When it comes to my online presence, I don’t have the largest footprint compared to others. I don’t have my own website or my own brand. I mainly stick to social media. I use all the major social media sites. I have accounts on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook. When it comes to Instagram I mainly put up pictures of me with my friends and family or just pictures of myself doing fun things. On Twitter, I rant about everything going on in the world of sports and music. Snapchat I mainly just talk to my friends and Facebook I maybe check once a month. If someone glanced across my social media pages they could find out that I am an avid fan of all my favorite sports teams and that I also like to listen to music. People would also be able to find out that I like to go venture out and do a lot of things and see a lot of places.
When it comes to dealing with these social media sites and many other websites, there has been a history of personal info being leaked. The only kind of info I give out to websites is my email and that is only because you typically need an email to sign up for lots of websites. I never give out my phone number unless it is completely necessary because I do not feel comfortable with random websites having my phone number.
Social media is a place that can help people flourish but can also put people in the gutter. I feel that social media can absolutely make people lonely, depressed, and isolated. For some people that are on social media that maybe don’t have a lot of friends, seeing people together having fun all the time can definitely take a toll on one's mental health and stability. For example, “When you sign up for Google+ and set up your Friends circle, the program specifies that you should include only “your real friends, the ones you feel comfortable sharing private details with.” That one little phrase, Your real friends—so quaint, so charmingly mothering—perfectly encapsulates the anxieties that social media have produced: the fears that Facebook is interfering with our real friendships, distancing us from each other, making us lonelier.” (The Atlantic). That is just one small example of how social media could make us feel lonely.
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