Oh there are quite a few reasons behind social media obsession; some are even more rational than you'd think.
1. Life gets boring.
The internet, on the other hand, is always active. This is what happens when you billions of people all congragating in the same location.
Our lives get boring and life has been made so "easy" by the internet that you can basically sit in the comfort of your house and enjoy the benefits of relating with people whom you might not even have the chance to.
People, by the way, of different characters and dispositions. Whatever kind of person you're looking for in the internet you're sure to find. Then again we have the celebrities who have made their life an entertainment. We follow the celebrities, see them constantly posting their glamorous lifestyles and we want to do the same.
2. You can be a better or less genuine you.
It may simply be a case of imitation or just wanting to spice up our boring lives but there's no doubt the internet affords us the opportunity of a clean slate.
You open a twitter account and get hundreds of followers from all over the world who have no idea what you're like in real life. You realize you have the opportunity to be something else. Something flashier or stronger or more mature or funnier or meaner or more handsome and more beautiful than you're percieved in real life.
This is why most people seize the opportunity by posting filtered version of their lifestyles. Posing with cars they don't have or applying excessive filters and giving themselves beauty they don't have or copying quotes and showcasing knowledge they don't have.
Nobody should tell anyone how to live their lives of course but you can't help but consider that it's a shame people aren't using the opportunity of the internet to really re-invent themselves, and TRULY make themselves better people.
3. Another reason people get obessed with social media is that they want us to!
Yes, there are people out there who want you to spend every second of your day surfing Facebook! Because they make an enormous amount of money from it.
Which is why they're busy devising more means and features to make you do just that. They want you to wake up and make the first thing you think about as you wake to be the number of likes your photo got the previous day and how you're going to get a borrowed car to pose with so as to get more likes.
4. Following the crowd
Is another reason for social media addiction. Sometimes though we might bit be able to resist this, at least not without paying the priceof ostracization or being "out of the know".
Most of our friends are all there, most conversations and informations have become virtual. And this is why the next point should me as a sort of post scriptum.
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Social media isn't all bad. And spending time on there or getting people to spend time there isn't entirely bad either. So long as you have a tangible reason to be there; something tangible you have as a reward for it.
For example steemit.com or musing.io, fiverr, amazon, quora etc are places you can spend your time and not only gain valuable knowledge but also earn real cash and have great fun at the same time!
I think this has a lot to do with people's mentality. Social media is basically an outlet for people to vent out their frustrations in hopes that they'll see someone that might understand just exactly what they're going through.
Add to that the fact that alot of people are more interested in creating false images of themselves online than in reality and you'll begin to see why people are so obsessed with social media.
The advent of social media provided an escape for people and a means for people to connect with other people around the world, but this slowly changed from connecting with others around the world to being worshipped by people around the world. It became a race to see who could amass as many views or followers or likes or even upvotes as the case may be.
Social media has made us feel like we have to share our daily activities with people online because our online life is more important than our real one. The fact that you could get a "you look good" or a "great job bro" online but not in real life also adds to the reason why people are so addicted to social media. Everybody wants to be appreciated and everybody loves getting complimented, if you can't get that in real life then the next best place to get it is on social media.
There are some people with whom you cant tell certain things directly. They use social media as tool to convey their thoughts. But on the other side some people who in seek of attention upload sad post. whenever they are worried and expect others to ask about their problems. They post anything to get attention.
Some express there happiness like posts all good moments which is fine to some extend when it crosses the limit it becomes a problem they will not enjoy the reality. For example if someone loves rain they must sit and feel it instead seeing through camera and posting it wont give them actual happiness of rain.
Now a days its very easy to know about someones personal life as they post everything in social media which may end up in trouble. You can post things but there should be a limit and you must not allow everyone to know everything about you and your personal life.
Social media are most people only means of getting the sort of attention they crave for that they aren't getting in real life. The average human loves attention and complement and social media seem to offer most people that.
You see people that haven't gotten a complement or commendation in a long while in real life having lots of that in the social media. That's why so many people likes posting everything about themselves in the social media because they are seeking approval and commendation.
