There have been drastic changes to communcation with popular social media platforms the society seems to be replacing face to face contact in everyday lives. I will discuss why this is a concerning downside from my point of view.
The postive side of social media platforms are notable. Because social media platforms provide the user with efficient communcation via the internet they are able to discuss brief opnions without the need for both parties to be present make it much more efficient than traveling distance for discussion. For instance, workplace meetings that requires physically presences may have a probiblity of people missing due to a variety of circumstances that are affecting their attendences which can be quickly fixed by adding social media platforms that provide video calls. However, this solution may be insignficant the meeting can be easily recorded or people can take key notes during the meeting.
The downsides of social media and the alarming concerns of social media replacing face to face contact. One of the key things that are important is emotional connection face to face is known to bring stronger human communcation due to the intercations and also emotions being presented. For instance, according to my experiences with using both social media platforms to discuss with people I experienced a growing bond while communcating off social media and communcating on the platforms felt like the bond was somewhat stagnet. I strongly believe that face to face intercation should be reserved for emotional connection.
In conclusion, social media provides efficient communcation, however it should not lead to replacing face to face due to the lack of human connection that is presented.