Wrap up and reflections

The future of social media is a very hot topic especially with the things that people post on the web today. I don't know what the next big social media site is or if there will ever be a new one. But I can confidently say whatever the future brings it will effect all of us. Social media is not just a thing young kids do it is something that the whole world does. Whether it is harlem shake videos or duck faced selfies the whole world knows about each and every phenomenon that goes onto social media. The way we live our lives or even interact with others is all effected by the way social media is used. For instance it is now a very common cultural thing for girls to wear skimpy outfits because those get the most likes on facebook and instagram and the most retweets on twitter. Even if it is 40 degrees outside I guarantee you I can walk onto campus and find a girl in short shorts. When we see things on these websites no matter if we think they are the coolest or dumbest thing ever we remember it. Social media is not so much at connecting with others but making memories and storing them later for tweetable moments or the best facebook posts of the day.The thing that is hardest for me to get my head around about social media is how do we come to where we are now How did we get to the point where if you do something very slutty or just stupid you become popular and get all the likes and all the "followers" who will sit in front of screen and hit that like or share button. We are society focused on power and being liked and selling our bodies and thoughts so that people will like us. We are pretty much all prostitutes and our pimp is Facebook, Instagram, Twitter you name it someone has done something degrading or harmful to themselves or just opened up their hearts to people who will only use them and hurt them more or just exploit them and encourage them to do it again by simply pushing a button. I do not know where the future of social media is going but I do know it could be a scary place once you get past the surface of what is just on the screen and actually into the lives of real people.