So, that was Life before Social Media
You had phone calls, film-loaded cameras, people watched, chatted to your crush in person, shopped outside, watched scheduled news and enjoyed the Friday night Blockbusters trip. What was your life like before social media?
So, that was Life before Social Media
You had phone calls, film-loaded cameras, people watched, chatted to your crush in person, shopped outside, watched scheduled news and enjoyed the Friday night Blockbusters trip.
You Can Easily Take A Break from People Without Having to Justify Yourself
Social media sites can be addictive Your Messages Weren’T Curated by Your Friends
You don’t get your messages directly from the source of your choice. You’re also getting them from your friends on social platforms You Could Live in The Present Moment
As I mentioned earlier, it’s not just the Internet that’s changed the way we interact with each other – it’s our phones, too There Were Fewer Models of Success
In the days before social media, the world was much less diverse. There were fewer models of success It Took Longer to Get Connected
Life before social media was much slower and more relaxed. If you wanted to network with someone, you’d have to meet them in person Meeting A Certain Kind of Person Was Costly
Before social media existed, meetings tended to be by social class. For example, if you couldn’t attend an event There Was Less Anxiety
The age of social media networks has given us a multitude of reasons to be anxious. The pressure to be connected and available all the time is intense Scammers Had Fewer Opportunities to Find Victims
You didn’t have to worry about scams, viruses, and malware that are so prevalent on the Internet today. Since there was no social media usage People Were More Themselves
Ask a friend or even a stranger how often he or she thinks about how other people perceive him or her – what his or her image is Before social media, people were less connected but more involved in their communities. They had fewer connections online but stronger relationships in real life: they went to church together on Sundays or played board games as a family; they met at bars after work; they helped each other move into new houses or build fences around their property.
Before Facebook and Twitter, before MySpace and Friendster, there were
Usenet newsgroups, AOL chat rooms and online bulletin boards. Yet the roots of social media go even deeper. Decades before the rise of the Internet, we can see evidence of the drive to shape both private communications and mass media into platforms for social connection.
