"The importance of social media to me as part of the youth and as a Filipino"

    Social media can be define in various ways. It can be in a form of entertainment, communication, expression, and supporting individuals or organizations. In social media, anyone can do what they want. People are free to express their own feeling and opinions through social platforms. Traditionally, our ancestors would usually use radio, television, telephones, and letters to send and receive information. Their way of entertaining and communicating is very costly and inefficient. Compared to our generation, things like sharing of information and entertainment is uncomplicated and doesn't involve much money. Our identity might not be secured, but people would always tend to choose being in social media and interacting with people rather than staying low and out-dated. In short, social media made our lives easier and faster. Social media has lessen economic barriers and made the world appear more smaller.

     Social media became crucial for us youth because it is our way of escaping our problems in reality. We tend to express our feelings and emotions by posting since there are things that we aren't able to express personally to others. Posting our personal struggles to strangers felt more easier than expressing it personally to our loved ones. Us youths most likely depend our lives on technology that unknowingly we start to drift away from our friends and family. Sometimes social media for us is also a tool to make our lives more comfortable and beautiful when in reality it is the total opposite. We tend to make our lives more lively making people think that our lives is perfect compared to them.

    What we mostly see on social media are models and celebrities with perfect bodies, beautiful faces, huge houses, and living as perfectly as they want others to see. We tend to compare ourselves to them. In order for us to improve this this toxic mindset, we should be an advocate to people who are not confident and unsatisfied with their own lives. They should learn to love and be contended what they have. Because there are things they have and others don't have.  Since social media tend to shape our opinions. Why not use social media to inspire others?

    Some people also experiences cyber bullying in social media. Whenever we experience being discriminated, we should try to educate people who are insensitive and arrogant enough to consider their targets feelings. Let us always be mindful of what we post since we don't know how it may affect other people.

   In terms of security and safety, users should be aware of the harm social media can cause. Hackers that might use our identity to spread false acquisition. Let us not post any personal information that may be used against us.