Oh there are quite a few reasons behind social media obsession; some are even more rational than you'd think.
1. Life gets boring.
The internet, on the other hand, is always active. This is what happens when you billions of people all congragating in the same location.
Our lives get boring and life has been made so "easy" by the internet that you can basically sit in the comfort of your house and enjoy the benefits of relating with people whom you might not even have the chance to.
People, by the way, of different characters and dispositions. Whatever kind of person you're looking for in the internet you're sure to find. Then again we have the celebrities who have made their life an entertainment. We follow the celebrities, see them constantly posting their glamorous lifestyles and we want to do the same.
2. You can be a better or less genuine you.
It may simply be a case of imitation or just wanting to spice up our boring lives but there's no doubt the internet affords us the opportunity of a clean slate.
You open a twitter account and get hundreds of followers from all over the world who have no idea what you're like in real life. You realize you have the opportunity to be something else. Something flashier or stronger or more mature or funnier or meaner or more handsome and more beautiful than you're percieved in real life.
This is why most people seize the opportunity by posting filtered version of their lifestyles. Posing with cars they don't have or applying excessive filters and giving themselves beauty they don't have or copying quotes and showcasing knowledge they don't have.
Nobody should tell anyone how to live their lives of course but you can't help but consider that it's a shame people aren't using the opportunity of the internet to really re-invent themselves, and TRULY make themselves better people.
3. Another reason people get obessed with social media is that they want us to!
Yes, there are people out there who want you to spend every second of your day surfing Facebook! Because they make an enormous amount of money from it.
Which is why they're busy devising more means and features to make you do just that. They want you to wake up and make the first thing you think about as you wake to be the number of likes your photo got the previous day and how you're going to get a borrowed car to pose with so as to get more likes.
4. Following the crowd
Is another reason for social media addiction. Sometimes though we might bit be able to resist this, at least not without paying the priceof ostracization or being "out of the know".
Most of our friends are all there, most conversations and informations have become virtual. And this is why the next point should me as a sort of post scriptum.
---
Social media isn't all bad. And spending time on there or getting people to spend time there isn't entirely bad either. So long as you have a tangible reason to be there; something tangible you have as a reward for it.
For example steemit.com or musing.io, fiverr, amazon, quora etc are places you can spend your time and not only gain valuable knowledge but also earn real cash and have great fun at the same time!
Cheers!
I think this has a lot to do with people's mentality. Social media is basically an outlet for people to vent out their frustrations in hopes that they'll see someone that might understand just exactly what they're going through.
Add to that the fact that alot of people are more interested in creating false images of themselves online than in reality and you'll begin to see why people are so obsessed with social media.
The advent of social media provided an escape for people and a means for people to connect with other people around the world, but this slowly changed from connecting with others around the world to being worshipped by people around the world. It became a race to see who could amass as many views or followers or likes or even upvotes as the case may be.
Social media has made us feel like we have to share our daily activities with people online because our online life is more important than our real one. The fact that you could get a "you look good" or a "great job bro" online but not in real life also adds to the reason why people are so addicted to social media. Everybody wants to be appreciated and everybody loves getting complimented, if you can't get that in real life then the next best place to get it is on social media.
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There are some people with whom you cant tell certain things directly. They use social media as tool to convey their thoughts. But on the other side some people who in seek of attention upload sad post. whenever they are worried and expect others to ask about their problems. They post anything to get attention.
Some express there happiness like posts all good moments which is fine to some extend when it crosses the limit it becomes a problem they will not enjoy the reality. For example if someone loves rain they must sit and feel it instead seeing through camera and posting it wont give them actual happiness of rain.
Now a days its very easy to know about someones personal life as they post everything in social media which may end up in trouble. You can post things but there should be a limit and you must not allow everyone to know everything about you and your personal life.
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Social media are most people only means of getting the sort of attention they crave for that they aren't getting in real life. The average human loves attention and complement and social media seem to offer most people that.
You see people that haven't gotten a complement or commendation in a long while in real life having lots of that in the social media. That's why so many people likes posting everything about themselves in the social media because they are seeking approval and commendation.
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