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"There is compelling evidence that the devices we've placed in young peoples hand's are having profound effects on their lives - and making them seriously unhappy." The problem is stated right here, "young peoples hand's". It used to be you had to be older to get phone, mean while today it wouldn't be out of the ordinary to buy a phone for someone as young as 10. This is a big part of the problem because of the world this opens up to such a young mind, making them think that living on social media is the norm. I think if you can purchase a phone with your own money, you can have one, as at this point you know more about the world and can make better decisions with it

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I agree with some of the things mentioned in this article, however I think author could have done a better job of choosing people to interview. The girls that interviewed were all very obviously addicted to their phones and social media accounts, to a greater extent than the average person. Most people have one Instagram account, not five, and they are not constantly posting. I do agree with the aspect that social media is an addictive thing for teens today and that it can contribute to poor mental health, but I don't think the consequences are quite as bad as the author was trying to tell us they are. I think this article is only showing the one extreme and expecting everyone to be like the girls interviewed, which is not true.

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There are some facts that I can't really argue with, because it's statistics but for many of things that the girls said in this article is so over exaggerated. For example, one of them said that " its like breathing" and another said they "wake up every 2 hours" to check on it.

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As much as I love social media and agree with the girls on some aspects, I also think that they take their social media a bit too seriously. The way the girls stress and obsess over their multiple social media accounts is definitely not good for their physical or mental health. As great as social media is, it also has many negative effects that come with it.

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The article seemed to be very stereotypical, not a lot of teenagers actually follow the "tagging rule" I had no idea it existed.

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I agree with some parts of the article. We, as teenagers, seem to have close attachments to our devices and prefer to communicate to people over text than any other way. However, this article displays the extreme obsession of social media that the majority of teenagers just don't have time or energy for.

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I disliked that the article treated an extremity as the normality

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I think that for this article they only selected extreme examples and were't selecting a diverse enough group to to get the whole picture

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I agree with a lot of what was said in the article, however, I think a lot of it was more extreme than it is for most people. I do believe it affects the majority of people's mental health but I don't think someone should be waking up every two hours in the night to check social media

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It more implies that social media is far worse than our mental health "That sounds harmless in comparison with having sex and drinking alcohol and smoking. But for mental health, it’s not harmless."
There are studies showing that certain drugs and sex help your mental state, but for a developing brain they're dangerous in their own way

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I think that this article was the extremes. Social media can be such a good way to reach out to others and meet people you might never. I would say a truth from this is the pressure of posting on social media and what people will think of your post. We all make judgements on things whether we voice them or not and no one wants bad thoughts going to peoples heads when looking at a picture of them.

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I think this article was heavily dramatized. The actions and routines the girls have in place for social media and their phones places an image on our generation. Of course there are the odd people that do seriously have an unhealthy obsession with their devices, but that’s usually not the case with most teens. Social media and technology can be harmful, but it’s also extremely helpful. We shouldn’t let the few examples such as these girls, generalize our generation.

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This article had the most extreme examples, I don't believe that it's normal to have more than two accounts or checking your phone multiple times throughout the night. The article was not representing all teens but a few of the most extreme.

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whose life is lame enough to have an account just too see how your feed looks? I relate to a lot of the content but over the years I’ve learned to simply do the minimum of what is important to me because I’m too busy. For example, I don’t see the point in sending a blank screen saying streaks because thats basically faking the friendship because your eyes not actually talking about anything meaningful. Or if you interrupt and kill a meaningful conversation by simply sending streaks. There’s many people that don’t go to extremes as these girls do but mostly it’s true

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I think this article was very extreme and did not accurately depict what social media is really like for teens. The author was going for a shock factor to better grasp the attention of the reader, and in turn made teenagers today look bad. Some aspects made sense, like the decrease in rebelliousness, because we do spend a lot of time on our phones; but I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing entirely.

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"Of course, it’s no secret that smartphones and social apps are designed to be addictive." This is a big part of the problem when it comes to the negative aspects of social media.

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I disliked that the article was treating an extremity as the normality.

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I dislike the whole article espically when the lady said having her phone is like breathing. I am the complete opposite as the people in the article.

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I do agree with some aspects of the article, however I do think the article was a bit dramatic, also they selected a very specific group being tennage girls. I think that they pick and chose what they wanted to present and made social media sound like an extreme cituation when it isn’t that big of a deal. Teenagers in this generation are smoking and drinking less compared to past generations, also there’s less teenage arrests. Teenagers may be going through a social media addiction, but they are more driven to be a better generation than past ones.

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I think overall this article was very true. Most people can't live without being on social media. Some people have a hard time disconnecting with social media and connecting with the real world. People don't talk face to face anymore they would rather text each other. There weren't very many aspects of this article that don't connect to me. I'm not the type of person who has to always be on social media. This article made it sound like every girl is the same.

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i think some of what they were saying in this article was true. although the girls they choose to interview were an extreme. i find that most people today are on social media but they are not often on it to increase popularity. i think most people are on social media more to share what they like to do and what things have done. its more of a way of expressing your self. everything in this article seemed to be an exaggeration of what the normal is.

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Didn’t like the comments about it being more dangerous than what people used to do for fun. Personally I would prefer to be a little depressed my phone died than to have lung cancer or aids

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I agree with a small amount of what was stated in the article but much of it was very extra and very unnecessary with the extent that they do with social media.

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Some of the issues in this article were relatable for me, but others were over my head; the idea of waking up through the night to check my phone hurts my brain (who does that??)

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I liked the scientific aspects of the article such as where the author mentioned the attaining span of humans over the past years. But I also think they took one extreme situation and made it sound like that was every teenager’s situation, when in reality most likely not even half of teenagers are that obsessed over social media.

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I think the article was true but also very dramatized. I don’t know anyone that puts that much thought into tags on Instagram or purposely wakes up every 2 hours to check their phone. I agree social media can be the cause of alot  of anxiety and sadness but I also believe it’s a great place to reach out to people as well.

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I honestly did not like this article. The girls have an extreme connection to their phone and it's unhealthy. The huge amounts of sleep loss just to get up every two hours to text a boyfriend or sleepless nights is rediculus. My boyfriend and i both go to school he lives in guelph and goes to school at conastoga college and if we were to stay up all night talking neither of us would be able to go to school because we would feel dead. I disagree with everything that they stand for on this topic because with sleep deprivation comes mental and physical health concerns. Like taking your phone to the bathroom to keep updated while in the shower. The most I use my phone for in the shower is music not to text people. I don't understand how people think it's a good idea to constantly be on your phone. I hate being on my phone constantly. It gives me migraines. I don't understand how they have not felt the short term affects of constant phone use. The long term affects are going to seriously hurt them and they will regret the constant usage of their phones.

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I agree with some aspects of the article and general opinions about social media, but think it is over exaggerated, as many people are just on because they find it fun and interesting, not because they'll die if they aren't on.

I personally also think phones are an amazing thing because I use mine for work everyday, society is much more connected and efficient and knowledgeable than previous generations.

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“It used to be, to be cool, you had to drink or you had to smoke or you had to have sex. Now, to be cool, you have to be on Instagram and post the cool pictures that everybody likes, and have a lot of followers."

So we should be doing drugs? Some parts of the article I agree with, such as the anxiety that may come with phones, or the reduction of social interaction. However, the article seems to be viewing the issues as extremes, and over dramatizing in the name of journalism.

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