Week 14- Changing Social Media

While technology and social media can be used as a tool, in this day and age it seems to be doing just the opposite. While there are people who have been able to use social media platforms for their personal gain, whether that be to become sponsored, blow up on TikTok, or just start a business. There are many other negative aspects of using these platforms. For example, social media becomes stressful/ negative to many when they matter about the followers, likes, comments, etc. At this point, this is what many individuals look at and what matters to them, which sucks. I will admit that I have been a part of this where I did care how I looked on platforms, but not I just seem to not care about anyone else and just do it for me. 

As social media become more toxic and negative, Gen Z is turning to other platforms such as BeReal. This app lets you capture moments then and there with no filters or anything, just a raw look at what you are doing now. Which, I personally like it because you don't care about your likes or anything, it just becomes a simpler look at how social media used to be. However, there is a downfall to this because when you get the notification to post, most people, including me at times, wait until I am doing something a bit more fun to actually post on the app. So, it sort of defeats the purpose of the app in a way because you are waiting to do something more entertaining than actually being real.