Social Media : Uses

Is social media good or bad?

I'm sure there are as many answers to this question, on both sides, as there are people using social media. Perhaps that number would even skew negative, if you also asked people not using social.

Social media, and the internet as a whole, has provided people with more access to information than they've ever had before. And not only more access, but quicker access - anyone with a mobile device can search for virtually any information they need, at any time.

Social networks began as a means of connecting with friends. How many of us sought out old friends from high school, or even grammar school, and were able to reconnect?

There has been a lot of discussion on the destructive and disruptive effects that social media can have on our lives.

Social media came into existence after 2000s by the introduction of facebook,twitter,gmail etc. It widely spread and then became a part of our lives.

For the first time ever, being social became easier than ever, even for somebody that was anti-social!

Well despite it's ill efects it is very fruitful and useful tool.Social media can also provide access to educational opportunities previously not available.

You can learn how to do almost anything you seek via videos and 'how-tos' on the internet, changing the way we learn.

Also you can be updated with whats happening round the globe.

But, BEWARE!

There's both real and "fake" information to be found via social content. People can find real news and they can find fake news, laid out as real.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, nor does it answer the original question, "Is social media a good thing or a bad thing?"

Perhaps we should be re-framing this question - perhaps the better question to ask is

"How can I use social media for good?"

What do you think? Let us know in the comments what your experience has been like.
I'll be glad hearing you out!