Hiding behind social media accounts on the internet is incredibly stupid, based on the fact that there is no accountability present.
The fact someone hides behind a phone, computer screen, whatever the medium may be – it grinds my gears that they use these platforms to ask a difficult question, to insult someone or to “shoot their shot.”
Don’t get me wrong, I am on my phone often, as well as being on social media quite a bit as well.
What I do not really understand is we resort to communicating over our phones in times where face-to-face communication would be a much more beneficial option.
There is a variety of situations I have seen in the last month alone that just leave me puzzled.
For personal conflict, if you ever need to have a straight-up conversation with someone that involves serious matters, that should always be done in-person. I have seen someone send ignorant messages over a social media platform to someone, yet walk by the person they were arguing with in person a mere couple hours later.
What kind of utter useless communication is that? I think this communication can be interpreted in many different ways when sent via social media and that could create problems when trying to get a point across.
Think about when someone is trying to show romantic interest in another human. Put a name or face to a statement when showing interest in someone, instead of hiding behind anonymous platforms or accounts. It is childish. Rejection in life has to be dealt with in multiple facets for every single human, so why be afraid of it? What I am trying to say here is, the best way of showing interest in someone is interpersonal communication. I strongly believe this is lacking in today’s society.
You could also take this topic from a bullying standpoint. Over the past decade, social media apps like Ask.fm allowed users to send anonymous questions to others with no way of figuring who said it, because of privacy policies. This just enables bullying because people will use the app to say something harmful or hurtful to another person with no repercussions.
The rise of social media allows for users to not put a name or face to their profile or posts more than ever. Online accountability is at an all-time low. Why not show some confidence in own your opinion? That is why people have opinions on matters. Own it.
As technology progresses, we are starting to rely on it way too much for communication, which I believe is a bad trend for the world. Look at dating in today’s world as an example. How many couples do you see in restaurants on their phones instead of talking to each other? This needs to change.
Whatever happened to going for a coffee or drink with someone and just chatting?
The world is changing in many ways and I am all for it.
I just wish more people could learn to communicate better with each other.
