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The Dangers of Social Media

April 27, 2024
By: Peyton Butterfield

In our world today, we have a lot of issues. It’s not something we can hide: the water levels rising, rising climates, forests dying. It's even more than I could count. But a problem I see daily is social media. I don't really “use” social media, other than YouTube. It’s really crazy to see the things people post about on their social media: how many subscribers/followers you have, how many likes you have. Even just fighting for no reason. Social media is a place where anyone can be whatever they want, yes, whatever. Some people choose to be big meanies, or be fake, literally anything. When I go on social media I see a lot of people saying how amazing their lives are, “I just went to this awesome restaurant so easily!” In reality, they probably spent at least an hour on the waiting list just to get in. People may not be telling the truth on the internet, they might just be faking to gain popularity. People can also see people posting normal things and bully them. For example, a girl, let's call her Sasha, posts a video of her in her outfit for a concert. Someone could easily go in the comments and say something incredibly rude like, “Your ears are so big.” This could easily hurt Sasha’s feelings and make her think she doesn't deserve to go to that concert. If you ask me I think you should be extremely careful of what you say and believe on social media. You never know what is true or not, and whether people will be kind or not.

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Social media can be a dangerous place; the electronic most used for this is a phone.

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