Anti-Social Media: the age of hate
“Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration” Social: “ living and breeding in more or less organized communities especially for the purposes of cooperation and mutual benefit ” The purpose of social media was help us get more connected, to share, collaborate, etc.; especially with people who lived far away. There is nothing social about the way we see it being used today: · Cyber bullying · Hate Speech · Shaming These are just some of the daily things that happen on social media, and it seems like we are at the point where this kind of negativity is overtaking the positive aspect of what it was created for. What is interesting is that people feel safe behind their computer screen, they say things to people vir...