Social Media

Social Media does not make us less social. For example Facebook, Facebook is a platform where users would be able to chat with friends and interact with friends through some applications or just by commenting on his/her posts. With this, users would be able to know more about their friends’ recent activities or long-term hobbies. Through an online platform, one does not need to meet the other face-to-face to be able to have a conversation, which makes it easier and much more convenient for people to have a chat or a discussion. When meeting face-to-face, one would tend to be shyer than when one chats with another online. Therefore, through the online chatting system, one would nurture stronger relationships because one would be more open to expressing their thoughts. And if they would meet up one day, they would be less shy to talk to each other because they more or less know each other already through chatting online. Another example would be the Windows Live Messenger aka MSN. Through msn, one would also be able to chat but with more advance features. One would be able to chat “face-to-face” even through the internet. With MSN, users can use a feature called video chatting and be able to see through each other’s webcam. Thus making it seem as if face-to-face, except not able to have any contact with each other. In conclusion, social media does not make us less social, instead it makes it more convenient for users to socialise with each other.