No. Smoking produces cancer, that makes some people really worried. It is even worst if you are pregnant.
> Will browsing your phone anticipating the next notification become a dirty habit that others will shun you for?
No. Unless there are other more cool ways of social media. If you are still using My Space, maybe you already feel like this.
> There are a few instances where it works well but for every 1 nugget of goodness that there is, there are 4 nuggets of bad.
Supported by which data?
> I know I am sounding negative here, but it is the truth.
Ooooh, it's the true. Duh.
> I always feel better after interacting with someone face-to-face.
Me too. Social media doesn't exclude the possibility to have human interaction unless you are in a 90s movie connected to a VR headset. If that happens, you are trapped in "the computer world" and lost for ever.
> social media will never feel like a true genuine connection.
Because it is not. Reading a newspaper doesn't feel either as a "genuine connection", but keeps me up to date with the news. Sending a mail doesn't feel either as a "genuine connection", but I get my job done.
> While naive to believe so, I have to hope that when my son becomes ready to consume the social media lifestyle, by then it will have been a passing fad and ostracized like the cigarette packages of today.
Or he can be educated to understand for what is useful, and for what not, and what are the risks. Abstinence education doesn't work.
If social media produces widespread depression (based on the studies posted by other commenters) it can well become a health hazard, albeit not as damaging as smokes.
>Or he can be educated to understand for what is useful, and for what not, and what are the risks. Abstinence education doesn't work.
I don't disagree outright but unfortunately all the education in the world still makes a person vulnerable against societal pressure. If you are a non-smoker in the 1940s, you still have to breathe smoke wherever you are. If you are a non-user in the 2010s, your social life (especially if you are young) is highly likely to be negatively impacted.
> will social media become the new smoking?
No. Smoking produces cancer, that makes some people really worried. It is even worst if you are pregnant.
> Will browsing your phone anticipating the next notification become a dirty habit that others will shun you for?
No. Unless there are other more cool ways of social media. If you are still using My Space, maybe you already feel like this.
> There are a few instances where it works well but for every 1 nugget of goodness that there is, there are 4 nuggets of bad.
Supported by which data?
> I know I am sounding negative here, but it is the truth.
Ooooh, it's the true. Duh.
> I always feel better after interacting with someone face-to-face.
Me too. Social media doesn't exclude the possibility to have human interaction unless you are in a 90s movie connected to a VR headset. If that happens, you are trapped in "the computer world" and lost for ever.
> social media will never feel like a true genuine connection.
Because it is not. Reading a newspaper doesn't feel either as a "genuine connection", but keeps me up to date with the news. Sending a mail doesn't feel either as a "genuine connection", but I get my job done.
> While naive to believe so, I have to hope that when my son becomes ready to consume the social media lifestyle, by then it will have been a passing fad and ostracized like the cigarette packages of today.
Or he can be educated to understand for what is useful, and for what not, and what are the risks. Abstinence education doesn't work.