Facebook, Twitter, and Snap chat, these are all social media networks that in the last few years have taken the world by storm. This is to the extent where the term 'friend' used to mean: "someone that you have a bond of mutual affection with in person". This connection is now known to exist over social media to people who we don't actually 'know'.
The question is: Is this safe?
A standard Facebook account includes an email address, images that can be tagged and in some cases even a telephone number and address. Social media on a whole, provides us with so much information about an individual, that there is no longer a need to meet up with friends or relatives any more.
An article published in The Independent newspaper explains that some people “go out solo”; meaning, they meet up with a friend or relative without their mobile, so they can completely focus on spending time with the person/people they're meeting.
A new book published by Randi Zuckerberg, explains that social media platforms are “now competing with our actual loved ones for attention”. Therefore showing that this social media battle is between a person using social media on technology devices and their actual family.
The new world of social media has revolutionised the social and media world, by allowing people in long distance relationships to keep in constant contact every day, allowing business meetings to take place whilst all the people involved in meetings are in different countries communicating via platforms such as Skype and by being able to share and access 10 second clips of others' lives in a single photograph or video via SnapChat.
References:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/the-zuckerberg-guide-to-the-web-just-because-you-can-document-your-every-waking-moment-doesnt-mean-you-should-8927961.html
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