My 12 year old cousin is on Instagram. I was on myspace when I was that age. So who cares. Maybe it's our different personalities but I freaked out when I saw that hashtagged sexy one of the pictures she posted of herself and her best friend. #SEXY! Are you kidding me?!
When I was thirteen, I was goth and punk and all over the place. The pictures I posted online were of me climbing a tree. I think I called myself a bitch when I turned 15. Right after I got myspace I understood that your top 8 and your pictures were super important. I'm sure it's the same thing now with my cousin and Instagram. But seriously, I was comfortable with using the word sexy until I went to college. And lets just say I didn't grow up with a computer or the internet. The internet was never my life. I'll admit I wanted to be on Facebook all the time and I wanted to be on myspace, but there was only one computer in the house and it was in my parents' bedroom. Not a lot of access there.
Kids that are growing up with the internet and Facebooking, and tweeting, and instagraming, and whatever else there is are growing up way too fast. They get exposed to so many things so quickly. In my opinion, that sucks. Why should tweens be exposed to adult life so early. I don't want my 12 year old cousin referring to herself as sexy. She can call herself sexy in front of her husband, not on Instagram where anybody can see her picture if they just search #sexy. Next thing I know, she'll be posting a picture of herself in a bikini at the beach posing like a Victoria's Secret model. Ughh!
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
So over social networking!
How many young adults do you know that don't have a phone, or a tablet, or a laptop? I know zero. My cousin got a cell phone when she was 9 years old. What do we mainly use these things for? THE INTERNET!!!!
I've been on social networks since I was in middle school. First there was myspace, then there was Facebook, then twitter, then Instagram, and whatever else. I can honestly say, that now at 22, IM SO OVER IT!!!
I understood social networking between middle school and high school, now I just don't see the point. Back then, I would be glued to the computer. First there was IMing your friends and checking your new friend requests and picking the best background for your myspace page and a song that would be different from everybody else's. It's so tiring! I'll admit, I still check my Facebook and Instagram once a day because I'm bored waiting for the train. I don't post anything on Facebook but I like some of the posts that people share, and a picture will appear of me on Instagram because one of my friends made me do it.
I know that people say you can be your true self online because it's a completely different world. But seriously, some of the people you social network with are people you see in real life. Whether they're colleagues or class mates or neighbors, they will see your "true identity" online and then see what you are in the real world. Why are people so comfortable with posting things online that they would never share otherwise.
I've been on social networks since I was in middle school. First there was myspace, then there was Facebook, then twitter, then Instagram, and whatever else. I can honestly say, that now at 22, IM SO OVER IT!!!
I understood social networking between middle school and high school, now I just don't see the point. Back then, I would be glued to the computer. First there was IMing your friends and checking your new friend requests and picking the best background for your myspace page and a song that would be different from everybody else's. It's so tiring! I'll admit, I still check my Facebook and Instagram once a day because I'm bored waiting for the train. I don't post anything on Facebook but I like some of the posts that people share, and a picture will appear of me on Instagram because one of my friends made me do it.
I know that people say you can be your true self online because it's a completely different world. But seriously, some of the people you social network with are people you see in real life. Whether they're colleagues or class mates or neighbors, they will see your "true identity" online and then see what you are in the real world. Why are people so comfortable with posting things online that they would never share otherwise.
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