One word, both. Social media is a good and bad thing. It's half and half. It's good because it can make connections between people , it's also a easier way of contacting each other. It' also bad because there will be dangerous situations like : Strangers pretending to be someone you know, people posting pictures of you etc.......That's why, social media is a bit of both.
Let's talk about the good side of Social media first. It is a good way of contacting your friends. You can chat with your friends anywhere, and stay in touch. For example ; When your friend goes on vacation, and you miss your friend you could contact her/him through social media instead of spending money on long distance calls. Another thing is that you can share a lot of things with your friends. Like, posting a picture of a place that you've been to, or your brand new pet etc....Most importantly, it links you and your friends together.
Now, onto the bad side of social media. What if a stranger pretends to be someone you know and asks you to meet them, and you thought that was actually your friend, you could get tricked and get kidnapped or something. Also, someone take inappropriate pictures of you without you noticing and posting it on any kind of social media.Then people would stay away from you just because of that picture and they would think that how you actually are. However that's not the most scariest thing. The scariest thing is that you could get cyber bullied and you don't know who's doing it to you. For example ; You could get threats on social media, someone could say mean things about you continuously and you can' t ignore them. They could also post a nasty comment about you and convince a lot of people to turn against you. Something bad could happen to you. So always be careful on social media. You never know. Always be cautious!
Now you know that social media has both sides. It's very good and very bad at the same time. Make sure that you never set your profile picture as your face because someone could search you up. But you could always stay in touch with your friends. So, that's what social media looks like if never been on social media and why it's both good and bad. Always enjoy what's good about it, and always stay safe from what's bad about it!
