Even your comments are poetic girl 😭. And yes omg. I feel so sad for the kids now, we used to play outside. Without even realizing, it was the best time of our lives...
Good read. I am an open book online. And I should know better. I work in IT. Ive heard some horror stories for real. I think the pandemic didn't help. I do enjoy our chats though....when we cross paths.
I think so many people can relate to this. Social media has become our second home and most of the time, we don't even pay attention to our privacy, which can be really dangerous
The really dangerous thing. You see it a lot on Facebook. The dangerous thing is all the posts that are really social engineering. Asking you the same backup questions you'd be asked to secure say your credit card account. It's scary.
This was a powerful read and I totally agree! I think I am one of the few who feels no need to share anything personal online. I write about something I truly enjoy, and it’s not about myself. But I have seen just how much dirty laundry gets shared online, no boundaries, and the trolling too. Perhaps it would do society good to be disconnected from the online world now and again. We were lucky to grow up without the internet.
Agreed. I can't imagine growing up with TikTok. It's so sad to see. Kids don't live like kids anymore, it's almost like they wanna grow up faster. And media has an effect on that. We never cared about what we look like when we were 8 years old, but nowadays they do. Because social media exists.
I think so too. I've seen 11 years olds on the internet and when I asked where their parents are or that'd be dangerous for them, they usually said, "idc, I'll be fine" or "it's none of your business."
True and it's scary. People look at Bundies, Dahmers and think that it's scary. But we have something even bigger. No one needs to stalk you in real life anymore, they can track your entire existence online
This was so beautiful to read.
Thank you so much for putting this together.
More people really need to know how harmful posting every single life moment can be.
It's even more annoying and harmful when someone captures you and posts it on their social without your consent.
Thank you so much 🐣💖. And yes you're right. It happened to me. And I told her, I don't appreciate that. She never did that again
It's so not cool.
But some don't still listen.
true.
Omg I loved this, every single bit of it felt like an investigation trying to pry me open, trying to make me see the murky truth.
Omg thank youuuuu 🥹💖
The dangers of social media are slowly outweighing it’s good sides
Kids don’t play in the sand anymore
They’re glued to tabs all day long
It’s sad to see because there’s too much internet exposure now
You can’t exactly filter what your kid sees or doesn’t see
There’s so much you can do
It’s really crazy how the world has changed
Knowing when to draw the line
Share without sharing too much
It’s all a blur now
Even your comments are poetic girl 😭. And yes omg. I feel so sad for the kids now, we used to play outside. Without even realizing, it was the best time of our lives...
😂didn’t realize that
It really was
The saying you never really know the value of what you have until you lose it
It’s so true
Also sorry about your bad experience
I’m just reading that part now
That must have been really scary omg💔
Oh no
Aw thank you. It was bad. But I got over it. Wish someone would get that phone away when I was 14 tho 😭💀
Thank goodness
Real though
Can’t think of any real worthwhile stuff I did with my phone at 14
Girl I was talking to people twice my age 😭, and calling them friends
😂😭😭😭
Good read. I am an open book online. And I should know better. I work in IT. Ive heard some horror stories for real. I think the pandemic didn't help. I do enjoy our chats though....when we cross paths.
I think so many people can relate to this. Social media has become our second home and most of the time, we don't even pay attention to our privacy, which can be really dangerous
The really dangerous thing. You see it a lot on Facebook. The dangerous thing is all the posts that are really social engineering. Asking you the same backup questions you'd be asked to secure say your credit card account. It's scary.
True. I've seen so many scammers on Facebook, it's scary.
This was a powerful read and I totally agree! I think I am one of the few who feels no need to share anything personal online. I write about something I truly enjoy, and it’s not about myself. But I have seen just how much dirty laundry gets shared online, no boundaries, and the trolling too. Perhaps it would do society good to be disconnected from the online world now and again. We were lucky to grow up without the internet.
Agreed. I can't imagine growing up with TikTok. It's so sad to see. Kids don't live like kids anymore, it's almost like they wanna grow up faster. And media has an effect on that. We never cared about what we look like when we were 8 years old, but nowadays they do. Because social media exists.
Yes, I see it all around. Ideally, they shouldn’t be allowed near a mobile phone or the internet until 18. But that’s my view.
I think so too. I've seen 11 years olds on the internet and when I asked where their parents are or that'd be dangerous for them, they usually said, "idc, I'll be fine" or "it's none of your business."
It's the equivalent of letting them roam around strangers unsupervised in the real world. Scary really.
True and it's scary. People look at Bundies, Dahmers and think that it's scary. But we have something even bigger. No one needs to stalk you in real life anymore, they can track your entire existence online
And even then, so much of what we see and hear on TV and the media is untrue and exaggerated anyway.
So so so so true
Thank you!🙏🏻