https://padlet.com/jadechoo/4oreuy6ze4m Made with a wish on a star en-us 2016-09-19 15:15:26 UTC 2026-01-03 19:26:11 UTC hello@padlet.com jadechoo https://padlet.com/jadechoo/4oreuy6ze4m/wish/124782296 2016-09-19 15:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jadechoo/4oreuy6ze4m/wish/124782296 jadechoo https://padlet.com/jadechoo/4oreuy6ze4m/wish/124782301 Hi everyone, my name is  Choo Chen Kuan. Im here to talk about the disadvantages of social media. First of all, social media apparently give a license to be hurtful. I think it has gotten to an extreme point where you can say things you can’t say or get away with in person. So, I’m disappointed whenever I hear about social media being used as a way to hurt people. I wonder if this happens when the writers forget that there are real people behind the screen.

Besides this, social media decreases face-to-face communication skills. Computer reliance could hurt a person’s ability to have a face to face conversation by making it awkward and unusual to hear something and respond with a thoughtful message through the spoken word because of one’s dependence on a keyboard to convey a message.

After that,social media Diminishes Understanding and Thoughtfulness. Since the inception of social networking, the quality of conversations has dropped. I believe that people are spending so much time online that they don’t always understand the feeling, emotion and/or character of the person they are talking to. When you talk to someone through a message or even a voice, you can’t always fully understand them. Social networking has ruined the thoughtfulness in basically saying hello in person. 

 Next, social media facilitates laziness. The new socially active era causes laziness because instead of running to your friends you can message them. Or instead of walking upstairs to notify the family of dinner, I can blog it. Social networking makes life so convenient that it creates laziness. In my opinion staying fit is important, but it is difficult to go beyond the newly developed status quo.
It’s really easy to spend hours doing nothing. It’s a fantastic way to waste time.

Last but not least, when I have my phone out, it makes me feel like nothing else is going on around me. I use social media as a way to feel popular, important, and also just to fit in. My friends and I always compare ourselves to each other, wondering who has more Facebook friends or Twitter followers. But what really ends up happening is I begin to talk less and end up relying on text for a conversation. Ever since I got a smartphone I have been distracted from everything. I watch television less, do homework less, and even spend less time with my friends and family.]]> 2016-09-19 15:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jadechoo/4oreuy6ze4m/wish/124782301