Richtel Reflection

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I would agree with Richtel’s assessment. Take Facebook for an example; since 2004, more and more people have signed on to the social media site, so much connecting and sharing goes on in a twenty-four-hour day that it would be nearly impossible to keep up with everything. The more people who sign in, the more people who use/ abuse sites such as these create more pressure on themselves to look cool and have fulfilling lives.
I am an avid tweeter; I enjoy media sites such as Twitter and Instagram. I check my social media account similar to the way my father reads the morning paper. I like the way it feels when I wake up to thirty plus likes on my picture I posted the night before and the emoji comments my friends leave to express how they feel

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