Reflection 7

            This week we get a chance to hear from the other group presenting on their specific apps assigned, and I learn so much about these different apps and all of these apps are new to me except Facebook. I find it very interesting how these apps are useful but can be very damaging in most ways. I think the problem is not with the social media but with the users. After learning about all these apps and the features they provides, I found them to be very useful and satisfying to most of us. It helps a lot of business and individuals to reach a specific goal and help them connected with others. However, it has its downside where people are changing and they no longer become their true self. Some peoples become so addicted to these tools that it becomes part of their daily routine that they realize how much time they are wasting on these social media. I have also seen some people who had become very aggressive because of social media. And it’s crazy to see how people react and responds to some nonsense status, or to people whom they not even know on web. These is one of the reasons I was interested in talking about over sharing which leave us with the question: “how much information is too much information?” I don’t understand some people who post everything they up to, their every meal, where they going and every little things going on with their life. I don’t think these people know that they are not the only ones who can view their status. And I think we should start teaching our kids especially in school on how to use these social media wisely because children can very careless at times. I think these are ones of the reasons why some kids become bullies on line and ruin other children lives because they are not taught of these things. And I really like the video in class about trolling and cyber bullying and his suggest of learning to ignore trolls or mark them as SPAM. I think these is hard to most people because they want attentions, but like the video mentions: there is nothing that the trolls hates but ignoring. Thus, if we can only learn to ignore things we would the avoid pressure on social media. Social media brings out the worst in some people and everyone should consider this effects and start making a difference.