Dear Social Media,
Die in a fire!
Signed
A woman who wants humanity restored back to humanity!
Forgive me if I sound brash, but I’ve gone on many Twitter rants about my distaste for social media simply because of what I think it’s doing to our society. Little by little, with each uploaded fight video, our sensitivity is slowly eroding away and in its place–a generation who shoulder shrugs at life’s most heinous and tragic events.
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Since news broke of the Boston Marathon Explosion that injured 170 and killed three, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter have become a hodgepodge of “thoughts and prayers for Boston,” but also gruesome photos of those injured participants.
Blood soaked concrete streets, burned flesh and the visual agony of those who have lost limbs began to merit likes, retweets and shares. And while all this was happening, in the back of my mind, I couldn’t help but ask myself why? For what?
Has our desire to be the first of all our friends to post something no one else has seen, grown so great– or deplorably low– we’re willing to facilitate in the voyeurism of someone else’s pain?
https://twitter.com/GurujiSingh/status/324565377780695041
https://twitter.com/Elliot_Friar/status/324565365583667200
We’ve developed an unexplainable fetish where not only do we lust in the agony and horror of others, but now we share it with our friends, bringing the old adage “misery loves company” to new heights.
Okay, yes, not everyone or everything on social media is negative. Separated family members have found one another using Facebook and I can’t get enough of Kid President, his cheeks, two piece suit and that lisp that makes him even more lovable, but those sweet moments–the moments that make your heart smile–are so few and far between, they’re becoming obsolete in today. Kinda like phone booths or the milk man. What and who?!
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Not only do we no longer care, we’re turning people’s pain into fodder. Countless inappropriate memes and Tweets were made after Louisville Guard Kevin Ware broke his leg. Photos of the actual bone protruding from the 20 year old’s leg forced some to look away out of pure inability to stomach the sight, but became a sick fascination for most. The fascination made Ware into the butt of several online jokes, that were just not funny.
Is no one else scared? Am I the only one worried that social media coupled with this laissez-faire attitude to life’s most dangerous and faith-shaking events taking place is slowly turning us all into robots?
Is social media ushering us into a world where having emotion, shedding a tear or at the very least exercising tact, is slowly become a thing of the past? We’ve willingly forfeited our privacy with social media, but is human decency on its way out too?
What do you think about social media at the times of tragedy? Let’s get a conversation going.
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Dear Social Media,
Die in a fire!
Signed
A woman who wants humanity restored back to humanity!
Forgive me if I sound brash, but I’ve gone on many Twitter rants about my distaste for social media simply because of what I think it’s doing to our society. Little by little, with each uploaded fight video, our sensitivity is slowly eroding away and in its place–a generation who shoulder shrugs at life’s most heinous and tragic events.
Must Read: Social Media Keeps People Talking, But Who’s Listening?
Since news broke of the Boston Marathon Explosion that injured 170 and killed three, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter have become a hodgepodge of “thoughts and prayers for Boston,” but also gruesome photos of those injured participants.
Blood soaked concrete streets, burned flesh and the visual agony of those who have lost limbs began to merit likes, retweets and shares. And while all this was happening, in the back of my mind, I couldn’t help but ask myself why? For what?
Has our desire to be the first of all our friends to post something no one else has seen, grown so great– or deplorably low– we’re willing to facilitate in the voyeurism of someone else’s pain?
https://twitter.com/GurujiSingh/status/324565377780695041
https://twitter.com/Elliot_Friar/status/324565365583667200
We’ve developed an unexplainable fetish where not only do we lust in the agony and horror of others, but now we share it with our friends, bringing the old adage “misery loves company” to new heights.
Okay, yes, not everyone or everything on social media is negative. Separated family members have found one another using Facebook and I can’t get enough of Kid President, his cheeks, two piece suit and that lisp that makes him even more lovable, but those sweet moments–the moments that make your heart smile–are so few and far between, they’re becoming obsolete in today. Kinda like phone booths or the milk man. What and who?!
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Not only do we no longer care, we’re turning people’s pain into fodder. Countless inappropriate memes and Tweets were made after Louisville Guard Kevin Ware broke his leg. Photos of the actual bone protruding from the 20 year old’s leg forced some to look away out of pure inability to stomach the sight, but became a sick fascination for most. The fascination made Ware into the butt of several online jokes, that were just not funny.
Is no one else scared? Am I the only one worried that social media coupled with this laissez-faire attitude to life’s most dangerous and faith-shaking events taking place is slowly turning us all into robots?
Is social media ushering us into a world where having emotion, shedding a tear or at the very least exercising tact, is slowly become a thing of the past? We’ve willingly forfeited our privacy with social media, but is human decency on its way out too?
What do you think about social media at the times of tragedy? Let’s get a conversation going.
Follow HelloBeautiful On Twitter!
Related Stories:
President Obama Responds To Boston
Authorities Recover Circuit Board, Pressure Cover Lid In Boston Bombing
Check Out This Gallery Of What Black Women Want In America