Social Media and its Impacts on privacy

Social networking can sometimes be very addicting. People may not realize how fast the time passes by when they are in the virtual world. People spend hours on websites like facebook and twitter, procrastinating on something they need to accomplish. Sometimes users try to look for happiness in the virtual world and miss out on the important responsibilities of the real world. People tend to compare their lives with others looking at the posts and pictures posted on these social networking sites. People focus more on showing the world that they are happy rather than being happy. I see a lot of people around me taking pictures JUST to post on facebook. In the past, pictures were a means for creating memory for us to savor and not for the world