Social Media and Friendship

On the Merry-go-Round of Life

I was thinking about this recently and came to the conclusion social media changes friendship.  Take for example, I have noticed on some Facebook pages that some people only use it for casual, unimportant stuff. Once upon a time, friends would take an interest to really see how their friends are doing and to really talk to each other.  Now it seems that being uncommunicative is the norm for some who "speak" in vague monotones.

Don't get me wrong some people are really genuine and they really care about each other. However, there seem to be a lot of "Likes" going on rather than actual conversation.  Even on Twitter, where the art of casual friendship and acquaintances is defined, people are too busy trying to get more "Followers" than to actually read a Tweet sent from or by someone they do follow!  It seems that the popularity of Social Media, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and even Instagram, have conditioned many to the irrelevance of being involved without commitment.

For the people that are too far away, left behind or newly discovered, Social Media when used the proper way can be a fantastic tool to foster and bond friendships, old and new; and mend families who wants a relationship with each other, if there is none.  But it doesn't do well for so many who really don't want to be bothered with anyone, much less the real people in their own lives!

I was curious to see if anyone else had a similar take as I do and did a search on Google and found an article written by Jay Baer, Social Media & Content Strategist,  he says even more than I have in his article, and I agree with him wholeheartedly! You can read his views by clicking on the previous link!