My Responsibilities When Using Social Media.

By: Nur Hanis Humaira Binti Norhairol

World in presence is different from the past due to the revolution of 21 st

century. Therefore, social media is becoming a very hot potato over the years
because these are interactive computer-mediated technologies that allow
knowledge, ideas, career interest, and other forms of expression to be generated or
shared through virtual communities and networks. For example, Facebook,
Telegram and many more. This trendy platform is very popular among all human
generations especially the youth because they are one of the most dominant users of
social media. Social media is a debateable topic in humans’ life as it is similar to the two
sides of coin which means it comprises of advantages and disadvantages depending on
the users. Moreover, it is crucial for users to implement social media in a wise way into
their daily life. So, there are several responsibilities of me when using social media.

Firstly, no virtual criminal. Social media nowadays leads to world without

boundaries. This is because, all users can do anything by using this platform to do
many things anywhere and anytime. Therefore, it occurs not only among the older
ages but also the younger generation. For instance, spreading fake news or cyber
bully. In addition, these two are very popular virtual criminals among social media’s
users because the users can easily forward any information or messages to their
friends without having any authorised confirmation towards the information. For
instance, spreading the news about Covid-19 patients that are not officially from
Ministry of Health Malaysia or making a prank phone call or hacking other people
accounts for own benefits. Hence, it will spread like a wildfire then create a
uneasiness such as mayhem and chaos among in the general public because the
whole world is just at our fingertips nowadays. So, it is clearly shows that, me as a user
should avoid virtual criminals for a harmony humans’ life.

Secondly, avoid social media addiction. Social media abuse refers to anyone
who utilize the social network compulsively. For examples, people who are actively
monitoring Facebook status or stalking other people over hours. This means, they
spend too much time sticking themselves to the social media. Undeniably,
social media is a rising trends in the world today whereby it becomes a best friend of
everyone on earth. This is because, people spend their time with social media almost
around the clock in every single life aspect such as in education, jobs and even
shopping matters. In fact, it is normal to rely on social media as it promotes easiness
and simplicity into humans’ life. For example, users can simply access into myriads of
provided things through social media that could not be achieved easily in real life
especially documents, educational matters and even job vacancy promotion. However,
do not too depend on these virtual platforms because social media is not our God.
Furthermore, there is no formal scientific definition of social media use as a disorder plus
it has been a topic of considerable debate and study into the harmful condition of heavy
social media use. So, it is essential to me as a user to control this social media wisely
without addicting to it.

Lastly, social media is the perfect platform to shine yourself. Everyone has
their own talent. Therefore, it is a responsibility for each of them to explore then
showcase their hidden talent to act as an eye-opener for other people. People are
typically searching for opportunities to highlight their skills. There are number of
individuals who have gained attention through their creativity and diligent work since
social media has come into existence. This is because, due to the presence of social
media could possibly encourage humankind to elevate themselves into a higher level
in such many different ways of life suchlike education or business. For example,
business class people can promote their products through media social to the public
or home cooks can find new recipes via many virtual cooking platforms to hone their
cooking talents. In addition, world nowadays is getting more competitive and stiffer
as many talented people was discovered. That is why, human nowadays should
utilize social media in most aspects to avoid themselves left behind the ages. So, it is
such a lucrative chance to be grabbed for me as a user in order to have pinnacle
moments and to step ahead from anyone else among the publics with our own
talents.

In a nutshell, social media is a very controversial topic of discussion today as

it can be argued to be both a blessing and a curse to our generation. This is
because, technology is there to help us move forward, it is not created to waste our
time and make us less productive. It is crucial for human being to utilize the social
media in a very efficient and effective ways in order to assist and facilitate humans’
daily life. In fact, humans are the one who supposed to control the technology not the
technology controls human. Therefore, me as a user have listed several
responsibilities when using the social media because there are many pros and cons
for the presence of the social media into humans’ life and it all comes down to on
how humans use and implement social media into their life.

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