Be a good social media netizen

During this pandemic, many things had happened. The Quarantine moments of more than a month had made unexpected changes in our lives. It is during this time that the emergence of the use of social media has become popular. Almost every day, we browse online, check our Facebook accounts, watch youtube, record videos, and even more. We even do our jobs online while being on a work from home.

And since everyone is on social media right now, we can observe the use of the popular Tiktok, and so the rise of Tiktok downloads. Ever since the lockdown had started, it has been noted that almost 2 Million people downloaded and subscribed to the Tiktok app. Since we have more time to use different apps, we tend to do it always. And almost every day.

Bu then, how can we be a responsible netizen considering we have these different applications in social media?

These social media applications are just fine. It keeps us busy, and happy. But there are also negative sides. Because of this, there is also a rise of misinformation and fake news. With these, there are a lot of people who experience anxiety or were diagnosed with depression because of the excessive use of social media.

So I suggest that in order to be able to be a good social media netizen, let us set our prioritize in social media. Let us choose our platform strategically. Lets us do this wherein, for example, if you want to be entertained and enjoy watching long-form content, you go for YOUTUBE. If you want to engage in more conversational, sensible, and critical conversations, go and use Twitter. And then if you want to seek inspiration, you go for Instagram. So it is more of setting prioritize in each platform but not literally being active across all platforms.