MARANAO: Social Media Presence: How Long Will It Last?

Social media has its own benefits and disadvantages for me.

"Does social media help you communicate?"As a Grade 8 student, i get to know the home works I forget and need to do because of group chats in Facebook (which is the only social media account I have). It may sound irresponsible but it can be an alternative way to know about school work but it is also disadvantageous because I tend to feel more lazy. For the past group chats I had, some people would just ask for homework. For MY opinion, it does not work because I can't just entrust all of those to others (not always). I also need to do my part and be responsible for myself. Social media also affects my communication with others, not just classmates but also relatives and friends out of school. These people are the ones who I don't always see everyday and Social media helps me to communicate with them and know how they are. "Have they gone old?, "Did they go somewhere?", these are some question that I can answer trough the things they post. These people are also those people whom I can ask questions to and with Social Media, I can increase the people whom I may ask because they might have a different way of living and perspective than I do and those near me. Also, some people may be more comfortable talking through Social Media than talking in person (like me) and through social media, we can know others nature like how they may at in public than what they show in person. In these cases, this is beneficial to me . Social media can benefit me on my studies but not always, it also helps me to communicate to people whom are far away like those people whom I rarely or can't talk to personally. It benefits my range of communication more than it actually lessens it, so, yes, Social media does help me communicate and answer the question, "What is happening to the world?".

"What do we get from using Social Media?" Social media can affect you in a lot of ways, like your time because sometimes people use it so much. It does not only affect that, "What are the things you see there?" can be another question. It can harm us if don't know anything about our own boundaries like the things you shouldn't do and we just keep on looking on things that are not suited for ourselves. You may also invade other people's privacy. The what do we do to these things we see? Some people just think that it would be nice to copy those things and eventually everybody starts doing these and that. It influences us in a way that we can "unite" and be updated about what the world it doing. But does it always mean that when majority of the people do it, you also do it? I don't actually copy anything from the social media nor seen something that I shouldn't copy so what about those who already those things we shouldn't just copy like people protesting about some issue or harming themselves, do they also copy those people just to get in the band wagon? So social media does not only help you communicate or "be updated" but it may also harm you if you don't now how to use it properly. You should always "Think before you click" because what you put there will stay there. What you see there, you will not just forget. As somebody who uses Social Media, I feel responsible because I know that somewhere in earth, somebody may be watching me.

Social Media does benefit me, so I wonder "How long will these benefits last?"