User talk:Saradubin

Social media is an app that runs on user generated content. Facebook, tumblr, Twitter, SnapChat, Instagram, and Pinterest are all social media sites that I personally use. Those are just the tip of the iceberg of social media apps. They serve as a way for individuals to communicate with people and businesses, showcase artwork or other hobbies, shop, and express ideas and opinions to a public forum. Not only is it extremely common to people to post text, photos, and videos from their personal lives, some of these which become viral. Vine, a social media app that was shut down by Twitter, allowed users to make short 6 second videos. Many of those videos told a story, were comical, and became viral, making some of the users "internet celebrities."

While there are many benefits to social media (staying in touch with friends and family, having a forum to express opinions and ideas, communicate with business), there are also some downfalls. A societal downfall is that many people become too absorbed in social media. They ignore real life to live a social media one. A business downfall is that it is much easier for people to post reviews and even easier for those bad reviews to spread like wildfire. Also, if a company posts something offensive (inadvertently or on purpose by and employee), it can result in bad press. Overall, everyone on social media should enjoy using it but be careful on what they post.