Argumentative Essay On Social Media

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We live in a world of social media, though it can be a good and bad thing, everywhere you look you can see what everyone else is doing in their personal lives.
Social Media apps are taking a huge toll on our personal lives and it’s at great risk that we are filming too much of our lives.
With all the positive that social media brings, it also brings a lot of negative to things most important to you such as, your home, your privacy and your teen’s privacy. Have you ever heard of “insta bragging”? Probably not. “Insta bragging is posting photos or updates on social media while you’re on vacation or out running errands which can make you a target for criminals” says Octavio Blanco. You should be careful about what you post all the time,

Social media puts stigma around certain eating disorders to make them seem as if you absolutely have to look or act a certain way to be suffering from an eating disorder.
Thus making it hard for people who are suffering to truly get help.
Modern magazines like “Cosmopolitan” or company's like Victoria Secret use underweight models which appeal to younger girls, who live their lives idolizing an unrealistic images and feel as though they need to look that way.
The newest trend called “memes” on social media with jokes or puns, often mock mental illness by making jokes about real struggles that people go through in their personal lives. These are only a few examples of the negative effects of social media, personally I believe that social media use should be limited and we should really be careful what we post. Social Media apps are taking a huge toll on our personal lives and it’s at great risk that we are filming too much of our lives. With all the positive that social media brings, it also brings a lot of negative to things most important to you such as, your home, your privacy and your teen’s