My Future Through Social Media

            As I start to think about the past and how they used to receive the new, it amazes me how long they used to have to wait to learn about what was happening around the world. At this moment, I just read how the Boston bomber received the death penalty.  If this had happened 20 years ago, how long would it have taken for us to learn about it? Technology combined with social media has allowed news to travel so much faster and to be accessible to such a larger audience. Sometimes, I’m not even looking for a specific thing but Facebook makes sure I’m being connected with as much news as I can.

            Another part of Social Media is how things can be shared with a large group of people. It’s impossible to know how many people have seen our pictures or videos on Facebook. Even with privacy, things can be shared or looked at because some of the people we know might not have the same set of privacies as we do. I like to read about the success stories of those being missing and they are found because of the help of Facebook or the love stories. With the help of Facebook, those that knew him recognized the Boston bomber through pictures and articles posted after the FBI had an idea of who had done those tragic things. I bet it was hard for them to believe that their friend had done such a thing but they recognize that he was a danger to the rest of the population. We have lost a lot of our privacy but at the same time we have gained other privileges with the presence of Social Media, but the question I always ask myself is “are the benefits of Facebook better than losing my privacy?” I still haven’t found an answer that makes me satisfied with the liberty I lost through Social Media. It’s not a simple task to just stop using it because I would 90% of my network and connection with my family but I will continue to wonder what I should do.