Social media has became a place where some people live a different life. They create lives where they’re someone they aren’t. For example, in the essay, Turkle talks about a girl that has a abusive alcoholic father. In a game called Sims, she creates the same situation, except in the game she is both physically and emotionally strong (Turkle 437). The shaping of lives happens a lot on sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. People can and will post pictures of adventurous and fun things to make them seem like they have such a great life. The profile creation process is a strong contributor to this. When first creating an account the site ask several question to describe yourself. People start to twist the truth a little here and there to make themselves look like a more exciting or better person (Turkle 438). As the account making process comes to an end. they are a completely different person than they really are. The obvious other side of this is there are people who don’t abuse the profile process and truly are who they say they
Social media has became a place where some people live a different life. They create lives where they’re someone they aren’t. For example, in the essay, Turkle talks about a girl that has a abusive alcoholic father. In a game called Sims, she creates the same situation, except in the game she is both physically and emotionally strong (Turkle 437). The shaping of lives happens a lot on sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. People can and will post pictures of adventurous and fun things to make them seem like they have such a great life. The profile creation process is a strong contributor to this. When first creating an account the site ask several question to describe yourself. People start to twist the truth a little here and there to make themselves look like a more exciting or better person (Turkle 438). As the account making process comes to an end. they are a completely different person than they really are. The obvious other side of this is there are people who don’t abuse the profile process and truly are who they say they