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I dont see PC as social media personally, I see it as a support group. I have facebook, insta and I follow a few people on twitter(never tweet myself). I do not ever post anything on social media that I wouldnt say to people in person. I only have 100 friends and I actually know and have spoken to them. If I wouldnt go see you or pick up the phone and talk to you then I do not have you on my list. I occasionally go through purges where I reassess whether or not there has been any positive interactions between me and a friend and unfriend if there has been none. I have people I went to HS with that request me all the time and I deny them. I mean, you couldnt give a crap in school but now you are all of a sudden interested in my life? Anything you post can always be found out and dragged up from the internet graveyard. This is what I think the millennials, gen z's, y's (whatever) lose sight of. They see social media as an extension of the real world and see these perfect instagram lives and it makes them feel bad about their own lives. Or they openly fight with comments back and forth. Or they take it seriously. I think there is a real risk with middle and high school kids. They use social media as weapons against each other, especially the girls. And as easy as it is for me to say not to worry about it, it doesnt matter, its their whole world. Suicides and bullying have occured due to people ganging up on someone or spreading rumors. I guess being old and wise and having hindsight makes it easy for me to tell them it wont matter in 10 years but its really relevant for them now.
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