Is the internet/social media bringing people closer to each other or separating them??

 

Hello everyone, 

 

how are you feeling today ? Are you ready to start a fresh week with me, as always ?!  

I know that my blog topics are always about technology but what can I do ?  They are really interesting and I enjoy writing them. So today I am going to discuss about a topic that really concern us. Nowadays we have people that stand for both parties, people who favour internet, and those who don't. We have mentioned a lot of advantages of technology and specifically internet connection. Internet helps us communicate with people from all around the world. Especially in Albania, a lot of families have their relatives abroad and they try to communicate with them via internet, whatsapp calls or messenger ones. At the beginning people didn't know how to use their computers in order to communicate, so big companies took advantage of that and they start to modernize even more smartphones, including on them different apps in order to become easier for people the use of internet. 

The biggest advantage I believe is that big companies profit from their smartphones by selling them. Then other telecommunicating companies profit from people who went there to full their smartphones with internet. Another advantage was of course the internet connection that people had with their relatives who lived abroad and maybe they had years and years of not seeing them. 

At the beginning it was really nice, but then it started to become an addiction for the whole population. Today people can not go anywhere without their smartphone. They need to post something on their social media so that others know what they are doing. We are constantly on our phones from the moment it sunrises until it dawns. And here we come to the question, does the internet unite us or is it separating us every day even more from each other? I personally believe that the internet is separating us. The best example that I can give is that we forget about our family at home. A lot of times I have realised that I am constantly at my phone or at my laptop doing something and I am forgetting the most precious thing, which is family. Maybe one day I will be abroad as well and then I will  be 'forced' to talk to them from a screen phone. So why do I need to wait to go abroad in order to talk to them, I can talk to them everyday face to face. Appreciate these moments because unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity. 

I will leave you a little bit to think about it. Who knows maybe we will give to ourselves the chance to have a day off or maybe a weekend off from social media, internet connection in general, and go out have some fun with people that surround us!! Appreciate the moment and not just get lost into the world of internet. I know that it is really appealing but please, don't! 

I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts one more time. Feel free to leave your comments down below, and thank you very much for being so attentive readers every week !!! 

                        HAVE FUN AND ENJOY LIFE CAUSE IT'S TOO SHORT.