a place to post their most attractive photos, what they are doing today or with their life and simply showing you why you should be proud of what they 're accomplishing. Tayler Dahm wrote an article “Social Media Helps us with Self-Esteem.” talking about how it 's easy to see why people obsess over social media and all the constant feedback you get from your followers. Getting anything from shares and views on Facebook to likes and comments on Instagram and lastly all the favorites and retweets on Twitter no wonder Instagram has over “400 million users” (Dahm). Erikson Another credible Source on what social media is doing spoke with a young girl named Hannah on what she thought about not only social media but what makeup in general means to her and how it makes other people feel. The sophomore said “ I believe makeup does it make you fake it makes you look put together” (Erikson). For some the looks and the lights and all that is needed to give them the self-esteem they aim …show more content…
how does this make us feel. Libby Copeland a journalist who wrote “ Is facebook Making us Sad?” Believe everyone tries to post their “perfect life” (Copeland 591) is social media so other people then feel bad in comparison. As mentioned before Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram everyone uses them for the same reason to everyone that follows them has to see the great thing they 've posted. Even though after awhile it gets tiresome, which is exactly what happened to a nineteen-year-old social media icons that Erikson also spoke about. “ she would often post selfies or pictures of herself in a swimsuit but what her followers didn 't know was how much makeup she would put on beforehand or has she had starved herself all day to look skinny enough” (Erickson). in reality it 's Society that egotistical that they are truly okay with letting our youth believe that makeup and the amount of feedback they receive on the picture is the only thing that will determine their self worth. It 's hard to stay happy of your personal accomplishment with everyone posting their latest ones every time you refresh your page. Although their can come a bit of peace with everyone notices your own. Social media is definitely a blessing and a curse. journalists as well as scientists can always pick