Nowadays, who tries to have no social media account. In the past we might have known Friendster or Facebook, but nowadays, there are many choices of social media with different functions. Some places share videos like Youtube, share images like Instagram, chat places like Whatsapp, share posts on micro blogs like Twitter, and much more.
With the proliferation of social media at this time, it will make it easier for us to get and share information quickly and cheaply. Because indeed one of the functions of social media is to facilitate everyday human activities.
Addiction to using social media occurs in various age groups, not only young people and teenagers, but children to parents today are also addicted to using social media.
This equalization is probably due to the use of smartphone and internet phones is not something that is difficult to find. In contrast to the past, gadgets and the internet are items that are only used by certain groups.
Then, talk about what the impact is. Yes, almost everything must have its own impact, as well as the use of social media. Impact will appear depending on how individuals or groups use social media itself. Well actually there are some good benefits and impacts if we use social media positively, among others.
1. Adding Friends
Social Media can be used as a place to expand our friendship network.
2. Place of Communication
Social Media can be used as a place to communicate wherever and whenever.
3. Sharing Place
Social Media can be used as a place to share, whether it's sharing ventures, outpouring of hearts, sharing stories, and sharing knowledge.
4. Knowledgeable
Without knowing social media makes us more intelligent, the more information we get, the broader our knowledge.
5. Opinion Place (Opinion)
If face to face, you might feel embarrassed, scared, and nervous to express your opinion. But on social media, we are free to express all our opinions without the need to face directly.
6. Become Yourself
Maybe in the real world, you are tired of being someone who is not yourself, well on social media, you can freely become whatever you like, even be yourself.
Now that's some of the benefits of good social media. But we must understand, if there are good benefits there must also be bad benefits caused by social media, among others.
1. Hoaxes and Slander Rampant
With the proliferation of information on social media, this has benefited a handful of groups and individuals to spread false news with specific aims and objectives.
2. Many Cloning Accounts
The biggest social media currently, Facebook, at the beginning of 2018 announced that most Facebook users have clone accounts and fake accounts. The percentage of duplicate accounts is 10%, and fake accounts are 4% of Facebook's monthly active users.
3. Many Spies
The most annoying thing on social media is "spying". Can be by spouse or boyfriend, family, to office people, with specific goals and intentions. This makes our privacy a little disturbed.
4. Addiction
With the various features that are present on social media will make you more addictive. Especially if you don't just update a day, you might be in the value of an outdated person.
5. The emergence of crime
Not everyone is good on social media. There have been many cases of people who are not responsible for using social media to commit crimes, such as fraud.
Now from the various positive and negative benefits above, it makes us understand a little about the effects of using social media. But to avoid negative things that are not wanted. The following are 10 ways and tips for using social media well and wisely.
HOW TO USE A SOCIAL MEDIA WELL
1. Friendship Filter
Almost all social media has a feature to filter anyone who can be friends and follow us. For example on Instagram, you can activate private account mode. This will limit the information that the public can access about yourself.
2. Install the Natural Profile Photo
Photos are the first thing other people will see, apart from identifying them as your account, photos can also cause other people to easily judge yourself. For example, when you put a photo that is not good to see, then imagine what others have in mind about the photo.
Not only profile photos, the photos that you share on social media will also be. It could be someone who is not responsible for storing your photos, and is used for things that are not good.
3. Think First before Making Status
This may look simple but it has an impact on ourselves. Most of us do not seem to think first about what we want to write on social media status, or language because "as long as it starts". It could be that your status can be offensive and even hurt other people's feelings, of course this is not good for us to do.
So before making a status, think first "What do you want to write, what is the purpose, and what are the effects". Don't get your status backfired on your own later on.
4. Publish Information There, Don't Be Personal
Providing information about self-identity is no problem. But it will be a problem if you provide information that is very personal. Such as telephone numbers, home addresses, and other important information.
Not teaching negative thinking, but it could be that important information becomes a gap that can be utilized by people who are not responsible for doing evil.
5. Wisely Sharing Content
We can assume that everything on social media is 100 percent content, both video, status, and images, all of which are also content. Now from that, have you ever shared other people's content on your social media? the answer may have been.
If ever. Maybe you should be wiser to share content on social media going forward. Because if you just share negative content, for example, profaganda, SARA, racist, treason, and so on. maybe you will look like you agree, support or acknowledge the content.
Instead of sharing unclear content, it's better to share positive content, such as content that can educate, or content that can increase knowledge.
6. Wisely Choose the Information Get
Lots of information that we will get on social media. And do not rule out the possibility. half of the information we get is hoax information. Therefore, it is selective to sort out information on social media. Do not easily trust information that is not yet clear source.
7. Don't Like to Show Off
One of the most annoying things on social media is when we see someone making a status that seems to show off. Yes, sometimes showing off is also no problem, sometimes sharing all achievements and achievements with the intention of being able to motivate others is a positive thing too.
But the positive thing might turn out to be negative if the word "show off" gives the impression of degrading others, looks arrogant, and looks most special on its own. Yes, maybe those people in their life get very little "Praise", or maybe their lives are not happy so they are looking for happiness in the "Virtual" world.
There is no need to force yourself to get recognition from other people, because people who are truly sincere love you do not need all the recognition. Therefore, avoid making statuses that seem to want to show off.
8. Don't Oversharing / Spamming
Make an impression to social media friends that you are not someone who likes to "get dumped". Even though we all have the right to post anything on social media, but if it's too oversharing "everything that has to be done must be said", maybe that isn't good. Because it will make you not attractive in the eyes of others. Do not let you be labeled as a "lebay" person.
And again, don't think when you see a social media porch that looks lonely like a "graveyard" there is absolutely nothing special they can share. Because life could be "real" in the world happier than the "virtual" world. So, avoid Oversharing and Spamming.
9. Always Have Ethics When Interacting in Social Media
Next is maintaining ethics when interacting on social media. Among us may often comment on a post on social media. Well if yes, try to keep the comments in a reasonable corridor. Avoid insinuating and respecting other people's feelings, then, do not have to put out harsh words, even if you don't know each other. That's because your comments will be seen by the public.
10. Necessary Interactions Only
Limit interaction on social media as needed, whether it's commenting, conversations, or giving a liking. Respect other people's privacy, we better "just know enough" than make other people feel uncomfortable.
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