Positive Effects of Social Media

Date: Wednesday. 20th of April, 2022.

Hey guys, I hope you're feeling good. My day was championed by a mix of emotions but it all turned out OK.

There have been so many negativity surrounding social media lately. It feels like people don't know what to use it for so they think of the most stupid things and post online. There are so many uses of social media, the actual uses these networks were created for but people have ignored them and rather chosen to focus on fraud, nudity, harassment etc. There is also the issue of early exposure that occurs when a little child is able to access any sites without any parental control. Children are quickly being stripped off their innocence, sense of wonder and childhood because they have seen it all before their young minds can even understands what they are seeing.

The month of April is still the Sexual Assault Awareness Month #SAAM and the theme for #SAAM2022 is "building safe online spaces together". To play a part, I wi like to discuss other positive ways one can leverage social media.

1. Global Connection

It is no secret that one of the major aims of social media was to create easy access and connections to people regardless of the barriers of location. Even the language barrier is being tackled as some of these networks are now offering the feature of translation using Google translate. The social media network serves a global village where everyone can reach out to anyone in just a second. This fosters global communication, tolerance and unity between people of different countries, culture, tribe, race etc.

1. Business to Customer Interaction

Are you a business owner or do you aspire to be one? Whether small or big? Are you a potential customer looking to find products or services in the comfort of your home? If your answer dashes to any of the above, then you need to be looking at the series of options social media offers. Facebook currently has a marketplace where people can put up products and customers can buy. You can link your Ecommerce website to Instagram. You can choose to also just put up pictures of your products, include the product description as the caption and also the price. If you do that, customers will be able to leave a comment to show interest or send a direct message to foster engagement sales

1. Education

There are certain types of education one can attain from social media. There's the good and the bad but we'll be focusing on the good. There are so many tutorials existing on social media. People are also willing to share life tips or enlighten people about their careers or skill set. One could learn from intellectual discussions, free training etc. One can also get necessary tools, materials or information needed to advance in their careers, studies or general life on social media.

While social media may have been misused by some, it is necessary to note that there are other positive ways to engage online.

Thank you so much for reading, I appreciate you!