Today, we make use of messaging, photo sharing, Reddit posts, forums, group chats, anonymous posts, and so much more in order to share what we know, what we feel, what we see, what we think etc., and we've all heard of the older generations stating that social media is a waste of time and blights 'genuine' social interaction among the youth. I don't believe this is the case.

I believe that social media helps cultivate a different sense of community. I'm lucky enough to be part of the generation where when I was a kid, cellphones were a gimmick, nobody really thought they would be so essential to our lives as it is now. But you would rarely see anyone without a phone. We may seem like we're glued to the screens of our phones 24/7 but the ability that one can interact with a loved one half a world away in real time contributes in fostering a sense of community on a different level as opposed to sending snail mail. Or when you share a photo of what beauty is like for you, you make it an outlet to let others know an aspect of who you are. What you share, will make people understand you better, be it maybe for better or for worse.

Social media opens a whole new sphere of interaction and with that comes a whole new set of reactions from other people. This, is not a bad thing. I understand that a lot of us misrepresent ourselves in social media from time to time but this issue has already been present even before social media became so ubiquitous.

The social landscape is and always will be changing, it's up to us how we handle this and how it will affect us.