In 1997, the first website recognized as social media was developed in which users were able to make profiles and communicate with their friends. Following that in 1999, blog sites became popular, allowing average people to share their personal interests and opinions, and eventually, after the development of social media websites like Myspace and Linkden, the invention of Facebook, today’s most popular social media website, was released to the public. With social media becoming increasingly popular in the past few years, more and more people are logging onto websites to post photos of themselves or share their opinions. Those who view these posts, which are usually close friends, but can even be acquaintances, are given the option to “like”
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Overpopulation has become a great concern in the past few decades with the rate of children being born per year surpassing the death rate. In the article “How is a Population’s Growth and Decline Measured?” by Matt Rosenberg, between 2010 and 2015, the crude birth rate, defined as the amount of births for 1,000 people, was 19.4. The crude death rate, on the other hand, was 8.1. With the birth rate being over twice as fast as the death rate, it is indeed possible that overpopulation will occur, and the amount of land provided by Earth will be insufficient to house all of its inhabitants. Since most people that live on Earth already are uninfluential on social media, especially the 5.165 billion people that do not already possess social media accounts, eliminating these people will do nothing but help the world. Through reducing the number of those that are not respected in society due to their lack of contribution and participation, Earth’s population will decrease, overall solving the problem of …show more content…
In other words, if only a small group of individuals hears an opinion, it is unlikely that it will be highly influential on a large scale since it will most likely not reach many people. In this case, losing the voices of those who are not viewed in society will do nothing to hurt society; it will only allow society to benefit, as only those whose opinions hold value will be
Overpopulation has become a great concern in the past few decades with the rate of children being born per year surpassing the death rate. In the article “How is a Population’s Growth and Decline Measured?” by Matt Rosenberg, between 2010 and 2015, the crude birth rate, defined as the amount of births for 1,000 people, was 19.4. The crude death rate, on the other hand, was 8.1. With the birth rate being over twice as fast as the death rate, it is indeed possible that overpopulation will occur, and the amount of land provided by Earth will be insufficient to house all of its inhabitants. Since most people that live on Earth already are uninfluential on social media, especially the 5.165 billion people that do not already possess social media accounts, eliminating these people will do nothing but help the world. Through reducing the number of those that are not respected in society due to their lack of contribution and participation, Earth’s population will decrease, overall solving the problem of …show more content…
In other words, if only a small group of individuals hears an opinion, it is unlikely that it will be highly influential on a large scale since it will most likely not reach many people. In this case, losing the voices of those who are not viewed in society will do nothing to hurt society; it will only allow society to benefit, as only those whose opinions hold value will be