When Has Social Media Gone Too Far?

Social media has become a huge platform and allowed people to stay connected with each other all around the world. Social media has and continues to evolve constantly; whether or not social has gone too far is a question within itself, but social media allows people to express themselves. There are many different outlets of social media; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Myspace, buzz feed, Snapchat, and those are just the ones that I can name off the top of my head. Though social media can be very helpful, it can also have very negative aspects to it. In putting your information online out there for the world to see, it allows people to judge you based on what you share without even knowing who you are. My mother always told me that …show more content…
I used to use Facebook a lot when I was younger; however, as I have gotten older, I have found less interest in Facebook, and barely use it other than to post pictures, which is usually because it is linked to my Twitter and Instagram accounts. As I was looking through my Facebook page, I was blown away by the amount of pictures that are on there, many I did not remember I took. Many of my pictures are of me with my friends or my staff or family, and as said above, it may seem like I always have a lot of people around me all the time. Do not get me wrong, I definitely have a wonderful group of people in my corner supporting me, but that is not my life all the time. In many cases I am by myself, which is how I like it. Facebook shows the good and happy side of me, but it doesn’t show everything. It portrays one side of my life and thankfully it is the good side. Twitter is a completely different story, from my perspective and probably strangers’ perspectives as well. It is clear even from a stranger’s standpoint that as a user I am a lot more open on Twitter than on Facebook; however, it consists mostly of complaining and posts that can be seen as negative, a lot more negative than Facebook. One thing that a reader may notice about this Twitter page is that many posts are about drinking, food, and homework. In focusing her posts on negative aspects it can be seen that this person, …show more content…
I; however, have not gotten that message when it comes to Twitter. Even though both outlets are more or less public, I considered Twitter for me and Facebook for everyone else, so I do not watch what I say or post on Twitter as much as Facebook and I also do not open myself up as much on Facebook, because I believe it is a bigger platform than Twitter for me. This is why I think my social media pages show two different sides to me, in my opinion; the happy go lucking, positive, well liked and traveled college girl, and then the sometimes frustrated, annoyed, and negative young adult trying to figure herself out. I think when they are put together they more or less accurately showcase who I am as a person; however, separately, which unfortunately is usually how people see things, it divides me into two people who are polar opposites and does not give the complete