The Awakening of the Internet and Social Media

            I remember the first encounter I had with the Wide World Web. I had asked my aunt to use her computer for games but then she asked if I wanted to play games of the Internet. Confused and excited, I accepted her offer. More than 15 years later, I would have never thought that the use of the Internet would allow us to accomplish so much in so little time. Most of the time, my dad would have to wait until the end of the night to know what was going on around the world or have to wait until the next morning to learn about what had happened the day before. How things have changed throughout the last few years. There should be a new connect in physics the speed of information.

            Search engines, Social Media and technology all working together to create a sea of information available inside of our pockets. But I always think and ask myself, “How can I know that all this information is true?” It’s impossible to find a legit primary source theses days. You look a Facebook; an individual is posting one thing. Then you look at Twitter, another individual is posting about the same story but there is a twist to the story. How does we know what to believe in? Social Media is a tremendous method to stay connected with the world around us. I can talk and see my family in Brazil for free and at anytime I want. There was never another time in the world that such privileged was giving to us.  It’s so easy to use and valuable to me. As I read the article published by Princeton, I didn’t buy it. I think the more technology is becoming available around the world and becoming more accessible, more people are learning about social media and how they be connected to the rest of the world. I understand that some social medias are more desirable than others but the little I know and have experienced from Facebook, I really don’t think it’s going to lose its users unless Mark decides to do the same thing as the creator of Flappy Bird. Social media and the Internet came to stay and it has become part of our lives. As much we try to stay away from it, we will always go back to it because it has become a necessity to us.