Has Social Media Taken Over?

If you read this post the likelihood is that you have clicked a link from a social media site such as Twitter or Facebook. The amount of people who use social media sites is huge each minute of each day and the speed that a story can fly around the world is unbelievable.

Who can remember a time when mobile phones were the next big thing? Then came the mobile with the camera and that was a huge step forward. Now I think where can the next step be? You can do almost anything from a mobile phone or a computer. From updating your pictures from your latest nights out to ordering your groceries to even stalking (OK following your favourite celebs on Twitter). The sheer pace that websites like these have taken since their early predecessors such as Myspace and Bebo show you that people want to know what’s happening with everyone all the time and nearly makes it impossible to live a life free from invasion.

If you don’t have an account with a social media site chances are you will be on one in some form, whether it be people talking about you or pictures from a night out that a friend has uploaded. The way in which news is reported nowadays depends on people out and about with their video camera and sending it in to the news channels. Think for a minute. What would you be doing with your time if social media did not exist? How would you keep in contact with your friends at all times? Who would you tell that you are tired but can’t sleep and all the rest of the pathetic stuff that people upload on to these sites (we all do it at some point).

But social media does exist and i think it will just continue to expand and grow as time goes by. So you have to either embrace it or ignore it. Whatever you think it has changed the world forever and a lot of people have become stuck in a rut as the constantly need their fix – some might say it is an addiction which in a lot of cases is true. Social media is the worlds way of staying connected and in my opinion it may always be around in some form to annoy, intrigue and help us.