Social Media Unites People From All Walks of Life

Posted on by Daniel Fishbein

When pop culture welcomed social media into the fold, it ignited a debate on whether social media brought people closer together or ruined interpersonal interactions and set unrealistic expectations as people could maintain a near “perfect” persona using social media. While the negatives can’t be ignored, I see the benefits of social media every day on just about every medium. On my twitter timeline alone, human interest stories seem to bring people together regularly. For example, social media connects people in times of need in order to help each other out. Look no further than the two most recent natural disasters, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. There have been many cases of people using social media to help locate and save family, friends or even strangers.

Of course, there are less extreme benefits as well. Personally, my favorite thing about social media is its ability to keep me in touch (or at least in the loop) with people that I know from high school, camp, vacations, etc. These people are not necessarily ones I would want to call or text (if social media didn’t exist), but they are people I still enjoy keeping updated on. This allows us as people to keep a broader network of friends, acquaintances, and colleagues that does not die out as quickly as it did before the world of social media.

Overall, I think that social media brings the world closer together on both a personal level, like the one I just mentioned and on more of a “human interest” (i.e. the Hurricane examples). I’d urge people to be wary of becoming obsessed with social media, but to look for the good in it when used properly.

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