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How Social Media Has Affected My Life

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I’ve been using social media since about 2010, this is when I created a Facebook account. This was my first true experience with connecting with others with the world wide web. My experience before using the internet was only limited to a few websites which did not focus much on communication with other people who use the site. Even though social media such as AOL Messenger, Six Degrees, and MySpace existed before Facebook feels like the first social media site that everyone in my generation has used since this was around the time everyone was getting access to the internet at home. Ten years later the world has changed there are a ton of social media platforms and or websites that include forums for people to interact with. Overall Social media has influenced me in both a positive and negative way. For one thing, it has exposed me to what people are talking about, whether its news about world issues or pop culture in general. Before you would have to wait to see someone in per