Finally, it can be concluded that social media is one of the most effective, yet dangerous tools of communication and it can be said that Facebook as a social media platform is a double-edged sword , as it can benefit the society and destroy it at the same time, however it is crystal clear that the negative effects of Facebook is taking precedence over its positive effects , as Facebook is seen as the humble brag platform that fakes the perfect lives for its users and is a main reason of social isolation , depression , and insecurity of the majority.

Dana Ahmed

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