7 Reasons You Should Minimize Your Usage of the Social Media

in SteemAlive2 years ago (edited)
The Social Media is a vital part of the human life today as it aids communication and supports our life in so many ways.

Sad to say, many people have misused the social media which has led to some negative effects. It is said that "Too Much of Everything is bad". This Saying is true with the usage of Social Media.
This Post unfolds some of the demerits of using the Social Media Excessively.

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Distraction

Excessive Usage of the Social Media results to Distraction. Many parents complain of their children doing less of their chores and school work all because they are focused on using the social media. Chatting with friends both far and wide.
Some Students too have compared their lives with and without the social media and noticed that many distractions are associated with the social media.
Even adults who are focused on using the Social Media regularly find it difficult to make sure of more important things. Therefore, to avoid distractions, we need to minimize our usage of the Social Media.

Reduces Family Unity

Many families have broken today because those involved are focused on the media.
They give off more of their time and attention to their friends online rather than to their mates or family members. This also affects the children as they will also turn to their online friends for assistance instead of turning to their immediate family members who will give them the correct advice.
Reduction in the family usage of the social media enhances Unity.

Facilitates Laziness

The Social Network has a made people lazy. Being stuck to your device at a stagnant position for a long time makes the body weak and unfit for some activities.
These people addicted to it's usage no longer care about meeting people in person to deliver information since they can just send it online.

Consumes Time

Many People find it difficult to manage their time once they are onto the media. This leads to increase in procrastination.
They keep shifting things they ought to do till the have very little or even no time for it again. This means that, if you want to manage your time wisely, You need to minimize your usage of the Social Media. Remember, "Real Money is Time".

Reduces Emotional Connection

Chatting on the social media is usually not face to face, so you might not get to understand how the other person really feels, physical conversations reveal a lot about emotions through facial expression, tone of voice and gestures.
The reverse is the case with the media. You just type and send, even if you're not being sincere and this in turn harms the person involved.
More of face to face connection to discuss enhances emotional connection.

Enhances Hurtfulness

Since you can't literally the person replying, You are free to say anything. Even hurtful words. it can be said that people forget that there is someone actually behind the screen when chatting on social media. This has also increased the rate of indiscipline among the young ones of this generation. Too bad.

Creates a false self image

When using the social media, people tend to share the good part of their lives to people. They even add somethings to it, maybe editing their images to make them look richer. This makes people view in a way different as they view themselves.
Many people go to great lengths to use fake identity while chatting. They mostly use this to defraud people.
Sincerity in our usage of the social media is also very necessary. Additionally, Minimizing our usage reduces our risk of falling victims to fraudulent users.

Conclusion


It is never easy to control our usage of the Social Media as there are many activities we carry on with them. Truthfully, When we try to minimize it, increase our sincerity and be mindful of those we chat with. We will surely Benefit.

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Social media in all it's usefulness is proving to be a menace too. The false self image part goes to show lengths people go to show off themselves and create make-believe stories so the society can accept their fake lives. This post is practical @sammylove. Thanks for sharing.

Social media is a very good innovation, but it can be addictive and be someone's downfall if not used properly, thank you for the post.

Thanks for reading too

 2 years ago 

Honestly misuse of social media has caused so many damages to Many families. Some get burnt their food because of social media. Even me is affecting me seriously. Thanks for your advice. I will minimize the time I spend on social media platform from now on.

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Too bad
That's why we need to monitor our usage

Thanks for reviewing my post @chichieze

" The reverse is the case with the media. You just type and send, even if you're not being sincere and this in turn harms the person involved.

This I can say, many have been victims of this including me. It's a drawback effect tho

Truly. It is a bad effect.

True talk. Phone, vis a visit, social media, gas really spoilt this world. God help us

He surely will

 2 years ago 

Impressive thoughts in this post. All the effects of social media mentioned above are real. I would add that it prevents young people from developing effective communication skills in person. Many young people are fine with sending emoji's and symbols online, but they find it difficult to properly community in real life. Thats another bad side of social media. Thanks and keep it up. @sammylove

You're totally right @focusnow and that's a big Problem to in person communication

Yeah the use of social media has to be reduce...... because it can actually have effect on someone.....thanks for sharing.

Social media has the good and the bad, so it depends on individual to decide if to allow it ruin him or her

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