Today, we use countless Social Network Services (SNS) such as Facebook and Twitter, and we can easily see thousands of 'Likes' or
'Favorites/Following' about the posts, even by people who 'I' don't know. In
addition to, it makes users interact with people across the world. However, do
SNS really play a role to keep an online relationship as much as an offline
relationship? The online relationship has ambiguity of 'real' friends and just
"SNS friend." As SNS goes commercialized,—companies let people share
their promotions’ posts and events—it's difficult that users say their own
thoughts/opinions. In other words, a personal 'space' is turned into spaces
which are kept under guard from others. Social media are influencing
relationship in that people who are behind a monitor have gradually no regards
each other.
On Facebook, 6-7
seconds funny videos are in fashion. Recently, I saw one of them, which deals
with joking ethnicity between a White person and a Black man. I think not only
this one fosters prejudice, but also other similar contents are still posted
which make stereotypes. In order to prevent SNS from being out of control, we
must keep in mind how to manage self-censorship.
Lim, you've made some really interesting points here. Social media can certainly facilitate relationships and sharing but we also have to be careful what we share and to make sure we do it without harm to others. Keep up the great work.
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