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Not So Social …

First of All, We all have issues with social media.  But then why is it that we are so attracted towards the devil.
I feel the answer lies in an ideological change what came up along with the technological reforms round this millennia. The "millennial" or as they love to be referred are those who grew up in the 2000's. Innovation was shaking the commonplace, and there was too much respect for thinkers, leaders and "people who did different things".
This was put forward by innovative ideas like 'everyone is special'. That gives everyone a dream to achieve recognition for what they think they are good at. These people are known to break the conventional rules and bring in energy and output. But in the long run drain themselves out.
But there is a subtle advantage of discipline and conventional thinking. Though the chances of getting super famous are slim, so are your chances of being a terrible investment. Its kind of the safe investments. Which they Millenials no longer want to endorse.
All this advancements called for a place where everyone could show their talents off, a market-place of showmanship. And Lo, Social Media is that exact thing.
But there is a short-sightedness here. Remember the driving force to this market place, your talent. So we are all sellers here and very few buyers. That brings us to the real issue when the talents are not regulated; every person feels he deserves the most. That makes people come up with witty trolling, hate speeches, stupid pranks ....the list goes on.
The social media is becoming a danger-place because a lot of people are pouring in garbage. But they are not to blame; they feel it as their talent, and you can't convince them that it is not.

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