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Social Media is Simultaneously One Of The Most Incredible and Terrible Inventions of the 21st Century

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That’s my opinion I find the concept of social media hard to tackle in my brain because of my view on but curious to see what you think.

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  • It took me a long time (and basically peer pressure) to create an account on Facebook.

    Now, I feel that it's a good outlet for me to show off a carefully edited 'front'. (Not to say that it's a lie, just a presentation where I have the luxury of thinking carefully of what I want to show to the outside world - something that in 'live interactions' I often beat myself up for not being able to communicate the exact nuances that I really want to.)

    I am quite blunt / brutal about not accepting friends who I haven't met, and blocking anything that gets on my nerves.

    And in the absence of local friends and many meaningful in-person relationships, I think I would have awful problems without it.

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  • It took me a long time (and basically peer pressure) to create an account on Facebook.

    Now, I feel that it's a good outlet for me to show off a carefully edited 'front'. (Not to say that it's a lie, just a presentation where I have the luxury of thinking carefully of what I want to show to the outside world - something that in 'live interactions' I often beat myself up for not being able to communicate the exact nuances that I really want to.)

    I am quite blunt / brutal about not accepting friends who I haven't met, and blocking anything that gets on my nerves.

    And in the absence of local friends and many meaningful in-person relationships, I think I would have awful problems without it.

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