Back in the days, the means of communication and interaction was either through fire and smoke signals, writing and posting of letters which could take days to deliver, cave paintings, signs and symbols, etc.
Communication with these old means was tedious, stressful, time consuming, delayed passing of information and had very limited information shared.
Times changed and the modern means of communication came into existence. One of which was social media. Social media achieves its aim through the internet. We can say that passing on this information became really possible as a result of the internet.
Social media includes Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Skype, Twitter, Snapchat, Tiktok, and the rest.
The evolution of social media has both its advantages and disadvantages which would be discussed further.
Advantages of Social Media
One basic advantage of social media is that it has paved an easier means of communication and interaction. It totally erased the tedious means that had to be used just to pass on some information. This has helped in time saving, reduces the stress faced, and most importantly a large unit of information can be passed down all at once.
In terms of business, it has helped a lot in brand building, reduces and manages costs that could come from using the old means of communication, helps to meet a targeted audience in a more easier and faster way and in turn makes it more profitable.
Furthermore, through social media, connections are either got back if lost, or new ones formed. It makes one keep up to date with a family, friend or acquaintances.
For me, it reduces boredom, I mean you get to see lots of funny skits, important information, as well as sad news. Social media for many is a solace, a place where they forget they have issues for a while and just live. For some, it becomes a means of earning a living.
Kids lately act so smart, and get to be more exposed to life outside their everyday live. They use these means to help in their education and other aspects. The evolution of social media is a needed change.
Disadvantages of Social Media
Everything that has advantages, also comes with some disadvantages.
The fact that it paved an easier means of communication also made it very difficult to verify if these information passed are genuine. This easy means of passing information with the price of cyber crimes, business gone bad situations, laziness and time wasting.
Some even use it as a means to pressure some targeted audience. You can barely tell the real from the fake. It could be really misleading as some people use it wrongly for their selfish reasons, leading to some having unrealistic expectations as their mindset will be built based on the fake life they assumed to be real.
One major negative impact is that it is also a source of distraction to both kids and adults. The exposure could go wrong if exposed to the wrong thing. One could get carried away and forget to face the business of the day. Being addicted to it becomes a bad end which could lead to bad sleeping patterns, delayed food consumption and so many bad effects.
There's also the cyber bullying that comes from the use of social media by some unstable set of people which would in turn lead to depression and pain.
It is important to find a balance. Social media can be of great help and the bad effects can be curbed only if we learn to balance the line. This could be done through time planning and time management, having a great self control, knowing the reason you use it, setting a standard and having a defined pattern.
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Addiction and cybercrime is a headache we almost cannot do without on social media. However, we keep up to the good side as always. Awesome piece megg. 👍👍
Then I suggest you make use of some markdown in your next post as well.
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Thank you for your suggestion, I really appreciate it. Please could you explain more on it though?
Markdown are basic ways of segregating your post to look more neat and easier for people to read. Some of them like how to bold text and heading are already on your dashboard where you create your post.
Check out this tutorial by @mistural on markdown here. And for more practicality and better understanding check @starstrings01 video tutorial here.
I'm sure it will educate you lots about markdown. If you still need further assistance after then you can kindly reach out to me as well.
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Yes social media has helped in many ways as you rightly said. The stress of communication has gone so far from us especially those that are in the developed areas.
Yes some parents really contributed to the distraction of their children by the social media. Imagine getting an android phone for a child that is less than 6 years with internet facilities what do you expect?
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Wow this is really ENLIGHTENING, I've not heard of the Fire and smoke medium of communication before...
Even with this advise, many will still miss the mark. But we can't stop warning and advising... Thanks for your detailed enlightening content 😇😇
It's a really old means
We have to keep trying to advice and enlighten. Thank you for reading.
Wow the knowledge is awesome
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This is the one of the major disadvantages of social media. Lots of people today cannot live a moment without being on social media, not that they have something very meaningful to do though.
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Distraction is something we really need to fight off when it comes to the media.
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That's true. You're welcome @megpeters
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Hi!! Interesting post! I really like how you explain both advantages and disadvantages!
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With social media, the price of advertising reduced greatly and it still gave them exposure to even more potential customers. That is the power of social media, you take it with you everywhere you go and it is always accessible no matter where you are.
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Yes, it's really cost effective in terms of advertising.
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