As social media platforms is becoming more popular nowadays, people tend to find it effortless to share their thoughts and point of view on certain things. Although this brings some positive sides, there are also some downsides worth considering.
Being able to share thoughts and comments on events through social media platforms can be beneficial as they serves as media where people can find comfort in giving comments or posing their stands upon events and issues in limitless time and space. Giving comments and expressing ideas through digital platform need only seconds to proceed; therefore, in that way people may have the sense of effectiveness and efficiency to discuss and share their comments or even complaints using their accounts. Additionally, the platforms are accessible for everyone, from anywhere and at anytime. In other words, the usage of such platforms gives even more space for everybody to freely express their thoughts and share their opinions despite their backgrounds.
On the other hand, the trend of sharing and commenting on social platforms can also have some drawbacks. Initially, it may lead to over-publishing personal information which, to some extent, limits the user’s privacy. For example, whenever a user logs in into TikTok platform, other people who are connected with that account may have notification. This means, that user is indirectly informing his or her social media friends about his or her current activity. People in social media platforms somehow may no longer have privacy on what they are doing as the information of their activity in the platforms are accessible to others. Additionally, comments on social media accounts can be digital footprints than may be misused by random people when it comes to sensitive issues. Screenshot and screen-record are only two of many other features that can be used to save a comment or stories from social media accounts. Oversharing and overpublishing personal opinions or data can be harmful as it gives chance for cyber criminals to make advantage of it.
In conclusion, using social media to express thoughts and pour out complaints is beneficial for users as it can be done easily with limitless time and space. However, issues regarding personal data dan safety in privacy are some downsides to be considered. Therefore, it is essential to outweigh the positive sides against the negative ones in order to be wiser social media users.