97 Quotes About Social-media-addiction

The very existence of social media is predicated on humankind's primitive drive of attention seeking. And when they successfully monetize your attention, they end up with billions of dollars and you end up with a screwed up mental state. And if we don't do anything about it now, the next generation will be a generation of mentally unstable glass creatures.

content. But at the same time, these signals are much more transformative—they are hypersocializing our society, scaling mass persuasion, and creating a tyranny of trends. They do this by injecting the influence of our peers into our daily decisions, mass persuasion, and the tyranny of trends the New Social Age.

In the digital age, people spend countless hours throughout the day on social media and at the end of the day have absolutely nothing to show for it. 

Social media has its benefits and drawbacks. It is useful for research, has an educational value as a medium for learning about current events and of course, as a platform for conversation and opposing arguments with others. What's not debatable however, is that it can be addictive and extremely dangerous for youth (and some adults) who do not use it sparingly and who do not exercise restraint or precaution when sharing content that is not suitable or appropriate for an open forum. 

Kanye lied when he said diamonds are foreverWhen the heat is high, it’s the same as lead on paperWe gradually recreate the movie World War ZOur worst disease becomes our best form of remedyMoving sands, no firm ground, we live in fearWe join hands, bottle down, pop the Belvedere Now the question is have we all punched our clocks? Social media, we fit in a damn box

Kanye lied when he said diamonds are foreverWhen the heat is high, it’s the same as lead on paperWe gradually recreate the movie World War ZOur worst disease becomes our best form of remedyMoving sands, no firm ground, we live in fearWe join hands, bottle down, pop the Belvedere Now the question is have we all punched our clocksSocial media, we fit in a damn box

Kanye lied when he said diamonds are foreverWhen the heat is high, it’s the same as lead on paperWe gradually recreate the movie World War ZOur worst disease becomes our best form of remedyMoving sands, no firm ground, we live in fearWe join hands, bottle down, pop the Belvedere Now the question is have we all punched our clocks?Social media, we fit in a damn box

The purpose of a camera is to capture memories, not replace them.

Selfies have begun to replace memories – likes and comments have begun to replace lasting conversations – illusive friends and followers lists have begun to replace real reliable friendship. And this is nothing to be taken for granted.