Social Media: A Weapon of Recreation or Distraction

Isn’t everyone? With the coronavirus posing a threat to our families and us, the decision to stay at home is by far the wisest one.

Understandably, being on house quarantine requires certain forms of activities to do for when we are bored and also when we’re not bored.

In both cases, the answer largely seems to be social media.

Even if we do not admit it, deep inside, we know that it has become an addiction. The first and the last activity of the day involves us logging onto either Facebook or Instagram.

However, social media has its uses- in both positive and negative ways.

It provides us with vast information about everything happening around the world. Expressing views, socializing & interaction are a few of the most frequent activities we do on social media.

Connecting people is one of the key features for which people use social media.

I’m sure all of you like to keep yourself updated with the various trends which are easily revealed via social media. It works as a form of entertainment with people posting updates, photos, and videos of their everyday lives & activities.

There are several examples of social media sites where Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are generally deemed to be the true giants.

You want to be in touch with friends, you go to Facebook.

You want to scroll through your feed and see people posting about food, places, and everything, in the form of pictures and videos, you log into Instagram.

You are fond of micro-blogging and wish to send and receive posts from your favorite personalities, you sign up on Twitter.

You might love to binge on funny standups, cooking recipes, catch up with your favorite content creators, and even watch an hour or two of random Youtube videos.

The list is never-ending. With each day, we are introduced to new platforms and get absorbed into it.

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