I am going to get my opinion out there right away: I HATE SOCIAL MEDIA. I do not believe it is a positive aspect of American society. Some people say social media is the bridge from the scholarly world to the regular world. If I wanted to read about the scholarly world I would go to the library, not twitter. 

Social media has become the most used part of the internet. Over 75 percent of 18-25-year-olds have a social media page. Most Americans have some form ofsocial media and use it at least once a day. 

The only things I ever see on Twitter are subtweets (which I will define later for those that may not know what these are), bullying and people trying to be funny- — even when they don’t have a funny bone in their body. 

My biggest issue with social media is the existence of subtweets or subposts. For those of you who may not know, these are very vague tweets or statuses directed toward or about  someone who the tweeter or Facebook user wants to address under the veil of indirectly addressing them. They are the most annoying things on social media. Prior to social media, if you wanted to say these things to someone you actually had to go talk to them. 

With the evolution of social media, bullying has reached a whole new level. It doesn’t just end in high school. 

There is bullying at all ages. Bullying used to subsist after school or after the work day, but there is a constant flow of bullying social media knows no confines. 

It has been shown that there is a direct correlation between a person’s self-confidence and how many likes or favorites they get. Many people feel depressed after they post something that doesn’t get any likes. Social media has changed how people see themselves. It has become so pervasive that people measure their popularity based on their social media pages. 

The most annoying thing on social media is when people try to be funny. People, you aren’t funny! No matter how many favorites or likes you get, it still isn’t funny! I wish people would spare the rest of us and just assume everything that they put on social media is not interesting or funny.

Although these are my beliefs, I still have a Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Vine account. I really think that social media is a horrible thing that happened to American society, but I think that it is already such a large part of today’s society that if a person isn’t on social media there is no real evidence that you are alive. 

If you want to follow me on social media my twitter handle is @gabegravert. Don’t expect anything too exciting.