LIFE WITHIN SOCIAL MEDIA

H ave you ever wondered what will our lives be without social media? It is miserable
that social media has been dominant over us. As it has become an essential part of
our day-to-day life.

February 04, 2004, Mark Zuckerberg created "TheFacebook.com". A platform wherein his
colleague students from Harvard University could express their views and thoughts. Later on,
this became a source of communication and also knowing new people. Over the course of
time, Facebook reached people from all over the world.

By late 2010, Facebook was a hit. 550 Million Users were registered across the world. Many
other application were launched in that period. Instagram, WhatsApp, and Twitter were one
of those. As time passed, people started using these Applications as a source of
communication, a platform to share their views and thoughts.

In Today's World, Social Media is not only a means of communication. Social Media is a
business, it is a boredom buster, it is a source of information and it is also used for marketing.
But for a few people, Social Media has become a drug. They feel edgy if they don't get to use
social media. They spend their maximum time over it. They are more concerned about their
social life than their personal life. People tend to be fake or unreal, just to follow the trends
on Social Media.

Another set of people are Adults (age 45-80). Most of the time misconceptions are created.
These people are the user of Facebook and WhatsApp. They tend to believe in everything
they see and read. For example, if there's a video viral showing there's a disaster happening in
America, they will believe in it without crosschecking it somewhere else. And that video gets
forwarded in groups and personal messages.

Social Media is doing its best in the Business Sector and Marketing Field. But on the other
hand, it is being negatively used. Social Media is the best platform where a marketer can
spread awareness to the potential group of people, but also Social Media is a platform where
a large group of people can be misunderstood by fake news and inappropriate thoughts.

Mobile Phones were invented in the late 1960s. Before that people still enjoyed their life.
Don't let Social Media seize our brain. Try coming out of social life and explore the outer
world.

“I did think that someone would build a global social platform. I just thought there was no
chance it would be us.”
-Mark Zuckerberg